HMS Portland (1693)

Career (Great Britain)
Name:	HMS Portland
Builder:	Lawrence, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched:	28 March 1693
Fate:	Broken up, 1743
General characteristics as built
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
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

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Portland.

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

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.

Portland was broken up in 1743.

References

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