HMS Gosport (1696)

History
England
Name	HMS Gosport
Ordered	3 May 1695
Builder	William Collins, Shoreham
Launched	3 September 1696
Commissioned	1696
Captured	28 July 1706
Fate	Captured by French Privateer the 54-gun Jason
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	37680⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	107 ft 9 in (32.84 m) gundeck 89 ft 10 in (27.38 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 1 in (8.56 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145/110
Armament	as built 32 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)

HMS Gosport was a 32-gun fifth rate built by William Collins of Shoreham in 1695/96. She spent her career on counter piracy patrols and trade protection duties in Home Waters, in North America and the West Indies. She was captured by the French in 1706.

She was the first vessel to bear the name Gosport in the English and Royal Navy.^[1]