HMS Jersey (1694)

History
England
Name	HMS Jersey
Ordered	21 July 1693
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Chatham
Launched	17 January 1794
Commissioned	19 March 1694
Fate	Wrecked 9 October 1707
General characteristics
Type	20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	262+14⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 6 in (28.8 m) gundeck; 81 ft 0 in (24.7 m) keel for tonnage;
Beam	24 ft 8 in (7.5 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament	initially as ordered; 20 × sakers on wooden trucks (UD); 4 × 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD); 1703 Establishment; 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD); 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD);

HMS Jersey was a member of the standardized 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th century. After commissioning she spent most of her career in the West Indies. She was wrecked there in October 1707.^[1]

Jersey was the second named vessel since it was used for a 48-gun fourth rate, launched by Starling of Malden in 1654, captured by the French in the West Indies on 18 December 1691, renamed Le Jersey and was in service until 1716.^[2]

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History

England
Name	HMS Jersey
Ordered	21 July 1693
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Chatham
Launched	17 January 1794
Commissioned	19 March 1694
Fate	Wrecked 9 October 1707
General characteristics
Type	20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	262+14⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 6 in (28.8 m) gundeck 81 ft 0 in (24.7 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	24 ft 8 in (7.5 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament	initially as ordered 20 × sakers on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD) 1703 Establishment 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)