HMS Gloucester (1711)

Gloucester
History
Great Britain
Name	Gloucester
Ordered	29 July 1710
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Launched	4 October 1711
Commissioned	1711
Fate	Burned to avoid capture, 1742
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	714 34⁄94 bm
Length	130 ft 8 in (39.8 m) (Gundeck)
Beam	35 ft 3 in (10.7 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft (4.3 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	185–280
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18-pdr cannon Upper gundeck: 22 × 6-pdr cannon Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pdr cannon Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdr cannon
General characteristics after 1737 rebuild
Class and type	1733 proposals 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	863 tons bm
Length	134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18-pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9-pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs

HMS Gloucester was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line built at Deptford by Joseph Allin the elder for the Royal Navy in 1710/11. She participated in the War of the Spanish Succession. The ship was burned to prevent capture after she was damaged in a storm during Commodore George Anson's voyage around the world in 1742.