History
England
NameHMS Lizard
Ordered21 July 1693
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Chatham
Launched19 March 1694
Commissioned22 January 1694
FateLost with all hands 31 May 1696
General characteristics
Type20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen250+36⁄94 bm
Length
  • 94 ft 3 in (28.7 m) gundeck
  • 79 ft 6 in (24.2 m) keel for tonnage
Beam24 ft 4 in (7.4 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament
  • initially as ordered
  • 20 x sakers on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 x 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)
  • 1703 Establidhment
  • 20 x 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 x 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)

HMS Lizard was a member of the standardize 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th Century. She was commissioned for service in the Bristol Channel, followed by the Irish Sea. She went missinging in the Mediterranean when she was lost with all hands in May 1696.

Lizard was the fourth ship to bear this name since it was used for a 120 builder's measure ship listed from 1512 to 1522.[1]

Construction

She was ordered in the First Batch of four ships from Chatham Dockyard to be built under the guidance of their Master Shipwright, Robert Lee. She was launched on 19 March 1694.[2]

Commissioned Service

She was commissioned on 22 January 1694 under the command of Captain William Caldwell, RN for service in the Bristol Channel. Just over a year later, Captain Joseph Welby, RN assumed command on 26 February 1695. She maintained her service in the Briston Channel before moving into the Irish Sea. In 1696 she was assigned to the Mediterranean. Shortly after arriving in the Mediterranean she went missing.[3]

Loss

HMS Lizard was lost with all hands off Toulon on 31 May 1696.[4]

Citations

  1. ↑ Colledge
  2. ↑ Winfield
  3. ↑ Winfield
  4. ↑ Winfield

References

  • Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2009, EPUB ISBN 9781783469246, Chapter 6, The Sixth Rates, Vessels acquired from 18 December 1688, Sixth Rates of 20 guns and up to 26 guns, Maidstone Group, Lizard
  • Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, e ISBN 978-1-5267-9328-7 (EPUB), Section L (Lizard)
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