HMS Tilbury (1699)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Tilbury
Ordered24 December 1695
BuilderDaniel Furzer, Chatham Dockyard
Launched3 September 1699
FateBroken up, 1726
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen691 2694 bm
Length130 ft 1.5 in (39.7 m) (gundeck) 110 ft 3 in (33.6 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 4 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 7.5 in (4.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Tilbury was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, one of eight such ships authorised by the Navy Board on 24 December 1695 to be newly built (six by commercial contract and two in the Royal Dockyards); the others were the Hampshire, Dartmouth, Winchester, Salisbury, Worcester, Jersey and Carlisle. Construction of the Tilbury was awarded to Chatham Dockyard, where she was designed and built by Master Shipwright Daniel Furzer, and she was launched there on 3 September 1699 - the last of the eight ships to be finished.[1][2][3]

The Tilbury served until 1726, when she docked at Chatham Dockyard on 4 November and was broken up.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714, p.137.
  2. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
  3. ^ "British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Tilbury' (1699)". Threedecks. Retrieved 18 November 2019.