HMS Bridgewater (1698)

HMS Bridgewater was a 32-gun fifth rate built at Sheerness Dockyard in 1697/98.

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

History
England
NameHMS Bridgewater
Ordered15 February 1697
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Launched30 May 1698
Commissioned1699
FateBroken at Deptford in April 1738
General characteristics as built
Class and type32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen41137⁄94 tons (bm)
Length
  • 110 ft 5 in (33.66 m) gundeck
  • 90 ft 11 in (27.71 m) keel for tonnage
Beam29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 5.5 in (3.49 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement145/110
Armament
  • as built 32 guns
  • 4/4 x demi-culverins (LD)
  • 22/20 x 6-pdr guns (UD)
  • 6/4 x 4-pdr guns (QD)

She was the second vessel to bear the name Bridgewater since it was used for a 58-gun ship built at Deptford in 1654, renamed Anne in May 1660 and blown up at Sheerness on 2 December 1673.

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