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HMS Colchester (1707)

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Plan of Colchester's 1721 rebuild
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Colchester
BuilderAllin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched13 February 1707
FateBroken up, 1742
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen682
Length130 ft 6 in (39.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam34 ft 5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6+12 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1721 rebuild[2]
Class and type1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen756
Length134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 2 in (4.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18-pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs

HMS Colchester was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the elder at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 13 February 1707.[1]

She underwent a rebuild at Chatham according to the 1719 Establishment, and was relaunched on 26 October 1721. Colchester served until 1742, when she was broken up.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 166.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 170.

References

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  • 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.