HMS ''Sunderland'' was a 60-gun fourth rate

ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...

of the Royal Navy, launched at Southampton on 17 March 1694. ''Sunderland'' was hulked in 1715, and sunk as part of the foundation of a breakwater in 1737.

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*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. . Ships of the line of the Royal Navy 1690s ships Ships sunk as breakwaters {{UK-line-ship-stub