HMS Deptford was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1687.[2] This was the second of three 50-gun ships ordered in 1682/3.
| History | |
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| Name | HMS Deptford |
| Ordered | 15 September 1682 |
| Builder | Thomas Shish (until his death in December 1685), then Joseph Lawrence, Woolwich Dockyard |
| Launched | June 1687 |
| Fate | Broken up 1726 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type | 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 615 bm |
| Length | 125 ft (38.1 m) (on the gundeck), 103 ft (31.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 33 ft 6 in (10.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1700 rebuild[1] | |
| Class and type | 46- to 54-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 669 bm |
| Length | 128 ft 4 in (39.1 m) (on gundeck), 106 ft 9 in (32.5 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 34 ft 4 in (10.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 5 in (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 46-54 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1719 rebuild[1] | |
| Class and type | 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 710 tons |
| Length | 131 ft (39.9 m) (on the gundeck) 109 ft 6 in (33.4 m) (keel) |
| 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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Armament
editAll three ships ordered in 1682/3 (all were launched in 1687) were intended to carry 54 guns each - twenty-two 24-pounders on the lower deck, the same number of demi-culverins (9-pounders) on the upper deck, and ten demi-culverin drakes on the quarterdeck. However, each was completed with just 50 guns in wartime service and 44 guns in peacetime.
Rebuilding
editShe underwent her first rebuild at Woolwich in 1700 (having been ordered "to repair" on 7 June 1699) as a fourth rate of between 46 and 54 guns.[1] Her second rebuild took place at Portsmouth Dockyard, where she was reconstructed as a 50-gun fourth rate to the 1706 Establishment from 1717 and relaunched on 19 June 1719.[1] She was captained in 1710 by Sir Tancred Robinson.[3]
Deptford was taken to pieces at Plymouth in 1726, and a replacement of the same name built (as a 60-gun ship) at Deptford Dockyard in 1729-1732.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d e f Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714 p120.
- ^ Lavery 2003, p. 162.
- ^ Harrison, Simon. "Sir Tancred Robinson (d. 1754)". Three Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
References
edit- Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Vol. 1. Conway Maritime Press. p. 224. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Winfield, Rif (1997), The 50-Gun Ship: A Complete History. Chatham Publishing (1st edition); Mercury Books (2nd edition 2005). ISBN 1-845600-09-6.
- Winfield, Rif (2009), British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.
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