HMS Gloucester (1695)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameGloucester
Ordered27 March 1693
BuilderThomas Clements, Bristol
Launched5 February 1695
Commissioned1695
Decommissioned24 April 1708
FateBroken up, October 1731
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen896 994 bm
Length145 ft 2 in (44.2 m) (Gundeck)
Beam37 ft 5 in (11.4 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement240–365
Armament

HMS Gloucester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1690s. She spent most of her career in the West Indies and participated in the 1701–15 War of the Spanish Succession. The ship was hulked in 1708 and broken up in 1731.