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

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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 bm
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 bm
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	1117 bm
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

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

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]