History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Portland
BuilderLawrence, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched28 March 1693
FateBroken up, 1743
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen636
Length125 ft 6 in (38.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam34 ft (10.4 m)
Depth of hold14 ft (4.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1723 rebuild[2]
Class and type1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen772
Length134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 2 in (4.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Portland was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard on 28 March 1693.[1]

She was rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth, and was relaunched on 25 February 1723.

She was present at Wager's Action a naval confrontation on 8 June 1708 N.S (28 May O.S.), between a British squadron under Charles Wager and the Spanish treasure fleet, as part of the War of Spanish Succession.[3]

On 17 March 1709, Portland recaptured Coventry, which the 54-gun Auguste and the 54-gun Jason (1704) had captured in September 1704.[4]

In July 1739 Edward Hawke, who later became the First Lord of the Admiralty, became the commander of Portland until 1743.[5]

Portland was broken up later that same year.[6]

Wager's Action off Cartagena, 28 May 1708

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
  2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.
  3. "Wager's Action off Cartagena, 28 May 1708". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  4. Roche (2005), pp.134 and 57.
  5. Wiki-Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
  6. Colledge, p. 274

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