HMS Stirling Castle was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 21 September 1705.[1]
| History | |
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| Name | HMS Stirling Castle |
| Builder | Rosewell, Chatham Dockyard |
| Launched | 21 September 1705 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1771 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1122 |
| Length | 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1723 rebuild[2] | |
| Class and type | 1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1138 |
| Length | 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 41 ft 6 in (12.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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On 12 March 1720 orders were issued directing her to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich, from where she was relaunched on 23 April 1723.[2]
Stirling Castle was converted into a hulk in 1739, and continued to serve in that role until 1771, when she was broken up.[2]
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- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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