HMS Rippon (1712)

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

Rippon 1735 rebuild
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Rippon
Builder	Allin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched	23 August 1712
Fate	Broken up, 1751
General characteristics as built
Class and type	1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	924 tons BM
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24-pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs
General characteristics after 1735 rebuild
Class and type	60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,021 bm
Length	145 ft (44.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam	40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Rippon was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the elder at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 23 August 1712.

Orders were issued on 23 June 1730 directing that Rippon be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Woolwich. Unlike almost every other ship of the line rebuild of the time, Rippon was not reconstructed to the dimensions laid out in the naval establishments, though the differences were not pronounced. As an experiment into increasing the sizes of the Royal Navy's ships in response to the growth of foreign vessels Rippon had one foot added to the gundeck and keel lengths, and the breadth. In addition Centurion, a new-built ship, had previously been built with one foot great breadth over the standard dimensions of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 29 March 1735.

Rippon served until 1751, when she was broken up.

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.

External links

• Media related to HMS Rippon (ship, 1712) at Wikimedia Commons