HMS Anglesea (1694)

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

HMS Anglesea (referred to as HMS Anglesey on occasion) was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Plymouth in 1694, although not ordered from the dockyard, but as a commercial contract with Mr Flint, with labour and materials supplied from the dockyard by the Master Shipwright, Elias Waffe.^[2] She was ordered on 17 February 1692 (the same day as her sister Portland, which was built at Woolwich Dockyard).

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Anglesea
Ordered	17 February 1693
Builder	Flint, Plymouth Dockyard
Launched	17 April 1694
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	620 21⁄94 bm
Length	125 ft (38.1 m) (on gundeck) 106 ft (32.3 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 2 in (10.1 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1725 rebuild
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship

Anglesea, under the command of Captain James Litteton between 1698 and 1701, was one of four ships sent to Madagascar on an anti-piracy mission under Thomas Warren in 1699.^[3]

Anglesea was reduced to a 40-gun fifth rate in 1719, and underwent a rebuild from then until 1725 at Chatham Dockyard.^[2]