shrewsbury, 1695, other, ships, with, same, name, shrewsbury, shrewsbury, three, decker, third, rate, ship, line, royal, navy, built, joseph, allin, elder, launched, portsmouth, dockyard, february, 1695, history, great, britain, namehms, shrewsbury, buildersti. For other ships with the same name see HMS Shrewsbury HMS Shrewsbury was a three decker 80 gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy built by Joseph Allin the elder and launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 6 February 1695 1 History Great Britain NameHMS Shrewsbury BuilderStigant Portsmouth Dockyard Launched6 February 1695 FateBroken up 1749 General characteristics as built 1 Class and type80 gun third rate ship of the line Tons burthen1 257 Length158 ft 48 2 m gundeck Beam42 ft 6 in 13 0 m Depth of hold17 ft 5 in 5 3 m PropulsionSails Sail planFull rigged ship Armament80 guns of various weights of shot General characteristics after 1713 rebuild 2 Class and type1706 Establishment 80 gun third rate ship of the line Tons burthen1 314 Length156 ft 47 5 m gundeck Beam43 ft 6 in 13 3 m Depth of hold17 ft 8 in 5 4 m PropulsionSails Sail planFull rigged ship Armament80 guns Gundeck 26 32 pdrs Middle gundeck 26 12 pdrs Upper gundeck 24 6 pdrs Quarterdeck 4 6 pdrs Shrewsbury narrowly escaped destruction on the Goodwin Sands during the Great Storm on 26 November 1703 3 She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard and was relaunched on 12 August 1713 2 The Shrewsbury was part of Vice Admiral Edward Vernon s fleet and took part against the Spanish in the disastrous defeat expedition to Cartagena de Indias during the War of Jenkins Ear Shrewsbury continued in service until 1749 when she was broken up 2 Notes edit a b Lavery Ships of the Line vol 1 p163 a b c Lavery Ships of the Line vol 1 p167 Jerrold Walter 1907 Highways and Byways in Kent London Macmillan p 142 References 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 nbsp 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 Shrewsbury 1695 amp oldid 1204453263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
