HMS Maidstone (1693)

History
England
Name	HMS Maidstone
Ordered	21 July 1693
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Chatham
Launched	31 December 1693
Commissioned	1 January 1694
Fate	Sold 29 July 1714
General characteristics
Type	20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	250+36⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 3 in (28.7 m) gundeck; 79 ft 6 in (24.2 m) keel for tonnage;
Beam	24 ft 4 in (7.4 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament	initially as ordered; 20 × sakers on wooden trucks (UD); 4 × 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD); 1703 Establishment; 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD); 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD);

HMS Maidstone was a member of the standardized 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th century. After commissioning she spent her career between Home Waters and North America with junkets to the West Indies and once to the Mediterranean. Mainly employed as a trade protection vessel. She was sold in 1714.

Maidstone was the second named vessel since it was used for a 40-gun ship launched by Mundy at Woodbridge in 1545, renamed Mary Rose in 1660 during the restoration of the Monarchy, she was captured by the French in the Atlantic on 12 July 1691.

History

England
Name	HMS Maidstone
Ordered	21 July 1693
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Chatham
Launched	31 December 1693
Commissioned	1 January 1694
Fate	Sold 29 July 1714
General characteristics
Type	20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	250+36⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 3 in (28.7 m) gundeck 79 ft 6 in (24.2 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	24 ft 4 in (7.4 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Armament	initially as ordered 20 × sakers on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD) 1703 Establishment 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)