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The 1706 Establishment was the first formal set of dimensions for ships of the Royal Navy. Two previous sets of dimensions had existed before, though these were only for specific shipbuilding programs running for only a given amount of time. In contrast, the 1706 Establishment was intended to be permanent. [1]
The 1706 Establishment established a desired set of principal dimensions for each group (i.e. size) of warship from the 40-gun fifth rate up to the 90-gun second rate (first rates and ships of less than 40 guns were not covered by the 1706 Establishment).
HMS Salisbury was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the dimensions of the 1706 Establishment, and launched on 3 July 1707. [1] In autumn of 1707, she brought the body of admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell (who had been killed in a disastrous shipwreck in the Isles of Scilly ) from St Mary's to ...
HMS St Albans was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe and launched on 10 December 1706. [1]St Albans underwent her first rebuild at Plymouth Dockyard, where she was reconstructed to the dimensions laid out in the 1706 Establishment, and relaunched on 6 March 1718. [2]
Full-rigged ship: Armament: 90 guns of various weights of shot: General characteristics after 1710 rebuild [2] Class and type: 1706 Establishment 90-gun second-rate ship of the line: Tons burthen: 1,576: Length: 163 ft 1.75 in (49.7 m) (gundeck) Beam: 47 ft 3 in (14.4 m) Depth of hold: 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) Propulsion: Sails: Sail plan: Full ...
HMS Grafton was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.She was built by Swallow and Fowler, of Limehouse, London, to the dimensions of the 1706 Establishment, and was launched on 9 August 1709.
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Full-rigged ship: Armament: 46-54 guns of various weights of shot: General characteristics after 1719 rebuild [1] Class and type: 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line: Tons burthen: 710 tons: Length: 131 ft (39.9 m) (on the gundeck) 109 ft 6 in (33.4 m) (keel) Beam: 35 ft (10.7 m) Depth of hold: 14 ft (4.3 m) Propulsion: Sails ...