HMS Looe (1697)

History
England
Name	HMS Looe
Ordered	24 December 1696
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	15 October 1697
Commissioned	1697
Fate	Wrecked in Scratchwell Bay 12 December 1705
General characteristics as built
Class & type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	38963⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	108 ft 1 in (32.94 m) gundeck; 89 ft 8 in (27.33 m) keel for tonnage;
Beam	28 ft 7 in (8.71 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 1 in (3.38 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145/110
Armament	as built 32 guns; 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD); 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD); 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD);

HMS Looe was a 32-gun fifth rate built by Portsmouth Dockyard in 1696/97. She was first employed off the Irish coast. She went to Newfoundland in 1702. On her return she was wrecked on the Isle of Wight in December 1705.

She was the second vessel to bear the name Looe since it was used for a 32-gun fifth rate built at Plymouth in 1696 and wrecked in Baltimore Bay, Ireland, on 30 April 1697.

History

England
Name	HMS Looe
Ordered	24 December 1696
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	15 October 1697
Commissioned	1697
Fate	Wrecked in Scratchwell Bay 12 December 1705
General characteristics as built
Class & type	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	38963⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	108 ft 1 in (32.94 m) gundeck 89 ft 8 in (27.33 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	28 ft 7 in (8.71 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 1 in (3.38 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	145/110
Armament	as built 32 guns 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD)