HMS Lancaster (1694)

HMS Lancaster was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Bursledon on 3 April 1694.[1]

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

History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Lancaster
Builder: Wyatt, Bursledon
Launched: 3 April 1694
Fate: Broken up, 1773
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,198 long tons (1,217.2 t)
Length: 156 ft 1 in (47.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft 10 in (12.8 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1722 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,366 long tons (1,387.9 t)
Length: 158 ft (48.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 2 in (5.5 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 80 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 6 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1749 rebuild[3]
Class and type: 1741 proposals 66-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,478 long tons (1,501.7 t)
Length: 161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft (14.0 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 66 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

She was rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth, from where she was relaunched on 1 September 1722. After this time, her armament of 80 guns, previously carried on two gundecks, was carried on three, though she continued to be classified as a third rate.[2] On 15 February 1743 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard as a 66-gun third rate according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. This rebuild returned her to a two-decker, and she was relaunched on 22 April 1749.[3]

Lancaster was broken up in 1773.[3]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.
  2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p169.
  3. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p172.
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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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