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HMS Reserve (1704)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Reserve (1650) and HMS Sutherland.
HMS Reserve was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 18 March 1704.[1]
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Name | HMS Reserve |
Builder | Harding, Deptford Dockyard |
Launched | 18 March 1704 |
Renamed | HMS Sutherland, 1716 |
Fate | Broken up, 1754 |
Notes | Hospital ship from 1741 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 676 |
Length | 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 34 ft 5+1ā2 in (10.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 6+1ā2 in (4.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
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Reserve was renamed HMS Sutherland in 1716, and converted to serve as a hospital ship in 1741. Sutherland was broken up in 1754.[1]