HMS Nassau (1706)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Nassau.
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Nassau |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched: | 9 January 1706 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1770 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class & type: | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1104 tons BM |
| Length: | 150 ft 6 in (45.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1740 rebuild[2] | |
| Class & type: | 1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1225 tons BM |
| Length: | 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 43 ft 5 in (13.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
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HMS Nassau was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 9 January 1706.[1]
Orders were issued on 25 May 1736 directing Nassau to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Chatham, from where she was relaunched on 25 September 1740.[2]
Nassau was sold out of the navy in 1770.[2]
Notes
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.
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