HMS Fowey (1696)

History
England
Name	HMS Fowey
Ordered	3 May 1695
Builder	Thomas Burges & William Briggs, Shoreham
Launched	7 May 1696
Commissioned	1696
Captured	1 August 1704
Fate	Taken by a squadron of seven French privateers
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	37748⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	108 ft 0 in (32.92 m) gundeck 89 ft 5.5 in (27.27 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 2 in (8.59 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 6.5 in (3.21 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)

HMS Fowey was a 32-gun fifth rate built by Mr. Flint of Plymouth in 1695/96. She was employed in trade protection and counter-piracy patrols in Home Waters and North America. She was in on the capture of a 50-gun Frenchman while returning from Virginia. She was taken by the French off the Scilly Islands in August 1704.

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