HMS Southsea Castle (1697)

HMS Southsea Castle was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1696 and launched in 1697 at Deptford Dockyard. On 12 November 1699 she was wrecked together with HMS Biddeford on Île-à-Vache, off the coast of Hispaniola.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Southsea Castle.

History
England
Name:	Southsea Castle
Namesake:	Southsea Castle
Ordered:	24 December 1696
Builder:	Fisher Harding, Deptford Dockyard
Launched:	1697
Acquired:	6 November 1697
Commissioned:	November 1697
Fate:	Wrecked on Île-à-Vache off the coast of Hispaniola, 12 November 1699
General characteristics
Class and type:	Lyme Group 32-Gun Ship
Type:	Fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	387 71⁄94 (bm)
Length:	108 ft (33 m) (gundeck), 89 ft 9 in (27.36 m) (keel)
Beam:	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Depth of hold:	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	145
Armament:	32 guns (1697): Lower gundeck: 4 x British Demi-Culverin Upper gundeck: 22 x British 6-Pounder Quarterdeck: 6 x British 4-Pounder

References

Citations

1. "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Southsea Castle' (1697)". Three Decks. Retrieved 11 April 2019.