HMS Lichfield (1695)

	Lichfield, plan of the 1730 rebuild
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Lichfield
Ordered	16 November 1693
Builder	William Stignant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	4 February 1695
Out of service	February 1715
Fate	Broken up, 1744
General characteristics as built
Class and type	50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	682
Length	130 ft 3 in (39.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam	34 ft 7.5 in (10.6 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1730 rebuild
Class and type	1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	756
Length	134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 2 in (4.6 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns:; Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs;

HMS Lichfield was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 4 February 1695.^{[note 1]}^[3]

She underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Plymouth, and was relaunched on 25 March 1730. Lichfield continued in service until 1744, when she was broken up.^[2]

Notes

^ J. J. Colledge's Ships of the Royal Navy and Brian Lavery's The Ship of the Line list a launch year of 1694, but later research by Rif Winfield and James Goss indicates a date of 4 February 1695.

Citations

^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
^ ^a ^b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.
^ Winfield, The 50-gun Ship

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.
Rif Winfield, The 50-gun Ship, Chatham Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-86176-025-6
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

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[launch-3] J. J. Colledge's Ships of the Royal Navy and Brian Lavery's The Ship of the Line list a launch year of 1694, but later research by Rif Winfield and James Goss indicates a date of 4 February 1695.

[Lavery,_SoLv1_p164-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.

[Lavery,_SoLv1_p170-2] Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.

[4] Winfield, The 50-gun Ship

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History
Lichfield, plan of the 1730 rebuild
Great Britain
Name	HMS Lichfield
Ordered	16 November 1693
Builder	William Stignant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	4 February 1695
Out of service	February 1715
Fate	Broken up, 1744
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type	50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	682
Length	130 ft 3 in (39.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam	34 ft 7.5 in (10.6 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1730 rebuild^[2]
Class and type	1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	756
Length	134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 2 in (4.6 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs