HMS Medway (1693)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Medway.

Medway plan of the 1718 rebuild
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Medway
Builder	Furzer, Sheerness Dockyard
Launched	20 September 1693
Fate	Broken up, 1749
General characteristics as built
Class and type	60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	914 bm
Length	145 ft 3 in (44.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 7 in (4.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1718 rebuild
Class and type	1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	914 bm
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Medway was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 September 1693.

Medway, together with Chatham and Triton, captured the French Auguste on 19 August 1705.

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and relaunched on 1 August 1718. Medway was hulked in 1740.

She was eventually broken up in 1749.

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.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau), Vol. 1.