HMS Flamborough (1697)
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HMS Flamborough was a member of the standardized 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th century. She was commissioned for service in Home waters, then Mediterranean. She was captured by the French in 1705 and scuttled.[1]
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Name | HMS Flamborough |
Ordered | 24 December 1696 |
Builder | Royal Dockyard, Chatham |
Launched | 10 July 1697 |
Commissioned | 26 June 1697 |
Captured | 10 October 1705 |
Fate | Captured by French and scuttled |
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Type | 20-gun sixth rate |
Tons burthen | 251+85⁄94 bm |
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Beam | 24 ft 8 in (7.5 m) for tonnage |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 4 in (3.1 m) |
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Flamborough was the first ship to bear this name in the Royal Navy.[2]