HMS Woolwich (1675)

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HMS Woolwich, c.1677 (oil painting by Willem van de Velde, the Elder).
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NameHMS Woolwich
BuilderPhineas Pett III, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched1675
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type54-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen761 tons
Length112 ft (34 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)
Depth of hold15 ft (4.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament54 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1702 rebuild
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
General characteristics after 1741 rebuild [2]
Class and type 1733 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen866 tons
Length134 ft (41 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Woolwich was a 54-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett III at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in 1675. [1] She underwent a rebuild in 1702. [1]

In 1705, when Thomas Ekines was in command, she was involved in the seizure of a Dutch ship which Ekines claimed was trading with Britains enemies of the War of the Spanish Succession. Although Ekines right to seize the ship was upheld, his further seizure of the bulk of the cargo for his personal gain caused major problems for his ongoing naval career. [3]

On 10 June 1736 she was ordered to be stripped at Deptford Dockyard, and rebuilt by Richard Stacey to the lines of a 50-gun fourth rate according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 6 April 1741. [2]

Woolwich was broken up at Chatham Dockyard in 1747. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 161.
  2. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 171.
  3. ↑ "1119 August 3 Admiralty Office". Calendar of State Papers 1705-1706 (1119, 3 August 1705): 194. 1705. ISBN   9781843832515.

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