HMS Seaford (1697)

HMS Seaford was a member of the standardize 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th Century. After she was commissioned she had a very varied career, starting in the Mediterranean then the Irish Sea, then to Newfoundland, the North Sea followed by a great repair then to the Leeward Islands. She was dismantled in 1722 and rebuilt as a bomb vessel in 1727 than a 20-gun sixth rate in 1728. She served in the West Indies, America and the Mediterranean. She was finally broken in 1740.

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

History
England
NameHMS Seaford
Ordered24 December 1696
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Portsmouth
Launched15 October 1697
Commissioned28 October 1697
Out of serviceAugust 1722
Reclassified
  • Bomb vessel 1727
  • 20-gun sixth rate 1728
Reinstated1727
FateBroken at Woolwich April to June 1740
General characteristics
Type24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen248+5⁄94 bm
Length
  • 93 ft 2 in (28.4 m) gundeck
  • 77 ft 2 in (23.5 m) keel for tonnage
Beam24 ft 7 in (7.5 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold10 ft 10 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)
General characteristics As Rebuilt 1727
Class and type20-gun, Sixth Rate
Tons burthen37580/94 bm
Length
  • 106 ft 0 in (32.31 m) gundeck
  • 87 ft 6 in (26.67 m) keel for tonnage
Beam28 ft 5.5 in (8.674 m) maximum
Depth of hold9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Sail planship-rigged
Armament20 x 6-pdrs on upper deck

Seaford was the second ship to bear this name since it was used for a 24-gun sixth rate purchased from Richard Herring of Bursledon on 27 December 1695 and captured by the French off the Scilly Islands on 5 May 1697 and burnt.

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