HMS Stirling Castle (1705)

HMS Stirling Castle was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 21 September 1705.[1]

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Stirling Castle
Builder:	Rosewell, Chatham Dockyard
Launched:	21 September 1705
Fate:	Broken up, 1771
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type:	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1122
Length:	151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	41 ft (12.5 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 6 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1723 rebuild[2]
Class and type:	1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1138
Length:	151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	70 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs

On 12 March 1720 orders were issued directing her to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich, from where she was relaunched on 23 April 1723.[2]

Stirling Castle was converted into a hulk in 1739, and continued to serve in that role until 1771, when she was broken up.[2]