HMS Granado (1695)

HMS Granado was a Serpent-class bomb vessel of the Royal Navy, one of ten such vessels commissioned in 1695 to support land assaults on continental ports. She saw active service in the Nine Years' War as part of the fleets commanded by Admirals Berkeley and Rooke. She was subsequently assigned to cruising duties in the Mediterranean.[2]

History
UK
Name:	HMS Granado
Ordered:	9 January 1695
Builder:	Robert & John Castle, Deptford Dockyard
Launched:	18 April 1695[1]
Commissioned:	1695
In service:	1695
Out of service:	21 January 1729
Fate:	Broken up, Woolwich Dockyard, 1718
General characteristics
Class and type:	6-gun Serpent-class bomb vessel
Tons burthen:	147 ​^75⁄94 (bm)
Length:	64 ft 5 in (19.6 m) (gundeck) 50 ft 6 in (15.4 m) (keel)
Beam:	23 ft 5 in (7.1 m)
Depth of hold:	10 ft 0 in (3.0 m)
Propulsion:	Sail
Sail plan:	Ketch-rigged
Complement:	30
Armament:	4 × 2pdrs 2 × 12​^1⁄2 in. mortars

In 1711 Granado accompanied her sister ship Basilisk on the British expedition along North America's St Lawrence River. In 1714 she returned to Woolwich for repairs, where she was decommissioned and placed in ordinary. She was broken up at Woolwich Dockyard on 9 May 1718.[2]

References

1. "British bomb vessel 'Granado' (1695)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
2. Winfield 2007, p. 339

Bibliography

• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.

Further reading

• McLaughlan, Ian (2014). The Sloop of War, 1650-1763. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848321878.