HMS St Michael (1669)


Marlborough after the Battle of Toulon (1744)
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS St Michael
Builder: Tippetts, 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: 1,101 long tons (1,118.7 t)
Length: 125 ft (38 m) (keel)
Beam: 40 ft 8 1⁄2 in (12.408 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 5 in (5.31 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: 1,579 long tons (1,604.3 t)
Length: 162 ft 8 in (49.58 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1732 rebuild[3]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,567 long tons (1,592.1 t)
Length: 164 ft (50 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

90 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
For other ships of 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 John Tippetts of Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1669.[1]

St Michael was rebuilt at Blackwall Yard in 1706, at which time she was also renamed HMS Marlborough.[2] On 5 April 1725 Marlborough was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Chatham. She was relaunched on 25 September 1732.[3]

Marlborough was reduced to a 68-gun ship in 1752.[3] 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]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p161.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
  3. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p169.
  4. ^ Ships of the Old Navy, Marlborough.

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.
  • Michael Phillips. Marlborough (96) (1706). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 6 December 2007.