HMS Coventry (1695)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Coventry
Ordered1693
BuilderHarding, Deptford Dockyard
Launched1695
Captured1704
General characteristics [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen670
Length106 ft (32.3 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Coventry was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1695.[1]

The French 54-gun Auguste, together with the 54-gun Jason, captured Coventry in September 1704.[1][2]

On 17 March 1709, Portland recaptured Coventry.[3]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 164.
  2. ^ Roche (2005), p.57.
  3. ^ Roche (2005), p.134.

References[edit]

  • 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.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau), Vol. 1.

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