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HMS Dorsetshire (1694)

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Name
  
HMS Dorsetshire

Fate
  
Sold, 1749

Launched
  
8 December 1694

Builder
  
Winter, Southampton

Tons burthen
  
1,176

Class and type
  
80-gun third rate ship of the line

Length
  
153 ft 4.5 in (46.7 m) (gundeck)

HMS Dorsetshire was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Southampton on 8 December 1694.

Dorsetshire came under the command of Edward Whitaker in 1704 and she was at the capture of Gibraltar (but out of commission). Whitaker then took the ship to play a part in the Battle of Málaga the same year.

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Portsmouth Dockyard, and relaunched on 20 September 1712. As built, Dorsetshire had carried her 80-gun armament on two decks, but during this rebuild they were redistributed over a third gundeck, although she continued to be classified as a third rate.

Dorsetshire continued to serve until 1749, when she was sold out of the navy.

References

HMS Dorsetshire (1694) Wikipedia


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