HMS Seaford (1695)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Seaford.
HMS Seaford was purchased from Richard Herring of Bursledon. Richard Herring had built this vessel on speculation to a similar specification as the Maidstone Group. After she was commissioned she sailed as part of the expedition to recapture Fort York on Hudson Bay. She was also part of Symond's squadron in the West Indies where she was captured and burnt by the French in 1697.[1]
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Name | HMS Seaford |
Builder | Richard Herring, Bursledon |
Cost | 1,688.18.2d |
Acquired | 27 December 1695 |
Commissioned | Late 1695 |
Captured | 5 May 1697 |
Fate | Taken by French Squadron and burnt |
General characteristics | |
Type | 20-gun Sixth Rate |
Tons burthen | 293+60⁄94 bm |
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Beam | 26 ft 1 in (8.0 m) for tonnage |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 10 in (3.3 m) |
Complement | 110 |
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Seaford was the first named ship tin the Royal Navy.[2]