HMS Experiment (1689)

History
England
NameHMS Experiment
Ordered28 June 1689
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Chatham
Launched17 December 1689
Commissioned1690
FateBreaking completed at Portsmouth in July 1738
General characteristics
Type32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen3712/94 bm
Length
  • 105 ft 0 in (32.0 m) gundeck
  • 92 ft 0 in (28.0 m) keel for tonnage
Beam27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Sail planship-rigged
Complement
  • as fifth rate 145/100
  • as sixth rate 115/85
Armament
  • as built
  • 4 × 4 demi-culverines on wooden trucks (LD)
  • 20 × sakers on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 × 4 minions on wooden trucks (QD)
  • 1703 Establishment
  • 4 × 4 9-pdr guns on wooden trucks (LD)
  • 22/20 × 6-pdr guns on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 6/4 × 4-pdr guns on wooden trucks (QD)
  • as sixth rate
  • 20/18 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD)
General characteristics as rebuilt 1727
Type20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen374+66⁄94 bm
Length
  • 106 ft 0 in (32.3 m) gundeck
  • 87 ft 9 in (26.7 m) keel for tonnage
Beam28 ft 4 in (8.6 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold9 ft 2 in (2.8 m)
Sail planship-rigged
Armament20 × 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD)

HMS Experiment was a fifth rate built under the 1689 programme built at Deptford Dockyard. Her guns were listed under old terms for guns as demi-culverines, sakers and minions. After commissioning she spent her career in Home Waters, North America, Mediterranean and the West Indies. She was reduced to a 20-gun sixth rate in 1717 then rebuilt as a 1719 Establishment sixth rate in 1724. Her breaking was finally completed at Portsmouth in 1738.

Experiment was the third named vessel since it was used for a double-hulled sloop built in 1664 and lost in 1687.

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