HMS Milford (1690)

History
England
Name	HMS Milford
Ordered	28 June 1689
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Woolwich
Launched	18 March 1690
Commissioned	10 March 1690
Captured	1 December 1693
Fate	Captured by French
General characteristics
Type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	35562/94 bm
Length	105 ft 2 in (32.1 m) gundeck 88 ft 5 in (26.9 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 0 in (3.0 m)
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Armament	as Built 4 × 4 demi-culverines on wooden trucks (LD) 20 × sakers on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4 minions on wooden trucks (QD)

HMS Milford was a fifth rate built under the 1689 programme built at Deptford Dockyard. Her guns were listed under old terms for guns as demi-culverines,^{[Note 1]} sakers^{[Note 2]} and minions.^{[Note 3]} After commissioning she spent her short career in Newfoundland and Home Waters. She was taken by the French in 1693.^[1]

Milford was the second name vessel since it was used for a 22-gun ship launched by Page of Wivenhoe in 1654, renamed Milford in 1660 and burnt by accident at Leghorn on 7 July 1673.^[2]

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