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Name | HMS Hastings |
Ordered | 1696 |
Builder | Isaac Betts, Woodbridge |
Launched | 17 May 1698 |
Commissioned | 1698 |
Fate | Wrecked in a storm near Great Yarmouth 9 February 1707 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | 32-gun fifth rate |
Tons burthen | 38132⁄94 tons (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 28 ft 3 in (8.61 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 145/110 |
Armament |
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HMS Hastings was a 32-gun fifth rate built by Isaac Betts of Woodbridge in 1696/98. She was employed in convoy service, trade protection and counter piracy patrols. She was wrecked off Greater Yarmouth in February 1707.
She was the second vessel to bear the name Hastings since it was used for a 32-gun fifth rate built by Thomas Ellis of Shoreham on 5 February 1695 then wrecked 1697 off Waterford.[1]