HMS Restoration (1678)
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Career (England) | |
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Name: | HMS Restoration |
Builder: | Betts, Harwich |
Launched: | 1678 |
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Fate: | Wrecked, 27 November 1703 on the Goodwin Sands. |
General characteristics as built[1] | |
Class and type: | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1,032 long tons (1,048.6 t) |
Length: | 150 ft 6 in (45.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 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 1702 rebuild[2] | |
Class and type: | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1,045 long tons (1,061.8 t) |
Length: | 150 ft 9 in (45.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
Depth of hold: | 17 ft (5.2 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 Restoration.
HMS Restoration was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, named after the English Restoration. She was built by Betts of Harwich and launched in 1678.[1]
She took part in the Battle of Barfleur on 19 May 1692. She was rebuilt at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1702, remaining a 70-gun third rate.[2]
Restoration was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands in the Great Storm of 1703. All 387 men were lost, including her captain, a man named Emms.
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- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- 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.