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Name | HMS Cambridge |
Builder | Harding, Deptford Dockyard |
Launched | 21 December 1695 |
Fate | Broken up, 1749 |
General characteristics as built[1] | |
Class and type | 80-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,194 |
Length | 156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 41 ft 11.5 in (12.8 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 80 guns of various weights of shot |
General characteristics after 1715 rebuild[2] | |
Class and type | 1706 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,286 |
Length | 156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 43 ft 6 in (13.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 8 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Cambridge was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 21 December 1695.[1] A combination of poor sailing qualities and a top-heavy structure kept her in reserve for many years. Finally brought into active service during the War of Jenkins' Ear, she played an undistinguished part in Sir John Norris' 1740 expedition to the Bay of Biscay, and at the Battle of Toulon in 1744.
From 1746 to 1748 she was again removed from service while consideration was given to rebuilding her with fewer guns. The investigation was inconclusive, and Cambridge was broken up at Chatham Dockyard in 1750.
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