HMS Jersey (1698)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Jersey.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Jersey
Ordered	24 December 1695
Builder	Joseph Nye & George Moore, East Cowes
Launched	24 November 1698
Fate	Sunk, 27 May 1763
General characteristics
Class and type	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	676 77⁄94 bm
Length	132 ft 1 in (40.3 m) (gundeck) 109 ft (33.2 m) (
Beam	34 ft 2 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 8 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Jersey was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, one of eight such ships authorised by the Navy Board on 24 December 1695 to be newly built (six by commercial contract and two in the Royal Dockyards); the others were the Hampshire, Dartmouth, Salisbury, Winchester, Worcester, Carlisle and Tilbury. The contract for the Jersey was signed with shipbuilder Joseph Nye (and his partner, timber merchant George Moore) on 31 July 1696, for the ship to be built in his yard at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight for a contract price of £8-2-6d per ton, and she was launched there on 24 November 1698.

She was converted to serve as a hulk at Plymouth Dockyard in August 1731, and was deliberately sunk there on 27 May 1763.

References

• 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.
• Winfield, Rif (1997), The 50-Gun Ship: A Complete History. Chatham Publishing (1st edition); Mercury Books (2nd edition 2005). ISBN 1-845600-09-6.
• Winfield, Rif (2009) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.
• Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.