Name HMS Ipswich Fate Broken up, 1764 Launched 19 April 1694 Builder Harwich | Ordered 1690 Beam 40 ft (12.2 m) Length 46 m | |
Class and type 70-gun third rate ship of the line Tons burthen 1,049 long tons (1,065.8 t) | ||
HMS Ipswich was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Harwich on 19 April 1694.
She was rebuilt at Portsmouth according to the 1719 Establishment, relaunching on 30 October 1730. In 1743 she was part of a small three-vessel squadron sent to the Bay of Ajaccio under Vice-Admiral Thomas Mathews to investigate reports that a single Spanish ship of the line was anchored there for repairs. On reaching the Bay the squadron, comprising Ipswich, HMS Revenge and the fireship HMS Anne Galley, encountered and overwhelmed the 70-gun Spanish warship Isidoro. The Spanish vessel was set on fire by her crew to avoid her being captured, and sank in the Bay.
Ipswich was hulked in 1757, and broken up in 1764.
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