British 1689 Program 32-Gunner

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1689 Program 32-Gunner

General notes on ClassBWAS-1603
The prototype demi-batterie ships to be designed for the Royal Navy, for which the basic specification - devised by Admiral the Earl of Torrington (Arthur Herbert) - provided for "one tier of ordnance flush and that to be on the upper deck whereby they will be able to carry them out in all weathers" (a freeboard of at least 7ft for the ten pairs of UD sakers was provided); below this the lower deck had just two pairs of gunports, for larger calibre guns (demi-culverins) only deployable in a flat calm, with ten oar-ports a side and a centrally-placed loading port. Following a preliminary instruction by the Admiralty on 4.5.1689 for the Navy Board to "prepare an estimate of the charge of building five (Fifth Rates) together with a draught of the said ships", five new 32-gun Fifth Rates were ordered from the Dockyards in June 1689, to carry 10 guns a side (and) to have 10 oar ports or scuttles on each side

Nationality	Great Britain
Nominal Guns	32
Approved	1689/06
Designer
Rate	Fifth Rate
Type	Frigate
Designed Crew	145
Ships in Class	5

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 96.00 Imperial Pound ( 43.54 kg)		BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck	4 x British Demi-Culverin
Upper Gun Deck	22 x British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck	6 x British 4-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						105' 0"	92' 0"	27' 0"	10' 0"	356 ⁷⁰⁄₉₄
Experiment (32) 1689-1717 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	28.6.1689	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	17.12.1689	7.1717	Razeed	105' 0"	92' 0"	27' 6"	10' 6"	370 ⁷⁄₉₄
Pembroke (32) 1690-1694 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	28.6.1689	Deptford - London	3.3.1690	23.2.1694	Captured	105' 6"	90' 6"	27' 2 ½"	10' 2"	356 ³⁴⁄₉₄
Milford (32) 1690-1693 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	28.6.1689	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	18.3.1689/90	1.12.1693	Captured	105' 2"	88' 5"	27' 6"	10' 0"	355 ⁶²⁄₉₄
Portsmouth (32) 1690-1696 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Ship	28.6.1689	Portsmouth - Hampshire	13.5.1690	1.10.1696	Captured	106' 3"	89' 0"	29' 6"	10' 0"	411 ⁹²⁄₉₄
Sheerness (32) 1691-1717 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate	28.6.1689	Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness	6.3.1690/91	8.1717	Razeed	105' 9"	89' 3"	27' 6"	10' 0"	359 ¹⁄₉₄

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BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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