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Name | HMS Sedgemoor |
Builder | Lee, Chatham Dockyard |
Launched | 1687 |
Fate | Wrecked, 1689 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 677 tons |
Length | 123 ft (37.5 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 7 in (4.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
HMS Sedgemoor was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard in 1687. [1]
Sedgemoor was driven ashore and wrecked at South Foreland, Kent on 2 January 1689. [2]