HMS Southsea Castle (1697)

HMS Southsea Castle was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1696 and launched in 1697 at Deptford Dockyard. On 12 November 1699 she was wrecked together with HMS Biddeford on Île-à-Vache, off the coast of Hispaniola.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Southsea Castle.
History
England
Name: Southsea Castle
Namesake: Southsea Castle
Ordered: 24 December 1696
Builder: Fisher Harding, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 1697
Acquired: 6 November 1697
Commissioned: November 1697
Fate: Wrecked on Île-à-Vache off the coast of Hispaniola, 12 November 1699
General characteristics
Class and type: Lyme Group 32-Gun Ship
Type: Fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen: 387 71⁄94 (bm)
Length: 108 ft (33 m) (gundeck), 89 ft 9 in (27.36 m) (keel)
Beam: 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Depth of hold: 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 145
Armament:
  • 32 guns (1697):
  • Lower gundeck: 4 x British Demi-Culverin
  • Upper gundeck: 22 x British 6-Pounder
  • Quarterdeck: 6 x British 4-Pounder

References

Citations
  1. "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Southsea Castle' (1697)". Three Decks. Retrieved 11 April 2019.


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