HMS Winchester (1698)

HMS Winchester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Richard Wells at Greenland North Dockyard,[1] Rotherhithe and launched on 17 March 1698.[2]

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Winchester
Ordered:	1695
Builder:	Richard Wells, Greenland North Dockyard,[1] Rotherhithe
Launched:	17 March 1698
Fate:	Broken up, 1781
General characteristics as built[2]
Class and type:	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	673 bm
Length:	130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	34 ft 4 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold:	13 ft 7 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1717 rebuild[3]
Class and type:	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	710 bm
Length:	130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

She was rebuilt to the 1706 Establishment at Plymouth Dockyard, and was relaunched on 10 October 1717. Winchester was hulked in 1744, and served in this role until 1781, when she was broken up.[3]

She was captained from 1712 to 1714 by Sir Tancred Robinson.[4]

Notes

1. Rankin, Stuart (July 2004). Shipyards, Granaries and Wharves, Maritime Rotherhithe, History Walk B. London: Southwark Council. ISBN 0-905849-37-X. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 164.
3. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.
4. "Sir Tancred Robinson (d. 1754)". Retrieved 3 December 2013.

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.