HMS Tilbury (1699)

HMS Tilbury was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard on 3 September 1699.[1][2]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tilbury.

History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Tilbury
Ordered: 1695
Builder: Daniel Furzer, Chatham Dockyard
Launched: 3 September 1699
Fate: Broken up, 1726
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 691​26⁄94 bm
Length: 130 ft 1.5 in (39.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 34 ft 4 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold: 13 ft 7.5 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament: 50 guns of various weights of shot

Tilbury served until 1726, when she was broken up.[1]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
  2. "British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Tilbury' (1699)". Threedecks. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

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.


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