HMS Sunderland (1694)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS Sunderland
Builder: Winter, Southampton
Launched: 17 March 1694
Fate: Sunk as a foundation, 1737
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 915 long tons (929.7 t)
Length: 145 ft 2 in (44.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 37 ft 10 in (11.5 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 10 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 60 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Sunderland was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Southampton on 17 March 1694.[1]

Sunderland was hulked in 1715, and sunk as part of the foundation of a breakwater in 1737.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.

References

  • 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.


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