HMS St Albans (1706)

HMS St Albans was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe and launched on 10 December 1706.[1]

Saint Albans, plans of the 1737 rebuild
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS St Albans
Builder	Burchett, Rotherhithe
Launched	10 December 1706
Fate	Wrecked, 1744
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	687 bm
Length	130 ft 8 in (39.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	34 ft 4 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 7+1⁄2 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1718 rebuild[2]
Class and type	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Length	130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1737 rebuild[3]
Class and type	1733 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	853 bm
Length	134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

St Albans underwent her first rebuild at Plymouth Dockyard, where she was reconstructed to the dimensions laid out in the 1706 Establishment, and relaunched on 6 March 1718.[2] On 10 September 1734 orders were issued for her to be taken to pieces and rebuilt for a second time at Plymouth, though on this occasion according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 30 August 1737.[3]

St Albans was wrecked in 1744.[3]