HMS Lowestoffe (1697)

History
England
Name	HMS Lowestoffe
Ordered	24 December 1696
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Launched	7 August 1697
Commissioned	1699
Fate	Sold 12 July 1744
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	35688⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	104 ft 4 in (31.80 m) gundeck 87 ft 8 in (26.72 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	27 ft 8 in (8.43 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 4 in (3.15 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)
General characteristics 1719 Establishment
Class and type	20-gun sixth rate
Tons burthen	37790⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	106 ft 3 in (32.39 m) gundeck 88 ft 0 in (26.82 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 5 in (8.66 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	1719 Establishment 20 guns 20 × 6-pdr guns (UD)

HMS Lowestoffe was a 32-gun fifth rate built at Chatham Dockyard in 1696/97. She spent her career on counter piracy patrols and trade Protection duties. She participated in the capture of Port Royal in Nova Scotia. She was rebuilt in 1722/24 as a 20-gun sixth rate. She was sold in July 1744.

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