HMS Poole (1696)

History
England
Name	HMS Poole
Ordered	5 June 1695
Builder	Joseph Nye & George Moore, East Cowes
Launched	6 August 1696
Commissioned	1696
Fate	Sunk as a breakwater, 8 July 1737
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	38143⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	108 ft 6 in (33.07 m) gundeck 90 ft 1.5 in (27.47 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 2.5 in (8.60 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 7 in (3.23 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145/110
Armament	as built 32 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins on lower deck 22/20 × 6-pdr guns on upper deck 6/4 × 4-pdr guns on quarter deck

HMS Poole was a 32-gun fifth rate built by Joseph Nye & George Moore of East Cowes on the Isle of Wight in 1695/96. She spent the first part of her career on trade protection and counter piracy patrols. After 1719 she was converted to a fireship. She was finally sunk as a breakwater at Harwich in July 1737.

She was the first vessel to bear the name Poole in the English and Royal Navy.^[1]