HMS Carlisle (1698)

History
England
Name: HMS Carlisle
Ordered: 1695
Builder: Waffe, Plymouth Dockyard
Launched: 1698
Fate: Accidentally blown up, 1700
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 709 long tons (720.4 t)
Length: 112 ft (34.1 m) (keel)
Beam: 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold: 13 ft 2 in (4.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS (His/Her Majesty's Ship) Carlisle was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Plymouth Dockyard in 1698.[1]

It was accidentally blown up in 1700.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 164.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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