HMS Feversham (1696)

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Feversham
Ordered9 August 1695
BuilderThomas Ellis, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex
Launched1 October 1696
Commissioned1697
FateWrecked off Cape Breton, 7 October 1711
General characteristics as built
Class and type32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen372194 tons (bm)
Length
  • 107 ft 0 in (32.61 m) gundeck
  • 88 ft 5.5 in (26.96 m) keel for tonnage
Beam28 ft 1.5 in (8.57 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement145/110
Armament
  • as built 32 guns
  • 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD)
  • 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD)
  • 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)

HMS Feversham was a 32-gun fifth rate built at Shoreham in 1695/97. Her primary assignment was trade protection and counter piracy patrols in Home Waters and North America. She was detached from her assignment to Virginia to assist in the attack on Quebec. She was wrecked while on passage to join the expedition with three transports on 7 October 1711.

She was the first vessel to bear the name Feversham or Faversham in the English and Royal Navy.[1]

  1. ^ Colledge (2020)