HMS Stirling Castle (1705)

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Stirling Castle
Builder:	Rosewell, Chatham Dockyard
Launched:	21 September 1705
Fate:	Broken up, 1771
General characteristics as built[1]
Class & type:	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,122 long tons (1,140.0 t)
Length:	151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	41 ft (12.5 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 6 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1723 rebuild[2]
Class & type:	1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,138 long tons (1,156.3 t)
Length:	151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	70 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Stirling Castle was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 21 September 1705.^[1]

On 12 March 1720 orders were issued directing her to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich, from where she was relaunched on 23 April 1723.^[2]

Stirling Castle was converted into a hulk in 1739, and continued to serve in that role until 1771, when she was broken up.^[2]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p169.

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.