HMS Anne (1678)

History
England
Name	HMS Anne
Ordered	April 1677
Builder	Phineas Pett, Chatham Dockyard
Launched	November 1678
Commissioned	1687
Fate	Run ashore and burnt to avoid capture 6 July 1690
General characteristics
Class & type	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,05130⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	150 ft 10 in (45.97 m) gundeck; 122 ft 0 in (37.19 m) keel for tonnage;
Beam	40 ft 3 in (12.27 m)
Draught	18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	460/380/300 personnel
Armament	1677 Establishment 72/60 guns; 26 × demi-cannons 54 cwt – 9.5 ft (LD); 26 × 12-pdr guns 32 cwt – 9 ft (UD); 10 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (QD); 4 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (Fc); 5 × 5 3-pdr guns 5 cwt – 5 ft (RH);

HMS Anne was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English, built under the 1677 Construction Programme by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard during 1677/78. She fought in the War of English Succession 1688 to 1697. She took part in the Battle of Beachy Head (1690) where she was severely damaged and dismasted, and ran aground near Rye, East Sussex on 6 July 1690. She was burnt by the English to avoid capture by the French. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.

She was the sixth vessel to bear the name Anne since it was first used for a ballinger built at Southampton in 1416 and sold on 26 June 1426. However, the 1677 naming was probably in honour of the king's niece Anne (daughter of James II, and later Queen Anne).

History

England
Name	HMS Anne
Ordered	April 1677
Builder	Phineas Pett, Chatham Dockyard
Launched	November 1678
Commissioned	1687
Fate	Run ashore and burnt to avoid capture 6 July 1690
General characteristics
Class & type	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,05130⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	150 ft 10 in (45.97 m) gundeck 122 ft 0 in (37.19 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	40 ft 3 in (12.27 m)
Draught	18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	460/380/300 personnel
Armament	1677 Establishment 72/60 guns 26 × demi-cannons 54 cwt – 9.5 ft (LD) 26 × 12-pdr guns 32 cwt – 9 ft (UD) 10 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (QD) 4 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (Fc) 5 × 5 3-pdr guns 5 cwt – 5 ft (RH)