Severn

Captured

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Fourth rate
Guns	56 guns
War	War of the Austrian Succession

Service

to 1746	Severn	Britain
1746–1747	Severn Captured	France
from 1747	Severn Retaken at Cape Finisterre	Britain

The British Severn, taken by the French in 1746 and retaken at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

To the Rt Honble Dunk Earl of Hallifax... This Plate... the Stern Views of the Terrible and Neptune..., also that of the Severn..., three of the six French Men of War taken by the British Fleet under the Command of Sir Edward Hawke... Octr 14 1747. Three of the six French vessels captured at the Bat Photo: Short, Robert; Boydell, John, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

50 guns

Gundeck: 20 × 12 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs (demi-culverins)
Quarterdeck: 6 × 4 pdrs (minions)
Forecastle: 2 × 4 pdrs (minions)

Builder	Sir Henry Johnson, Blackwall Yard
Launched	16 September 1695
Commissioned	1696
Length	131 ft 3 in (40.0 m) (gundeck) 109 ft (33.2 m) (keel)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

16 September 1695

Joined the French Navy

1746 · Captured

Second Battle of Cape Finisterre

Captured

25 October 1747

Joined the Royal Navy

25 October 1747 · Retaken at Cape Finisterre