HMS Elizabeth (1706)
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| Career (Great Britain) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Elizabeth |
| Builder: | Stacey, Woolwich Dockyard |
| Launched: | 1 August 1706 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1766 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type: | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,110 long tons (1,127.8 t) |
| Length: | 150 ft 6 in (45.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 11.75 in (12.5 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1737 rebuild[2] | |
| Class and type: | 1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,224 long tons (1,243.6 t) |
| Length: | 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 43 ft 5 in (13.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Elizabeth.
HMS Elizabeth was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched on 1 August 1706.[1]
On 4 September 1733 orders were issued directing Elizabeth to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Chatham, from where she was relaunched on 29 November 1737.[2]
Elizabeth continued to serve until 1766, when she was broken up.[2]
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- 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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