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HMS Rochester (1693)

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Name
  
HMS Rochester

Fate
  
Broken up, 1748

Launched
  
1693

Builder
  
Tons burthen
  
607 bm

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

Length
  
125 ft 5 in (38.2 m) (gundeck)

HMS Rochester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard in 1693.

She was rebuilt to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and was relaunched on 19 March 1716. In 1744 she was renamed HMS Maidstone, and converted for use as a hospital ship. Maidstone was broken up in 1748.

References

HMS Rochester (1693) Wikipedia


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