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Ship of the line of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Anglesea (referred to as HMS Anglesey on occasion) was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Plymouth Dockyard in 1694.[1]
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Name | HMS Anglesea |
Ordered | 1693 |
Builder | Waffe, Plymouth Dockyard |
Launched | 1694 |
General characteristics as built[1] | |
Class and type | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 620 tons bm |
Length | 125 ft (38.1 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 33 ft 2 in (10.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
General characteristics after 1725 rebuild | |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Anglesea was one of four ships sent to Madagascar on an anti-piracy mission under Thomas Warren in 1699.[2]
Anglesea was reduced to a fifth rate in 1719, and underwent a rebuild in 1725.[1]
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