HMS Gloucester (1695)

History
Great Britain
Name	Gloucester
Ordered	27 March 1693
Builder	Thomas Clements, Bristol
Launched	5 February 1695
Commissioned	1695
Decommissioned	24 April 1708
Fate	Broken up, October 1731
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	896 9⁄94 bm
Length	145 ft 2 in (44.2 m) (Gundeck)
Beam	37 ft 5 in (11.4 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	240–365
Armament	60 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 24-pdr cannon Upper gundeck: 24 × 9-pdr demi-culverins Quarterdeck: 10 × 6-pdr cannon Poop deck: 4 × 3-pdr cannon

HMS Gloucester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1690s. She spent most of her career in the West Indies and participated in the 1701–15 War of the Spanish Succession. The ship was hulked in 1708 and broken up in 1731.