HMS Feversham (1696)

History
England
Name	HMS Feversham
Ordered	9 August 1695
Builder	Thomas Ellis, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex
Launched	1 October 1696
Commissioned	1697
Fate	Wrecked off Cape Breton, 7 October 1711
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	3721⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	107 ft 0 in (32.61 m) gundeck 88 ft 5.5 in (26.96 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 1.5 in (8.57 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145/110
Armament	as built 32 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)

HMS Feversham was a 32-gun fifth rate built at Shoreham in 1695/97. Her primary assignment was trade protection and counter piracy patrols in Home Waters and North America. She was detached from her assignment to Virginia to assist in the attack on Quebec. She was wrecked while on passage to join the expedition with three transports on 7 October 1711.

She was the first vessel to bear the name Feversham or Faversham in the English and Royal Navy.^[1]