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All the vessels were armed under the 1703 Guns Establishment with a main battery of nine-pounder guns. Under the 1716 Guns Establishment, a 40-gun ship with a main battery of 12-pounder guns superseded the 42-gun ship. Hence, the last six of the ships listed below were completed as 40-gun ships. HMS Ludlow Castle 1707 – broken up 1721
The 1716 gun establishment was intended to overturn that situation, so that all ships of a particular type (for example, 70 gun ships) would carry the same armament. The Navy Board highlighted the fact that there were still several ships in service that were physically incapable of carrying the prescribed armament, either due to the number and ...
The Leon Trionfante class were a class of at least fourteen 70-gun third-rate ships of the line [N 2] built by the Venetian Arsenale from 1716 to 1785, in four different series with minor changes in the ships' length.
The list of ship launches in 1716 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1716. Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes 23 January
These ships were originally armed as 96-gun ships under the 1703 Establishment of Guns. They were re-armed as 90-gun ships under the 1716 Establishment of Guns, with heavier 32-lb and 9-lb on the lower and upper decks (the middle deck 18-lb were unaltered), but with one pair of 6-lb removed from each of the partial decks above to leave:
The last ten ships listed below were ordered from 1715 onward which were established and armed to the 1716 Guns Establishment, and the existing 54-gun ships were re-armed to this standard as each came into a dockyard for refitting and opportunity allowed. Salisbury 50 (1707) – rebuilt 1717; Dragon 50 (1707) – wrecked 1712
Note that surviving 68-gun ships were re-rated as 70 guns in 1770 and as 74-gun ships in October 1793. This era commenced with the recruitment of British leading shipwrights who became the principal builders at the Naval Dockyards. Experimental group. Fernando (Santa Bárbara) 64 (launched 8 September 1751 at Ferrol) - Wrecked 3 January 1769
1705–1716: Fate: Wrecked 10 November 1716: General characteristics in British service; Class and type: 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line: Tons burthen: 932 8 ⁄ 94 bm: Length: 141 ft 6 in (43.1 m) 115 ft 2 in (35.1 m) Beam: 39 ft 0 in (11.9 m) Depth of hold: 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) Sail plan: Full-rigged ship: Complement: 365 (240 in peacetime ...