HMS Lichfield (1695)

HMS "Lichfield" was a 50-gun Fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 4 February 1695.Ref_label|A|a|none [Winfield, "The 50-gun Ship"]

She underwent a rebuild according to the 1719 Establishment at Plymouth, and was relaunched on 25 March 1730. "Lichfield" continued in service until 1744, when she was broken up.

Notes

a. Note_label|A|a|none J. J. Colledge's "Ships of the Royal Navy" and Brian Lavery's "The Ship of the Line" list a launch year of 1694, but later research by Rif Winfield and James Goss indicates a date of 4 February 1695.

Citations

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.
*Rif Winfield, "The 50-gun Ship", Chatham Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-86176-025-6
*colledge