HMS Bedford (1698) - Misplaced Pages

Royal Navy third rate ship of the line For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bedford.

History
Plan of the 1741 rebuild of Bedford
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
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
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

HMS Bedford was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard on 12 September 1698. 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 quarterdeck and forecastle; and four 3-pounder guns on the poop or roundhouse.

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

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

Notes

^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 163.
^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 171.

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.

1719 Establishment ships

1719 Establishment

100-gun first-rates	Royal Sovereign
90-gun second-rates	Prince George Union Namur Neptune Marlborough
80-gun third-rates	Lancaster Princess Amelia Cornwall Norfolk Somerset Princess Caroline Russell
70-gun third-rates	Edinburgh Northumberland Burford Captain Stirling Castle Berwick Lenox Kent Grafton Ipswich Buckingham Prince of Orange
60-gun fourth-rates	Canterbury Plymouth Sunderland Windsor Deptford Swallow Tilbury Warwick Pembroke Dunkirk
50-gun fourth-rates	Falkland Chatham Colchester Leopard Argyll Portland Assistance Romney Salisbury Oxford Falmouth Lichfield Greenwich Newcastle

1733 proposals

100-gun first-rates	Victory
90-gun second-rates	Duke St George
80-gun third-rates	Boyne Cumberland
70-gun third-rates	Elizabeth Suffolk Essex Nassau Prince Frederick Bedford Royal Oak Stirling Castle Monmouth Revenge Captain Berwick
60-gun fourth-rates	Weymouth Strafford Worcester Augusta Dragon Jersey Superb Lion Kingston Rupert Dreadnought Medway Princess Mary Exeter Nottingham
50-gun fourth-rates	Gloucester St Albans Severn Guernsey Hampshire Leopard Nonsuch Sutherland Antelope Dartmouth Woolwich Preston

1741 proposals

90-gun second-rates	Ramillies Prince
80-gun third rates	Newark
74-gun third-rates	Culloden
66-gun third-rates	Devonshire Lancaster
64-gun third-rates	Northumberland Edinburgh Hampton Court Kent Yarmouth
58-gun fourth-rates	Princess Louisa Defiance Canterbury Sunderland Tilbury Eagle
50-gun fourth-rates	Chester Harwich Winchester Maidstone Colchester Portland Falkland Salisbury Advice Gloucester Norwich Ruby Colchester Lichfield Panther

Preceded by: 1706 Establishment
Followed by: 1745 Establishment

This article about a ship of the line of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: