HMS Britannia (1682)

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Career (Great Britain)

Name:	HMS Britannia
Builder:	Phineas Pett II, Chatham Dockyard
Launched:	1682
Fate:	Broken up, 1715
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	100-gun first rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,739 long tons (1,766.9 t)
Length:	167 ft 5 in (51.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 4 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 2.5 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	100 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1719 rebuild^[2]
Class and type:	100-gun first rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,895 long tons (1,925.4 t)
Length:	174 ft 6 in (53.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	50 ft 2 in (15.3 m)
Depth of hold:	20 ft 1 in (6.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	100 guns of various weights of shot

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Britannia.

HMS Britannia was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard, and launched in 1682.^[1]

In 1715, Britannia was ordered to be taken to pieces^[1] and rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard, from where she relaunched on 30 October 1719, again as a 100-gun first rate.^[2]

Britannia was placed on harbour service in 1745, and was broken up in 1749.^[2]