History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Worcester |
Ordered | 1695 |
Builder | Winter, Southampton |
Launched | 31 May 1698 |
Fate | Broken up, 1733 |
General characteristics as built [1] | |
Class and type | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 689 bm |
Length | 131 ft 8.75 in (40.2 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 34 ft 4.75 in (10.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 6.25 in (4.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
General characteristics after 1714 rebuild [2] | |
Class and type | 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 719 bm |
Length | 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Worcester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Southampton on 31 May 1698. [1]
The vessel was rebuilt by Joseph Allin the elder at Deptford according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard and relaunched on 31 August 1714. She served in the North Sea, including participation in the May 1719 capture of Eilean Donan Castle during the Jacobite rising of 1719. Worcester was broken up in 1733. [2]
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