History | |
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Commonwealth of England | |
Name | Bristol |
Namesake | Bristol |
Ordered | 27 February 1652 |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Launched | 1653 |
Commissioned | 1653 |
Honours and awards | Santa Cruz 1657 |
History | |
Kingdom of England | |
Name | Bristol |
Acquired | May 1660 |
Honours and awards |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Bristol |
Acquired | 1707 Act of Union |
Captured | 24 April 1709 |
Fate | By two French ships |
Kingdom of France | |
Acquired | 12 April 1709 |
Captured | 25 April 1709, by the Royal Navy |
Fate | Foundered |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | 44-gun Fourth-rate |
Tons burthen | 534+45⁄94 tons bm |
Length |
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Beam | 31 ft 1 in (9.5 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 0 in (4.0 m) |
Sail plan | ship-rigged |
Complement |
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Armament |
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General characteristics after 1693 rebuild | |
Class and type | 50-gun fourth-rate |
Tons burthen | 489+0⁄94 tons bm |
Length | 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Sail plan | ship-rigged |
Complement | 280/230/150 personnel |
Armament |
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Bristol was a 44-gun fourth rate vessel of the Commonwealth of England built under the 1651 Programme. She arrived too late for the First Anglo-Dutch War, however, was an active participant in the Second Anglo-Dutch War though in the Third she was no longer used as a line-of battle vessel and reverted to a role of cruising against privateers. She was lost in this role in the English Channel when she was captured by the French. Two weeks she was recaptured by the English and sank in 1709.[1]
Bristol was the first named vessel in the English and Royal Navy.[2]