HMS Gloucester (1695)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gloucester.
HMS Gloucester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1690s. She spent most of her career in the West Indies and participated in the 1701–15 War of the Spanish Succession. The ship was hulked in 1708 and broken up in 1731.
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Name | Gloucester |
Ordered | 27 March 1693 |
Builder | Thomas Clements, Bristol |
Launched | 5 February 1695 |
Commissioned | 1695 |
Decommissioned | 24 April 1708 |
Fate | Broken up, October 1731 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 896 9⁄94 bm |
Length | 145 ft 2 in (44.2 m) (Gundeck) |
Beam | 37 ft 5 in (11.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 240–365 |
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