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HMS Lancaster (1694)

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Plan of the 1749 version of Lancaster
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Lancaster
BuilderWyatt, Bursledon
Launched3 April 1694
FateBroken up, 1773
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1198 bm
Length156 ft 1 in (47.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft 10 in (12.8 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1722 rebuild[2]
Class and type1719 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1366 bm
Length158 ft (48.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 2 in (5.5 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 80 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 6 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1749 rebuild[3]
Class and type1741 proposals 66-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1478 bm
Length161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam46 ft (14.0 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 66 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Lancaster was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Bursledon on 3 April 1694.[1]

Early career

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Lancaster was built at a cost of £12,807.4.10d, and had an armament of twenty-four demi-cannon, thirty culverins, and twenty-six sakers: eighty guns in all. She was launched at Bursledon on 3 April 1694 under Captain Andrew Leake, and was commanded by Captain Robert Robinson in 1696 and Henry Martin in 1697. In 1702, under Captain John Price, she was with Cloudesley Shovell and the Mediterranean Fleet, and continued so, commanded by Captain Christopher Myngs in 1703, and under Captain James Moodie from 1707 to 1708. She spent 1708 with Admiral John Leake's fleet in the Straits of Gibraltar, and was probably under Captain John Huntingdon from 1709 to 1711 in the English Channel.[4]

Later career

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She was rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth, from where she was relaunched on 1 September 1722. After this time, her armament of 80 guns, previously carried on two gundecks, was carried on three, though she continued to be classified as a third rate.[2][4] On 15 February 1743 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard as a 66-gun third rate according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. This rebuild returned her to a two-decker, and she was relaunched on 22 April 1749.[3]

Fate

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Lancaster was broken up in 1773.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p169.
  3. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p172.
  4. ^ a b Winfield, Rif (210). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 9781783469246.

References

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  • 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.