HMS Medway was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 September 1693.[1]
Medway plan of the 1718 rebuild | |
History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Medway |
Builder | Furzer, Sheerness Dockyard |
Launched | 20 September 1693 |
Fate | Broken up, 1749 |
General characteristics as built[1] | |
Class and type | 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 914 bm |
Length | 145 ft 3 in (44.3 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 38 ft (11.6 m) |
Depth of hold | 15 ft 7 in (4.7 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 60 guns of various weights of shot |
General characteristics after 1718 rebuild[2] | |
Class and type | 1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 914 bm |
Length | 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 38 ft (11.6 m) |
Depth of hold | 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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Medway, together with Chatham and Triton, captured the French Auguste on 19 August 1705.[3]
She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and relaunched on 1 August 1718. Medway was hulked in 1740.[2]
She was eventually broken up in 1749.[2]
Notes
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edit- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau), Vol. 1.
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