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{{Short description|Royal Navy warship}}
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|Ship name=HMS ''Hastings''
|Ship ordered=1696
|Ship builder=Isaac Betts, Woodbridge
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|Ship launched=17 May 1698
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|Ship class=32-gun [[fifth rate]]
|Ship tons burthen=381{{small|{{Fraction|32|94}}}} tons ([[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]])
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* {{convert|108|ft|4|in|m|2|abbr=on}} gundeck
* {{convert|89|ft|10|in|m|2|abbr=on}} keel for tonnage
|Ship beam={{convert|28|ft|3|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
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|Ship hold depth={{convert|10|ft|6|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship sail plan=[[Full-rigged ship]]
|Ship propulsion=Sails
|Ship complement=145/110
|Ship armament=* as built 32 guns
* 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD)
* 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD)
* 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)
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'''HMS ''Hastings''''' was a 32-gun [[fifth rate]] built by Isaac Betts of [[Woodbridge, Suffolk|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.<ref>Colledge (2020)</ref>

==Construction and specifications==
She was ordered on 1696 to be built under contract by Isaac Betts of [[Woodbridge, Suffolk|Woodbridge]]. She was launched on 17 May 1698. Her dimensions were a gundeck of {{convert|108|ft|4|in|m|2|abbr=off}} with a keel of {{convert|89|ft|10|in|m|2|abbr=off}} for tonnage calculation with a breadth of {{convert|28|ft|3|in|m|2|abbr=off}} and a depth of hold of {{convert|10|ft|6|in|m|2|abbr=off}}. Her builder's measure tonnage was calculated as 381{{small|{{Fraction|32|94}}}} tons ([[Builder's Old Measurement|burthen]]).<ref name="Winfield (2009), Ch 5, Hastings">Winfred 2009, Ch 5, The Fifth Rates, Vessels acquired from 16 December 1688, Fifth Rates of 32 and 36 guns, 1694 Programme, Hastings</ref>

The gun armament initially was four demi-culverins<ref>Lavery (1989), Part V, Ch 18, culverins, page 101</ref><ref group=Note>A demi-culverin was a gun of 3,400 pounds with a four-inch bore firing a 9.5-pound shot with an eight-pound powder charge</ref> on the lower deck (LD) with two pair of guns per side. The upper deck (UD) battery would consist of between twenty and twenty-two 6-pounder guns<ref>Lavery (1989), Part V, Ch 18, The 6-pounder, page 102</ref><ref group=Note>A 6-pounder was a Dutch gun used to replace the saker</ref> with ten or eleven guns per side. The gun battery would be completed by four 4-pounder guns<ref>Lavery (1989), Part V, Ch 18, Minion or 4-pounder, page 103</ref><ref group=Note>A minion renamed the 4-pounder was a gun of 1,000 pounds with a 3.5-inch bore firing a 4-pound shot with a 4-pound powder charge.</ref> on the quarterdeck (QD) with two to three guns per side.<ref>Winfred 2009, Ch 5, The Fifth Rates, Vessels acquired from 16 December 1688, Fifth Rates of 32 and 36 guns, 1694 Programme</ref>

==Commissioned Service 1698-1707==
She was commissioned in 1698 under the command of Captain Richard White (died 7 July 1700). She sailed in early 1699 for the East Indies. Captain Edward Rumsey took command on 1 September 1699 to return to Home Waters. In 1702 she was under Captain Richard Culliford for patrolling the Bristol Channel. He was followed by Captain Thomas Kenney in 1703. Captain Charles Parsons took command on 6 April 1704 then Captain Philip Stanhope on 7 November 1704. She sailed to Guinea on the east coast of Africa in 1705. Later that year Commander Francis Vaughan took command for convoy service in the North Sea.<ref name="Winfield (2009), Ch 5, Hastings" />

==Loss==
She was wrecked in a storm near Great Yarmouth on 9 February 1707. Only 24 personnel survived the sinking. Captain Vaughan was drowned in the mishap.<ref name="Winfield (2009), Ch 5, Hastings" />

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==References==
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* Winfield (2009), British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2009, EPUB {{ISBN|978-1-78346-924-6}}
* Colledge (2020), Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, EPUB {{ISBN|978-1-5267-9328-7}}
* Lavery (1989), The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War 1600 – 1815, by Brian Lavery, published by US Naval Institute Press © Brian Lavery 1989, {{ISBN|978-0-87021-009-9}}, Part V Guns, Type of Guns
* Clowes (1898), The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to the Present (Vol. II). London. England: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, © 1898
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