HMS Shrewsbury (1695)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Shrewsbury
Builder	Stigant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	6 February 1695
Fate	Broken up, 1749
General characteristics as built
Class and type	80-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,257
Length	158 ft (48.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam	42 ft 6 in (13.0 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 5 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1713 rebuild
Class and type	1706 Establishment 80-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,314
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
Armament	80 guns:; Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs; Middle gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 24 × 6 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs;

HMS Shrewsbury was a three-decker 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the elder and launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 6 February, 1695.^[1]

Shrewsbury narrowly escaped destruction on the Goodwin Sands during the Great Storm on 26 November 1703.^[3] She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and was relaunched on 12 August 1713.^[2]

The Shrewsbury was part of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's fleet and took part against the Spanish in the disastrous defeat expedition to Cartagena de Indias during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

Shrewsbury continued in service until 1749, when she was broken up.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.
^ Jerrold, Walter (1907). Highways and Byways in Kent. London: Macmillan. p. 142.

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.

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