HMS_Winchester_(1698)

HMS <i>Winchester</i> (1698)

HMS Winchester (1698)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

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

HMS Winchester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Richard Wells at Greenland North Dockyard,[1] Rotherhithe and launched on 17 March 1698.[2]

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She was rebuilt to the 1706 Establishment at Plymouth Dockyard, and was relaunched on 10 October 1717. Winchester was hulked in 1744, and served in this role until 1781, when she was broken up.[3]

She was captained from 1712 to 1714 by Sir Tancred Robinson.[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Rankin, Stuart (July 2004). Shipyards, Granaries and Wharves, Maritime Rotherhithe, History Walk B. London: Southwark Council. ISBN 0-905849-37-X. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  2. [2]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 164.
  3. [3]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.
  4. [4]
    "Sir Tancred Robinson (d. 1754)". Retrieved 3 December 2013.

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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