HMS Colchester (1707)

HMS Colchester was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 13 February 1707.[1]

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

Plan of Colchester's 1721 rebuild
History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Colchester
Builder:	Allin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched:	13 February 1707
Fate:	Broken up, 1742
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type:	50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	682
Length:	130 ft 6 in (39.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	34 ft 5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold:	13 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1721 rebuild[2]
Class and type:	1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	756
Length:	134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold:	15 ft 2 in (4.6 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

She underwent a rebuild at Chatham according to the 1719 Establishment, and was relaunched on 26 October 1721. Colchester served until 1742, when she was broken up.[2]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 166.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 170.

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.