HMS Bridgewater (1698)

History
England
Name	HMS Bridgewater
Ordered	15 February 1697
Builder	Sheerness Dockyard
Launched	30 May 1698
Commissioned	1699
Fate	Broken at Deptford in April 1738
General characteristics as built
Class & type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	41137⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	110 ft 5 in (33.66 m) gundeck; 90 ft 11 in (27.71 m) keel for tonnage;
Beam	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 5.5 in (3.49 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145/110
Armament	as built 32 guns; 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD); 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD); 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD);

HMS Bridgewater was a 32-gun fifth rate built at Sheerness Dockyard in 1697/98.

She was the second vessel to bear the name Bridgewater since it was used for a 58-gun ship built at Deptford in 1654, renamed Anne in May 1660 and blown up at Sheerness on 2 December 1673.

History

England
Name	HMS Bridgewater
Ordered	15 February 1697
Builder	Sheerness Dockyard
Launched	30 May 1698
Commissioned	1699
Fate	Broken at Deptford in April 1738
General characteristics as built
Class & type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	41137⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	110 ft 5 in (33.66 m) gundeck 90 ft 11 in (27.71 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 5.5 in (3.49 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145/110
Armament	as built 32 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)