HMS Expedition (1679)

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Name: HMS Expedition
Builder: Furzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 1679
Renamed: HMS Prince Frederick, 1715
Fate: Sold, 1784
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,059 long tons (1,076.0 t)
Length: 152 ft 1 in (46.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 40 ft 9 in (12.4 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1699 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,116 long tons (1,133.9 t)
Length: 152 ft 1 in (46.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 40 ft 10 in (12.4 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
General characteristics after 1714 rebuild[3]
Class and type: 1706 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,116 long tons (1,133.9 t)
Length: 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft (12.5 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

70 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1740 rebuild[4]
Class and type: 1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,225 long tons (1,244.7 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 with the same name, see HMS Expedition and HMS Prince Frederick.

HMS Expedition was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1679.[1]

Expedition was rebuilt as a 70-gun third rate in 1699 at Chatham Dockyard.[2] She was rebuilt for a second time as a 70-gun third rate to the 1706 Establishment at Portsmouth Dockyard, and was relaunched on 16 August 1714. She was renamed HMS Prince Frederick in 1715.[3] Her final rebuild was carried out at Deptford, where she was reconstructed as a 70-gun third rate to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment.[4]

Prince Frederick was sold out of the navy in 1784.[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
  3. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
  4. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.

The National Maritime Museum collection has "The Prince Frederick, privateer, with the King George, engaging the Spanish Ship Glorioso, 8th October 1747", artist Charles Brooking, pen & ink, black & wash, grey. h 290mm x w 448mm.

[edit] 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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