HMS Revenge (1699)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Revenge.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Revenge
Ordered: 1695
Builder: Miller, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 1699
Renamed: HMS Buckingham, 1711
Fate: Sunk as foundation, 1745
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,065 long tons (1,082.1 t)
Length: 150 ft 2 in (45.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 40 ft 3 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 1.5 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 70 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Revenge was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1699.[1]

She was renamed HMS Buckingham in 1711, and hulked in 1727. Buckingham continued to serve in this role until 1745, when she was sunk to form part of the foundation of a breakwater.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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