HMS Anne (1678)
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 England
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| Name: | HMS Anne |
| Builder: | Phineas Pett II, Chatham Dockyard |
| Launched: | 1678 |
| Honours and awards: |
Participated in: Battle of Beachy Head |
| Fate: | Burnt, 1690 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,089 long tons (1,106.5 t) |
| Length: | 150 ft 10 in (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
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HMS Anne was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard and launched in 1678.
She took part, under the command of John Tyrrell, in the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690, but was burnt after the battle. The remains, on the low water mark of the beach near Pett Level, East Sussex, were designated under the British Protection of Wrecks Act on 20 June 1974.
The wreck is owned by the Nautical Museums Trust (Shipwreck Museum Hastings).
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