HMS Fowey (1705)

History
England
Name	HMS Fowey
Ordered	16 March 1703
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Launched	10 March 1705
Commissioned	1705
Captured	14 April 1709
Fate	Taken by two French 40-gun ships off Cape Gato, Spain
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	41192⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	108 ft 5 in (33.05 m) gundeck 89 ft 0 in (27.13 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 0 in (3.96 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)
Notes	the demi-culverins would be changed for 12-pdr guns later

HMS Fowey was a 32-gun fifth rate built at Chatham Dockyard in 1703/05. She spent her career in the Mediterranean and was taken by the French off Cape Gato, Spain in April 1709.

She was the second named vessel since it was used for a 32-gun fifth rate built by Burgess & Briggs of Shoreham and taken by the French off the Scilly Islands on 1 August 1704.^[1]