HMS Medway (1693)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Medway.

Medway plan of the 1718 rebuild
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Medway
BuilderFurzer, Sheerness Dockyard
Launched20 September 1693
FateBroken up, 1749
General characteristics as built[1]
Class & type60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen914 bm
Length145 ft 3 in (44.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 7 in (4.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1718 rebuild[2]
Class & type1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen914 bm
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

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, 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

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 163.
  2. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.
  3. ^ Roche (2005), p. 57.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) 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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