HMS Southsea Castle (1697)

History
England
Name	HMS Southsea Castle
Namesake	Southsea Castle
Ordered	24 December 1696
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Launched	6 November 1697
Commissioned	November 1697
Fate	Wrecked on Île-à-Vache off the coast of Hispaniola, 12 November 1699
General characteristics
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	38771⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	108 ft 0 in (32.92 m) gundeck 89 ft 9 in (27.36 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145
Armament	as built 32 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)

HMS Southsea Castle was a 32-gun fifth rate built at Deptford Dockyard in 1694/95. She was assigned to the West Indies. She was wrecked along with HMS Bideford on Hispaniola in November 1699.

She was the second vessel to bear the name Southsea Castle since it was used for a 32-gun fifth rate built by Knowles of Redbridge on 1 August 1696 and wrecked on Dove Sand on 15 September 1697.