HMS Portland (1693)

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Portland
Builder:	Lawrence, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched:	28 March 1693
Fate:	Broken up, 1743
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type:	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	636 long tons (646.2 t)
Length:	125 ft 6 in (38.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	34 ft (10.4 m)
Depth of hold:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1723 rebuild[2]
Class and type:	1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	772 long tons (784.4 t)
Length:	134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold:	15 ft 2 in (4.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Portland was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard on 28 March 1693.^[1]

She was rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth, and was relaunched on 25 February 1723.

On 17 March 1709, Portland recaptured Coventry, which the 54-gun Auguste and the 54-gun Jason (1704) had captured in September 1704.^[3]

Portland was broken up in 1743.^[4]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.
3. Roche (2005), pp.134 and 57.
4. Colledge, p. 274

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.
• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau).