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Lark Group

NationalityGreat Britain
Nominal Guns42
Approved1702/07/04
Designer 
RateFifth Rate
TypeShip
Designed Crew190
Ships in Class7

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 153.00 Imperial Pound ( 69.39 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck18 x British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 x British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 x British 6-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     118' 0"97' 6"32' 0"13' 6"531 694
Hector (42) 1703-1718
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
4.7.1702Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 20.2.1702/324.3.1717/18Broken Up to Rebuild116' 4 ½"95' 7"31' 2"12' 11"493 7494
Greyhound (42) 1703-1711
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Ship
4.7.1702John's Ness - Ipswich 3.1702/326.8.1711Wrecked114' 3"95' 3"31' 3"12' 10 ½"494 7194
Garland (42) 1703-1709
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Ship
8.9.1702Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich 31.5.170329.11.1709Wrecked115' 6"96' 0"31' 2"12' 11 ½"496 194
Lark (42) 1703-1723
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Ship
4.7.1702Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 3.6.17039.7.1723Broken Up to Rebuild115' 2"95' 0"31' 2 ½"12' 10"492 594
Folkestone (42) 1703-1728
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Ship
1702Deptford Dockyard - Deptford 14.10.17031.1728Broken Up115' 8"95' 0"31' 4"13' 0"496 1094
Roebuck (42) 1704-1725
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
19.3.1702/3Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth 5.4.170427.1.1724/25Broken Up to Rebuild115' 0"95' 2"31' 3"13' 0"494 1894
Sorlings (42) 1706-1717
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Ship
16.3.1703/4Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness 18.2.1705/617.12.1717Wrecked116' 6"94' 7"31' 8 ¾13' 1 ½"506 4594

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