HMS Medway (1693)

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

HMS Medway was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 September 1693.^[1]

Medway plan of the 1718 rebuild
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Medway
Builder	Furzer, Sheerness Dockyard
Launched	20 September 1693
Fate	Broken up, 1749
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	914 bm
Length	145 ft 3 in (44.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft (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 1718 rebuild[2]
Class and type	1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	914 bm
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 8 in (4.8 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

Medway, together with Chatham and Triton, captured the French Auguste on 19 August 1705.^[3]

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and relaunched on 1 August 1718. Medway was hulked in 1740.^[2]

She was eventually broken up in 1749.^[2]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
3. Roche (2005), p. 57.

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.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau), Vol. 1.