HMS Worcester (1698)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Worcester
Ordered1695
BuilderWinter, Southampton
Launched31 May 1698
FateBroken up, 1733
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen689 bm
Length131 ft 8.75 in (40.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam34 ft 4.75 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6.25 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1714 rebuild[2]
Class and type1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen719 bm
Length130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold14 ft (4.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Worcester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Southampton on 31 May 1698.[1]

The vessel was rebuilt by Joseph Allin the elder at Deptford according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard and relaunched on 31 August 1714. She served in the North Sea, including participation in the May 1719 capture of Eilean Donan Castle during the Jacobite rising of 1719. Worcester was broken up in 1733.[2]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 164.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.