Name HMS Colchester Launched 1694 | Ordered 1693 Builder Blackwall Yard | |
Fate Foundered in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, 1704 Class and type 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line Tons burthen 696 long tons (707.2 t) Length 131 ft 4 in (40.0 m) (gundeck) | ||
HMS Colchester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall Yard in 1694. She foundered at Whitesand Bay, Sennen Cove on 16 January 1704 with the loss of approximately one hundred lives.
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