HMS Betty (1695)

History
England
Name	HMS Betty
Acquired	26 April 1695
Commissioned	29 April 1695
Out of service	In French Service August 1695-February 1696
Renamed	Betty Prize February 1696
Fate	Sold 1 October 1702
General characteristics
Type	36-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	37165⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	103 ft 0 in (31.39 m) gundeck 86 ft 0 in (26.21 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Armament	36 guns 8 × short demi-culverins (LD) 20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 8 × minions (QD)

HMS Betty was purchased on 24 April 1695. She was previously a privateer at Bristol in British service. After commissioning she went to the West Indies on trade protection duties. She was captured by the French while returning in 1695, but was retaken in 1696 by the British. She was again commissioned in British service and served in the Mediterranean, Guinea and did surveying work off Ireland. She was sold in 1702.

Betty was the only such named vessel in the English and Royal Navy.^[1]