HMS Aldborough (1706)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Aldborough.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Aldborough
BuilderWilliam Johnson, Blackwall
Launched6 March 1706
Acquired2 January 1706
CommissionedMarch 1706
Out of service29 March 1727
FateBroken up, Portsmouth dockyard
General characteristics
Class and type24-gun sixth-rate
Tons burthen28777/94 bm
Length
  • 94 ft 3 in (28.7 m) gundeck
  • 74 ft 11 in (22.8 m) keel for tonnage
Beam26 ft 10.5 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 1.5 in (3.4 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail planship-rigged
Complement115
Armament
  • 20 × 6-pdrs on upper deck
  • 4 × 4-pdrs guns on quarterdeck
General characteristics As Rebuilt 1727
Class and type20=gun, Sixth Rate
Tons burthen37490/94 bm
Length
  • 106 ft 0 in (32.31 m) gundeck
  • 87 ft 9.75 in (26.7653 m) keel for tonnage
Beam28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) maximum
Depth of hold9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Sail planship-rigged
Armament20 × 6-pdrs on upper deck

HMS Aldborough was a 24-gun sixth-rate ship of the Royal Navy, purchased in 1706 and in service in Mediterranean and English waters until 1727 when she was rebuilt as a 374 ton (builder's measure) sixth rate in accordance with the 1719 Establishment for Sixth Rates. After the rebuild she spent her career in the West Indies, Home Waters and the Mediterranean. She was finally broken at Deptford on 31 March 1742.[1]

Aldborough was the second named vessel since it was used for a 10=gun ketch. launched by Johnson of Aldeburgh on 6 May 1691 and accidentally blown up on 17 August 1698.[2]

  1. ^ Winfield 2007
  2. ^ Colledge