HMS Gloucester (1737)

History

Great Britain
Name:	Gloucester
Ordered:	29 July 1710
Builder:	Deptford Dockyard
Launched:	4 October 1711
Commissioned:	1711
Fate:	Burned to avoid capture, 1742
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	714 ³⁴⁄₉₄ bm
Length:	130 ft 8 in (39.8 m) (Gundeck)
Beam:	35 ft 3 in (10.7 m)
Depth of hold:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	185–280
Armament:	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18-pdr cannon Upper gundeck: 22 × 6-pdr cannon Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pdr cannon Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdr cannon
General characteristics after 1737 rebuild
Class and type:	1733 proposals 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	863 tons bm
Length:	134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold:	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Gloucester was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1710s. She participated in the 1701–15 War of the Spanish Succession. The ship was burned to prevent capture after she was damaged in a storm during Commodore George Anson's voyage around the world in 1742.

Gloucester had a length at the gundeck of 130 feet 8 inches (39.8 m) and 108 feet 1 inch (32.9 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 35 feet 3 inches (10.7 m) and a depth of hold of 14 feet (4.3 m). The ship's tonnage was 714 ³⁴⁄₉₄ tons burthen.Gloucester was armed with twenty-two 18-pounder cannon on her main gundeck, twenty-two 9-pounder cannon on her upper gundeck, and four 6-pounder cannon each on the quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship had a crew of 185–280 officers and ratings.

Gloucester, named after the eponymous port, was the fourth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy. She was ordered on 29 July 1710 and was built by Master Shipwright Joseph Allin to the 1706 Establishment of dimensions at Deptford Dockyard. The ship was launched on 4 October 1711 and commissioned that same year under Captain James Carlton for service in the English Channel.

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