HMS Cambridge (1666)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cambridge.
History | |
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England | |
Name: | HMS Cambridge |
Builder: | Jonas Shish, Deptford Dockyard |
Launched: | 1666 |
Fate: | Wrecked, 1694 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 881 |
Length: | 121 ft (37 m) (keel) |
Beam: | 37 ft 10 in (11.53 m) |
Depth of hold: | 16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
HMS Cambridge was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1666 at Deptford Dockyard.[1]
Cambridge was wrecked in 1694.[1]
Notes
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.
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