HMS Restoration (1678)

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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

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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  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.

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