HMS Anglesea (1694) explained

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 Dockyard in 1694.

Anglesea was one of four ships sent to Madagascar on an anti-piracy mission under Thomas Warren in 1699.^[1]

Anglesea was reduced to a fifth rate in 1719, and underwent a rebuild in 1725.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. .

Notes and References

1. Book: Grey, Charles . 1933 . Pirates of the Eastern Seas (1618-1723) A Lurid page of History . London . Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. . 220.