HMS Vanguard (1678)
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| Name: | HMS Vanguard |
| Builder: | Furzer, Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched: | 1678 |
| Renamed: | HMS Duke, 1739 |
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Participated in: |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1769 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type: | 90-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,482 long tons (1,505.8 t) |
| Length: | 160 ft (48.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft (13.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 5 in (5.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 90 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1710 rebuild[2] | |
| Class and type: | 1706 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,551 long tons (1,575.9 t) |
| Length: | 162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft (14.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
90 guns:
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| General characteristics after 1739 rebuild[3] | |
| Class and type: | 1733 proposals 90-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,625 long tons (1,651.1 t) |
| Length: | 174 ft (53.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 50 ft (15.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 20 ft 6 in (6.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 90 guns of various weights of shot |
HMS Vanguard was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1678.[1]
She ran onto Goodwin Sands in 1690, but was fortunate enough to be hauled off by the boatmen of Deal.
Vanguard took part in the Battle of Barfleur as part of Edward Russell's fleet, and then in the following action at La Hougue when French ships were burned in 1692.
Vanguard sank in the Great Storm of 1703, while laid up in ordinary at Chatham Dockyard, but was raised in 1704 for rebuilding.[4] She was relaunched from Chatham on 2 August 1710 as a 90-gun second rate built to the 1706 Establishment.[2] In 1739 she was renamed HMS Duke, and rebuilt for a second time at Woolwich as a 90-gun second rate. She was rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and relaunched on 28 April 1739.[3]
Duke was broken up in 1769.[3]
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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.
- 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.
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