HMS Fowey (1705)

HMS Fowey was a 32-gun fifth rate built at Chatham Dockyard in 1703/05. She spent her career in the Mediterranean and was taken by the French off Cape Gato, Spain in April 1709.

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

History
England
NameHMS Fowey
Ordered16 March 1703
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Launched10 March 1705
Commissioned1705
Captured14 April 1709
FateTaken by two French 40-gun ships off Cape Gato, Spain
General characteristics as built
Class and type32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen41192⁄94 tons (bm)
Length
  • 108 ft 5 in (33.05 m) gundeck
  • 89 ft 0 in (27.13 m) keel for tonnage
Beam29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 0 in (3.96 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)
Notesthe demi-culverins would be changed for 12-pdr guns later

She was the second named vessel since it was used for a 32-gun fifth rate built by Burgess & Briggs of Shoreham and taken by the French off the Scilly Islands on 1 August 1704.

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