HMS Gloucester (1711)
Gloucester | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Gloucester |
| Ordered | 29 July 1710 |
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched | 4 October 1711 |
| Commissioned | 1711 |
| Fate | Burned to avoid capture, 1742 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 714 34⁄94 bm |
| Length | 130 ft 8 in (39.8 m) (Gundeck) |
| Beam | 35 ft 3 in (10.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 185–280 |
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| General characteristics after 1737 rebuild | |
| Class & type | 1733 proposals 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 863 tons bm |
| Length | 134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Gloucester was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line built at Deptford by Joseph Allin the elder for the Royal Navy in 1710/11. She participated in the War of the Spanish Succession. The ship was burned to prevent capture after she was damaged in a storm during Commodore George Anson's voyage around the world in 1742.