HMS Rochester (1693)

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

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Rochester
Builder:	Lee, Chatham Dockyard
Launched:	1693
Fate:	Broken up, 1748
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	607 bm
Length:	125 ft 5 in (38.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	32 ft 8 in (10.0 m)
Depth of hold:	13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1716 rebuild^[2]
Class and type:	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	756 bm
Length:	130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Rochester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard in 1693.^[1]

She was rebuilt to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and was relaunched on 19 March 1716. In 1744 she was renamed HMS Maidstone, and converted for use as a hospital ship. Maidstone was broken up in 1748.^[2]

Notes

1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.

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.

1706 Establishment ships

90-gun second rates	Neptune Vanguard Princess Sandwich Barfleur

80-gun third rates	Boyne Humber Russell Cumberland Devonshire Dorsetshire Shrewsbury Cambridge Torbay Newark

70-gun third rates	Resolution Captain Grafton Hampton Court Edgar Yarmouth Orford Royal Oak Expedition Monmouth Revenge Suffolk

60-gun fourth rates	Plymouth Lion Gloucester Rippon Montague Medway Kingston Nottingham

50-gun fourth rates	Salisbury Falmouth Ruby Chester Romney Pembroke Warwick Gloucester Ormonde Bonaventure Bristol Advice Assistance Strafford Worcester Rochester Dartmouth Panther Guernsey Salisbury Winchester St Albans Norwich Weymouth Deptford Swallow Tiger

Followed by: 1719 Establishment List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy List of frigates of the Royal Navy

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