HMS Bedford (1698)

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

Plan of the 1741 rebuild of Bedford
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Bedford
Ordered24 December 1695
BuilderFisher Harding, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched12 September 1698
FateSold, 1787
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1073
Length151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam40 ft 4 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 9 in (5.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament70 guns as set out in the article
General characteristics after 1741 rebuild[2]
Class and type1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1230
Length151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam43 ft 5 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6-pounders
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6-pounders

HMS Bedford was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard on 12 September 1698.[1] She carried twenty-two 24-pounder guns and four (18-pounder) culverins on the lower deck; twenty-six 12-pounder guns on the upper deck; fourteen (5-pounder) sakers on the quarterdeck and forecastle; and four 3-pounder guns on the poop or roundhouse.

On 8 October 1736 Bedford was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt by Joseph Allin the younger according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth, from where she was relaunched on 9 March 1741.[2]

Bedford was hulked in 1767, and served in this capacity until 1787, when she was sold out of the navy.[2]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 163.
  2. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.