HMS Windsor Castle (1678)

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Name: HMS Windsor Castle
Builder: Thomas Shish, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 1678
Fate: Wrecked, 1693
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,462 long tons (1,485.5 t)
Length: 142 ft (43.3 m) (keel)
Beam: 44 ft (13.4 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 3 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 90 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Windsor Castle was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, built by Thomas Shish at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1678.[1]

Windsor Castle was wrecked in 1693.[1]

[edit] Notes

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

[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.