HMS Nottingham (1703)

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Name: HMS Nottingham
Builder: Harding, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 10 June 1703
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Participated in:
Fate: Sunk as a breakwater, 1773
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 924 long tons (938.8 t)
Length: 145 ft 9.5 in (44.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 11 in (4.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Complement: 365 officers and men
Armament: 60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1719 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 928 long tons (942.9 t)
Length: 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

60 guns:

  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1745 rebuild[3]
Class and type: 1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,077 long tons (1,094.3 t)
Length: 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 60 guns of various weights of shot
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Nottingham.

HMS Nottingham was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 10 June 1703.[1] She was the first ship to bear the name.

Commissioned under Captain Samuel Whitaker, she formed part of Admiral Cloudesley Shovell's fleet that sailed with Admiral Rooke to attack and take the formidable Rock of Gibraltar in 1704. The ship also saw action in the Battle of Cabrita point in March 1705 and in the Mediterranean in 1711.

Nottingham was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford, from where she was relaunched on 5 October 1719.[2] On 18 May 1739, orders were issued directing that Nottingham be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Sheerness, from where she was relaunched on 17 August 1745.[3]

Nottingham continued in service until 1773, when she was sunk to form part of a breakwater.[3]

[edit] Notes

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

[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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