HMS Sedgemoor (1687)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Sedgemoor
BuilderLee, Chatham Dockyard
Launched1687
FateWrecked, 1689
General characteristics [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen677 tons
Length123 ft (37.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam34 ft 6 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 7 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Sedgemoor was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard in 1687.[1]

Sedgemoor was driven ashore and wrecked at South Foreland, Kent on 2 January 1689.[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.
  2. ^ Larn, Richard (1977). Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks. Newton Abbot, London, North Pomfret: David & Charles. p. 46. ISBN 0-7153-7202-5.

References[edit]

  • 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.