HMS Pendennis (1695)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pendennis.

Victory and death of Marc-Antoine de Saint-Pol Hécourt, 31 October 1704, by Gudin (1839)
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Pendennis
Ordered18 November 1694
BuilderRobert & John Castle, Deptford
Launched15 October 1695
Commissioned1696
Captured20 October 1705
General characteristics [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen681 71⁄94
Length
  • 130 ft 2.5 in (39.7 m) (gundeck)
  • 109 ft (33.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam34 ft 3.5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6.5 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Lower gundeck 20 x 12 pdr guns
  • Upper gundeck 22 x demi-culverins (9 pdr guns)
  • Quarterdeck 6 x minions (4 pdr guns)
  • Forecastle 2 x minions (4 pdr guns)

HMS Pendennis was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, ordered on 18 November 1694 as one of two such ships (the other was the Harwich) to be built by commercial contract by Robert and John Castle at their yard at Deptford. The Pendennis was launched on 15 October 1695.[1]

The Pendennis was captured by the French 50-gun ships Protée, supported by Triton and Salisbury, off the Dogger Bank on 20 October 1705, while defending a convoy; with her name altered to Pindenize, she remained in French service until sold in 1706 at Dunkirk.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1603-1714, p.135.
  2. ^ David J. Hepper, British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail 1650-1859 (Jean Boudriot Publications, Rotherfield, East Sussex, 1994) ISBN 0-948864-30-3.