HMS Gloucester (1709)

HMS Gloucester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe according to the 1706 Establishment, and launched on 25 July 1709.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gloucester.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Gloucester
BuilderBurchett, Rotherhithe
Launched25 July 1709
Captured26 October 1709, by the French
French Royal Navy EnsignFrance
Acquired26 October 1709
General characteristics [1]
Class and type1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen923 bm
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Gloucester's career with the Royal Navy was brief, for on 26 October 1709, she was captured by French forces off Cape Clear Island.[2]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
  2. Ships of the Old Navy, Gloucester.

References
  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Michael Phillips. Gloucester (60) (1709). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 30 July 2008.


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