HMS St Michael (1669)
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| Name: | HMS St Michael |
| Builder: | Tippets, Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched: | 1669 |
| Renamed: | HMS Marlborough, 1706 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 29 November 1762 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type: | 90-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1101 tons (1118.7 tonnes) |
| Length: | 125 ft (38 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 8.5 in (12.41 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 5 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 90 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1706 rebuild[2] | |
| Class and type: | 90-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1579 tons (1604.3 tonnes) |
| Length: | 162 ft 8 in (49.6 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 4 in (14.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 90 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1740 rebuild[3] | |
| Class and type: | 90-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1655 tons (1681.6 tonnes) |
| Length: | 166 ft (51 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 9 in (14.6 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 6 in (5.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 90 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships with the same name, see HMS St Michael and HMS Marlborough.
HMS St Michael was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Tippets of Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1669.
St Michael was rebuilt at Blackwall in 1706, at which time she was also renamed HMS Marlborough. On 5 April 1725 Marlborough was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Chatham. She was relaunched on 25 September 1732.
Marlborough was reduced to a 68-gun ship in 1752. Whilst making her way back to Britain after participating in the reduction of Havana in 1762, Marlborough was caught in very heavy weather. On 29 November her crew were forced to abandon the ship, which was sinking. All of Marlborough's crew were taken off by HMS Antelope.[4]
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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.
- Michael Phillips. Marlborough (96) (1706). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
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