History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Shrewsbury
BuilderStigant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched6 February 1695
FateBroken up, 1749
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type80-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,257
Length158 ft (48.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam42 ft 6 in (13.0 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 5 in (5.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1713 rebuild[2]
Class and type1706 Establishment 80-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,314
Length156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 80 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 6 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Shrewsbury was a three-decker 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the elder and launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on the 6th of February, 1695.[1]

Shrewsbury narrowly escaped destruction on the Goodwin Sands during the Great Storm on the 26th of November 1703.[3] She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and was relaunched on the 12th of August 1713.[2]

The Shrewsbury was part of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's fleet and took part against the Spanish in the disastrous defeat expedition to Cartagena de Indias during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

Shrewsbury continued in service until 1749, when she was broken up.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.
  2. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.
  3. ↑ Jerrold, Walter (1907). Highways and Byways in Kent. London: Macmillan. p. 142.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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