HMS Ipswich (1694)

Plans for the 1730 rebuild of Ipswich
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Ipswich
Ordered1690
BuilderBarret, Harwich
Launched19 April 1694
FateBroken up, 1764
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1049
Length149 ft 11 in (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 8 in (5.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1730 rebuild[2]
Class and type1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1142
Length151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Ipswich was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Harwich on 19 April 1694.[1]

She was rebuilt by Joseph Allin the younger at Portsmouth according to the 1719 Establishment, relaunching on 30 October 1730.[2] In 1743 she was part of a small three-vessel squadron sent to the Bay of Ajaccio under Vice-Admiral Thomas Mathews to investigate reports that a single Spanish ship of the line was anchored there for repairs. On reaching the Bay the squadron, comprising Ipswich, HMS Revenge and the fireship HMS Anne Galley, encountered and overwhelmed the 70-gun Spanish warship Isidoro. The Spanish vessel was set on fire by her crew to avoid her being captured, and sank in the bay.[3]

Ipswich was hulked in 1757, and broken up in 1764.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.
  2. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p169.
  3. ^ Clowes 1898, p. 273

References

  • Clowes, W. L. (1898). The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present. Vol. 3. Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. OCLC 421848674.
  • 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.

Ellis, C. Hamilton (n.d.)"Ships: a Pictorial History from Noah's Ark to The U.S.S> United States". Peebles Press.


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