HMS Colchester (1707)

HMS Colchester (1707)

HMS "Colchester" was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 13 February 1707.

She underwent a rebuild at Chatham according to the 1719 Establishment, and was relaunched on 26 October 1721. "Colchester" served until 1742, when she was broken up.

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*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.

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