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HMS Canterbury (1693)

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Name
  
HMS Canterbury

Fate
  
Broken up, 1770

Builder
  
Snelgrove, Deptford

Launched
  
18 December 1693

Class and type
  
60-gun fourth rate ship of the line

Tons burthen
  
903 long tons (917.5 t)

Length
  
144 ft 9 in (44.1 m) (gundeck)

HMS Canterbury was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 18 December 1693.

She was rebuilt at Portsmouth according to the 1719 Establishment, and was relaunched on 15 September 1722. On 25 April 1741, she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Plymouth Dockyard as a 58-gun fourth rate according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 5 February 1744.

Canterbury was placed on harbour service in 1761, and was broken up in 1770.

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HMS Canterbury (1693) Wikipedia


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