HMS Maidstone (1693)

HMS Maidstone was a member of the standardize 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th Century. After commissioning she spent her career between Home Waters and North America with junkets to the West Indies and once to the Mediterranean. Mainly employed as a trade protection vessel. She was sold in 1714.

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

History
England
NameHMS Maidstone
Ordered21 July 1693
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Chatham
Launched31 December 1693
Commissioned1 January 1694
FateSold 29 July 1714
General characteristics
Type20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen250+36⁄94 bm
Length
  • 94 ft 3 in (28.7 m) gundeck
  • 79 ft 6 in (24.2 m) keel for tonnage
Beam24 ft 4 in (7.4 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament
  • initially as ordered
  • 20 x sakers on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 x 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)
  • 1703 Establidhment
  • 20 x 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 x 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)

Maidstone was the second named vessel since it was used for a 40-gun ship launched by Mundy at Woodbridge in 1545, renamed Mary Rose in 1660 during the restoration of the Monarchy, she was captured by the French in the Atlantic on 12 July 1691.

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