HMS Feversham (1696)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Faversham.
HMS Feversham was a 32-gun fifth rate built at Shoreham in 1695/97. Her primary assignment was trade protection and counter piracy patrols in Home Waters and North America. She was detached from her assignment to Virginia to assist in the attack on Quebec. She was wrecked while on passage to join the expedition with three transports on 7 October 1711.
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Name | HMS Feversham |
Ordered | 9 August 1695 |
Builder | Thomas Ellis, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex |
Launched | 1 October 1696 |
Commissioned | 1697 |
Fate | Wrecked off Cape Breton, 7 October 1711 |
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Class and type | 32-gun fifth rate |
Tons burthen | 3721⁄94 tons (bm) |
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Beam | 28 ft 1.5 in (8.57 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 145/110 |
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She was the first vessel to bear the name Feversham or Faversham in the English and Royal Navy.[1]