HMS Gloucester (1709)
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Name: | HMS Gloucester |
Builder: | Burchett, Rotherhithe |
Launched: | 25 July 1709 |
Captured: | 26 October 1709, by the French |
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Acquired: | 26 October 1709 |
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Class & type: | 1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 923 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 |
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HMS Gloucester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe according to the 1706 Establishment, and launched on 25 July 1709.[1]
Gloucester's career with the Royal Navy was brief, for on 26 October 1709, she was captured by French forces off Cape Clear Island.[2]
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References
- 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.
- Michael Phillips. Gloucester (60) (1709). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
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