HMS Rye (1696)

History
England
Name	HMS Rye
Ordered	27 December 1694
Builder	Sheerness Dockyard
Launched	17 June 1696
Commissioned	20 December 1695
Fate	Sunk as a breakwater at Harwich in July 1727
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	38429⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	109 ft 6.5 in (33.39 m) gundeck 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145/110
Armament	as built 32 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)

HMS Rye was a 32-gun fifth rate built at Sheerness Dockyard in 1694/96.

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