HMS Worcester (1698)

HMS Worcester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Southampton on 31 May 1698.^[1]

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Worcester
Ordered	1695
Builder	Winter, Southampton
Launched	31 May 1698
Fate	Broken up, 1733
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	689 bm
Length	131 ft 8.75 in (40.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam	34 ft 4.75 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 6.25 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1714 rebuild[2]
Class and type	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	719 bm
Length	130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

The vessel was rebuilt by Joseph Allin the elder at Deptford according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard and relaunched on 31 August 1714. She served in the North Sea, including participation in the May 1719 capture of Eilean Donan Castle during the Jacobite rising of 1719. Worcester was broken up in 1733.^[2]