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| Name: | HMS Colchester |
| Builder: | Allin, Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched: | 13 February 1707 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1742 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type: | 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 682 |
| Length: | 130 ft 6 in (39.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 34 ft 5 in (10.5 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft 6 1⁄2 in (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 50 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1721 rebuild | |
| Class and type: | 1719 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 756 |
| Length: | 134 ft (40.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 15 ft 2 in (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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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.