HMS Canterbury (1693)

HMS Canterbury was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 18 December 1693.[1]

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

Plan of the 1744 rebuild of Canterbury
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Canterbury
Builder: Snelgrove, Deptford
Launched: 18 December 1693
Fate: Broken up, 1770
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 903
Length: 144 ft 9 in (44.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 38 ft 1.5 in (11.6 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 7 in (4.7 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament: 60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1722 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 964
Length: 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1744 rebuild[3]
Class and type: 1741 proposals 58-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,117 long tons (1,134.9 t)
Length: 147 ft (44.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 42 ft (12.8 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 1 in (5.5 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • 58 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

She was rebuilt at Portsmouth according to the 1719 Establishment, and was relaunched on 15 September 1722.[2]

The Capture of the Spanish galleon St Joseph, 23 September 1739, Chester (left, and Canterbury (right side)

Canterbury along with HMS Chester, during the War of Jenkins' Ear captured the Spanish Caracca St Joseph on 23 September 1739. The St.Joseph was probably the most valuable single prize of the war.[4]

On 25 April 1741, she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Plymouth Dockyard as a 58-gun fourth rate according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 5 February 1744.[3]

Canterbury was placed on harbour service in 1761, and was broken up in 1770.[3]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 163.
  2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 170.
  3. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 172.
  4. https://books.google.%7Cco.uk/books?id=Y5WCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1732&lpg British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers ..., by Rif Winfield, published 2007

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.


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