HMS Hampton Court (1709)

History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Hampton Court
Builder: Taylor, Rotherhithe
Launched: 19 August 1709
Fate: Broken up, 1744
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 1706 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,137 bm
Length: 150 ft (45.7 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:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1744 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 1741 proposals 64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,283
Length: 154 ft (46.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft (13.4 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 11 in (5.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 64 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Hampton Court was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe according to the 1706 Establishment and launched on 19 August 1709.[1]

The Hampton Court was part of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's fleet and took part in the expedition to Cartagena de Indias during the War of Jenkin's Ear.

On 12 December 1741 orders were issued for Hampton Court to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Deptford Dockyard as a 64-gun third rate to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 3 April 1744.[2]

In November 1745 she encountered her fellow Royal Navy vessel HMS Defiance. The crew of both vessels mistook the other for a French man-o-war and opened fire at long range. The engagement ended after half an hour, when crew aboard Defiance observed British markings on the cannonballs striking their ship and signaled for a truce.[3]

Hampton Court remained in service until 1744, when she was broken up.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.
  2. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172.
  3. ↑ "Extract of a Letter from Plymouth, dated December 2". Ipswich Journal. Ipswich, United Kingdom: W. Craighton. 14 December 1745. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

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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