HMS Hastings (1695)

History
England
Name	HMS Hastings
Ordered	2 April 1694
Builder	Thomas Ellis, Shoreham
Launched	5 February 1695
Commissioned	18 June 1695
Fate	Wrecked in storm off Waterford 10 December 1697
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	38390⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	108 ft 8 in (33.12 m) gundeck 90 ft 9 in (27.66 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 2.5 in (8.60 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 7.5 in (3.24 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 Hastings was a 32-gun fifth rate built under contract by Thomas Ellis of Shoreham in 1694/95. She spent her brief career on counter piracy patrols and trade protection duties in Home Waters. She was wrecked in a storm off Waterford in December 1697.

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