HMS Sunderland was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Southampton on 17 March 1694.[1]
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Name | HMS Sunderland |
Builder | Winter, Southampton |
Launched | 17 March 1694 |
Fate | Sunk as a foundation, 1737 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 915 |
Length | 145 ft 2 in (44.2 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 37 ft 10 in (11.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 15 ft 10 in (4.8 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 60 guns of various weights of shot |
Sunderland was hulked in 1715, and sunk as part of the foundation of a breakwater in 1737.[1]
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.