HMS Strafford (1714) - Misplaced Pages

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Strafford (1735).

History

Great Britain
Name	HMS Strafford
Builder	Phillips, Plymouth Dockyard
Launched	16 July 1714
Fate	Broken up, 1733
General characteristics
Class and type	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	703 bm
Length	130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft (4.3 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

HMS Strafford was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1706 Establishment at Plymouth Dockyard, and launched on 16 July 1714.

Strafford served until 1733, when she was broken up.

Notes

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.

v t e 1706 Establishment ships
90-gun second-rates	Neptune Vanguard Princess Sandwich Barfleur
80-gun third-rates	Boyne Humber Russell Cumberland Devonshire Dorsetshire Shrewsbury Cambridge Torbay Newark
70-gun third rates	Resolution Captain Grafton Hampton Court Edgar Yarmouth Orford Royal Oak Expedition Monmouth Revenge Suffolk
60-gun fourth-rates	Plymouth Lion Gloucester Rippon Montagu Medway Kingston Nottingham
50-gun fourth-rates	Salisbury Falmouth Ruby Chester Romney Pembroke Warwick Gloucester Ormonde Bonaventure Bristol Advice Assistance Strafford Worcester Rochester Dartmouth Panther Guernsey Salisbury Winchester St Albans Norwich Weymouth Deptford Swallow Tyger
Followed by: 1719 Establishment List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy List of frigates of the Royal Navy

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