HMS Gloucester (1711)
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HMS Gloucester was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line built at Deptford by Joseph Allin the elder for the Royal Navy in 1710/11. She participated in the War of the Spanish Succession. The ship was burned to prevent capture after she was damaged in a storm during Commodore George Anson's voyage around the world in 1742.
Description
Gloucester had a length at the gundeck of {{convert|130|ft|8|in|m|1}} and {{convert|108|ft|1|in|m|1}} at the keel. She had a beam of {{convert|35|ft|3|in|m|1}} and a depth of hold of {{convert|14|ft|m|1}}. The ship's tonnage was 714 {{fraction|34|94}} tons burthen.Winfield 2009, p. 849. Gloucester was armed with twenty-two 18-pounder cannon on her main gundeck, twenty-two 9-pounder cannon on her upper gundeck, and four 6-pounder cannon each on the quarterdeck and forecastle.Lavery, p. 168. The ship had a crew of 185–280 officers and ratings.Winfield 2009, p. 839.
Construction and career
Gloucester, named after the eponymous port, was the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy.Colledge, p. 143 She was ordered on 29 July 1710 and was built by Master Shipwright Joseph Allin to the 1706 Establishment of dimensions at Deptford Dockyard. The ship was launched on 4 October 1711 and commissioned that same year under Captain James Carlton for service in the English Channel.
Gloucester was ordered to be dismantled to be rebuilt to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment at Sheerness on 6 November 1724 and this was completed on 20 January 1725. The rebuilding was suspended until 22 May 1733 when the ship was reordered to the 1733 revisions; she was relaunched on 22 March 1737.Lavery, p. 171.
Fate
In 1742 Gloucester was damaged in a storm under Captain Matthew Michell, and she was burned in order to avoid her being captured. Her fate and other mentions of her voyage are described in the 2023 book The Wager by David Grann.
Notes
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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book|last1=Lavery|first1=Brian|title=The Ship of the Line|date=1983|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-252-8|volume=1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850}}
- 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}}.
- {{cite book|last1=Winfield|first1=Rif|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|date=2007|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84415-700-6}}
External links
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