She underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Plymouth, and was relaunched on 25 March 1730. Lichfield continued in service until 1744, when she was broken up.[2]
Notes
^J. J. Colledge's Ships of the Royal Navy and Brian Lavery's The Ship of the Line list a launch year of 1694, but later research by Rif Winfield and James Goss indicates a date of 4 February 1695.
lichfield, 1695, other, ships, with, same, name, lichfield, lichfield, fourth, rate, ship, line, royal, navy, built, portsmouth, dockyard, launched, february, 1695, note, lichfield, plan, 1730, rebuildhistorygreat, britainnamehms, lichfieldordered16, november,. For other ships with the same name see HMS Lichfield HMS Lichfield was a 50 gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 4 February 1695 note 1 3 Lichfield plan of the 1730 rebuildHistoryGreat BritainNameHMS LichfieldOrdered16 November 1693BuilderWilliam Stignant Portsmouth DockyardLaunched4 February 1695Out of serviceFebruary 1715FateBroken up 1744General characteristics as built 1 Class and type50 gun fourth rate ship of the lineTons burthen682Length130 ft 3 in 39 7 m gundeck Beam34 ft 7 5 in 10 6 m Depth of hold13 ft 6 in 4 1 m Sail planFull rigged shipArmament50 guns of various weights of shotGeneral characteristics after 1730 rebuild 2 Class and type1719 Establishment 50 gun fourth rate ship of the lineTons burthen756Length134 ft 40 8 m gundeck Beam36 ft 11 0 m Depth of hold15 ft 2 in 4 6 m Sail planFull rigged shipArmament50 guns Gundeck 22 18 pdrs Upper gundeck 22 9 pdrs Quarterdeck 4 6 pdrs Forecastle 2 6 pdrsShe underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Plymouth and was relaunched on 25 March 1730 Lichfield continued in service until 1744 when she was broken up 2 Notes Edit J J Colledge s Ships of the Royal Navy and Brian Lavery s The Ship of the Line list a launch year of 1694 but later research by Rif Winfield and James Goss indicates a date of 4 February 1695 Citations Edit Lavery Ships of the Line vol 1 p164 a b Lavery Ships of the Line vol 1 p170 Winfield The 50 gun ShipReferences EditLavery Brian 2003 The Ship of the Line Volume 1 The development of the battlefleet 1650 1850 Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0 85177 252 8 Rif Winfield The 50 gun Ship Chatham Publishing 1997 ISBN 1 86176 025 6 Colledge J J Warlow Ben 2006 1969 Ships of the Royal Navy The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy Rev ed London Chatham Publishing ISBN 978 1 86176 281 8 This article about a ship of the line of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Lichfield 1695 amp oldid 1096738362, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
