HMS Vanguard (1678)

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See HMS Vanguard for other ships of this name.

The third HMS Vanguard of the British Royal Navy was a 90-gun three-decker second-rate built in Portsmouth and launched in 1678.

She ran onto Goodwin Sands in 1690, but was fortunate enough to be got off by the boatmen of Deal.

Vanguard took part in the Battle of Barfleur as part of Edward Russell's fleet, and then in the following action at La Hougue when French ships were burned in 1692.

Vanguard was wrecked in the Great Storm of 1703, while laid up in ordinary at Chatham Dockyard.

[edit] General characteristics

• Displacement: 1,357 tons