HMS Shoreham (1694)

History
England
Name	HMS Shoreham
Ordered	17 February 1693
Builder	Thomas Ellis, Shoreham
Launched	6 January 1694
Commissioned	January 1694
General characteristics as built
Class and type	30-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	3608⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	103 ft 0 in (31.39 m) gundeck 85 ft 7 in (26.09 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 1.5 in (8.573 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	1703 Establishment 32/28 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns(QD)
General characteristics 1719/21 rebuild
Class and type	20-gun sixth rate
Tons burthen	37964⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	106 ft 0 in (32.31 m) gundeck 88 ft 11 in (27.10 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	1719 Establishment 20 guns 20 × 6-pdr guns (UD)

HMS Shoreham was a 32-gun fifth rate vessel built under contract at Shoreham in 1693/94. During the War of the English Succession she was involved in the unsuccessful operation at Camaret Bay (near Brest). At the end of the war she helped take half a French convoy off Ireland. She then deployed to North America and the West Indies. She was rebuilt as a 20-gun sixth rate to the 1719 Establishment in 1719/21. She served in the Baltic as a bomb vessel then reverted to a sixth rate. She participated in operations in the West Indies during the initial years of the War of Austrian Succession before being sold in 1744.

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