HMS Bedford (1698)

HMS Bedford was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard on 12 September 1698.[1] She carried twenty-two 24-pounder guns and four (18-pounder) culverins on the lower deck; twenty-six 12-pounder guns on the upper deck; fourteen (5-pounder) sakers on the quarter-deck and forecastle; and four 3-pounder guns on the poop or roundhouse.

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

Plan of the 1741 rebuild of Bedford
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Bedford
Ordered: 24 December 1695
Builder: Fisher Harding, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 12 September 1698
Fate: Sold, 1787
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1073
Length: 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 40 ft 4 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 9 in (5.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 70 guns as set out in the article
General characteristics after 1741 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1230
Length: 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 43 ft 5 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6-pounders
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6-pounders

On 8 October 1736 Bedford was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth, from where she was relaunched on 9 March 1741.[2]

Bedford was hulked in 1767, and served in this capacity until 1787, when she was sold out of the navy.[2]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 163.
  2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.
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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.


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