HMS Lichfield (1695)

Lichfield, plan of the 1730 rebuild
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Lichfield
Ordered16 November 1693
BuilderWilliam Stignant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched4 February 1695
Out of serviceFebruary 1715
FateBroken up, 1744
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen682
Length130 ft 3 in (39.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam34 ft 7.5 in (10.6 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1730 rebuild[2]
Class and type1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen756
Length134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 2 in (4.6 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Lichfield was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 4 February 1695.[note 1][3]

She underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Plymouth, and was relaunched on 25 March 1730. Lichfield continued in service until 1744, when she was broken up.[2]

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.
  3. ^ Winfield, The 50-gun Ship


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