HMS Anglesea (referred to as HMS Anglesey on occasion) was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Plymouth in 1694, although not ordered from the dockyard, but as a commercial contract with Mr Flint, with labour and materials supplied from the dockyard by the Master Shipwright, Elias Waffe.[2] She was ordered on 17 February 1692 (the same day as her sister Portland, which was built at Woolwich Dockyard).
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | HMS Anglesea |
| Ordered | 17 February 1693 |
| Builder | Flint, Plymouth Dockyard |
| Launched | 17 April 1694 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 620 21⁄94 bm |
| Length | 125 ft (38.1 m) (on gundeck) 106 ft (32.3 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 33 ft 2 in (10.1 m) |
| Depth of hold | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1725 rebuild | |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Anglesea, under the command of Captain James Litteton between 1698 and 1701, was one of four ships sent to Madagascar on an anti-piracy mission under Thomas Warren in 1699.[3]
Anglesea was reduced to a 40-gun fifth rate in 1719, and underwent a rebuild from then until 1725 at Chatham Dockyard.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 164.
- ^ a b Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714.
- ^ Grey, Charles (1933). Pirates of the Eastern Seas (1618-1723) A Lurid page of History. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. p. 220.
References
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.
- 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. Barnsley, UK; Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.
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