HMS Hastings (1698)

History
England
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	108 ft 4 in (33.02 m) gundeck 89 ft 10 in (27.38 m) keel for tonnage
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	as built 32 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)

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]