HMS Lichfield (1695)
HMS Lichfield (1695)
HMS Lichfield was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. It was one of five such ships authorised on 16 November 1693 and built at Portsmouth Dockyard by Master Shipwright William Stigant. She was launched on 4 February 1695.
As built
- Tonnage: 686 tons burthen
- Dimensions: gundeck 130 ft 3 in; keel 107 ft 7 in; beam 34 ft 7.5 in; depth of hold 13 ft 6 in
- Rigging: full-rigged ship
- Armament: 50 guns
Service
- Commissioned in 1695 under Captain Lord Archibald Hamilton for service in Home Waters
- Paid off in February 1715 at Plymouth
Rebuild
- Ordered to be rebuilt on 5 December 1718; work began in November 1727 (the ship had been taken to pieces on 28 May 1720)
- Rebuilt to the 1719 Establishment by Master Shipwright Peirson Lock at Plymouth Dockyard
- Cost: £11,342 3s 2d
- Re-launched: 25 March 1730
Armament after rebuild
- 50 guns: gundeck 22 × 18-pdrs; upper gundeck 22 × 9-pdrs; quarterdeck 4 × 6-pdrs; forecastle 2 × 6-pdrs
Post-rebuild characteristics
- Tonnage: 755 89/94 bm
- Gundeck: 134 ft 2 in; keel 109 ft 8 in; beam 36 ft; depth of hold 15 ft 2 in
- Sails: full-rigged
Fate
- Served until 1744; nominally reduced to a 44-gun fifth-rate on 1 June 1744
- Ten days later ordered to be broken up; breaking up completed in July 1744
- A new ship was ordered to replace her at Harwich
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