HMS Ipswich (1694)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS Ipswich
Ordered: 1690
Builder: Barret, Harwich
Launched: 19 April 1694
Fate: Broken up, 1764
General characteristics as built[1]
Class & type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,049 long tons (1,065.8 t)
Length: 149 ft 11 in (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 8 in (5.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1730 rebuild[2]
Class & type: 1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,142 long tons (1,160.3 t)
Length: 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Ipswich was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Harwich on 19 April 1694.[1]

She was rebuilt at Portsmouth according to the 1719 Establishment, relaunching on 30 October 1730.[2]

Ipswich was hulked in 1757, and broken up in 1764.[2]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p169.

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.

Ellis, C. Hamilton (n.d.)"Ships: a Pictorial History from Noah's Ark to The U.S.S> United States". Peebles Press.


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