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HMS Gloucester (1709)

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Name
  
HMS Gloucester

Acquired
  
26 October 1709

Launched
  
25 July 1709

Builder
  
Burchett, Rotherhithe

Tons burthen
  
923 bm

Captured
  
26 October 1709, by the French

Class and type
  
1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line

HMS Gloucester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe according to the 1706 Establishment, and launched on 25 July 1709.

Gloucester's career with the Royal Navy was brief, for on 26 October 1709, she was captured by French forces off Cape Clear Island.

References

HMS Gloucester (1709) Wikipedia