HMS St David (1667)

HMS St David was a 54-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched in 1667 at Lydney.[1]

‘St David’, 54-gun fourth-rate, built 1667, sunk 1689. Only the foremost gun deck port is shown. (Willem van de Velde, 1675)
History
England
Name: HMS St David
Builder: Furzer, Lydney
Launched: 1667
Fate: Wrecked, 11th Nov. 1689
General characteristics
Class and type: 54-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 685 tons (696 tonnes)
Length: 107 ft (33 m) (keel)
Beam: 34 ft 9 in (10.59 m)
Depth of hold: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament: 54 guns of various weights of shot
St David in an action of the English Succession

She foundered in Portsmouth Harbour in 1689 [2] and was raised in 1691 under the supervision of Edmund Dummer, Surveyor of the Navy.

The ship was later hulked and finally sold in 1713.

Notes

  1. Lavery 2003, p. 161.
  2. ADM 106/390/13

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. 1. Conway Maritime Press. p. 224. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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