HMS Nassau (1699)

History
England
Name: HMS Nassau
Ordered: 1695
Builder: Waffe, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 1699
Fate: Wrecked, 1706
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1080
Length: 150 ft 9 in (45.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 2 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 70 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Nassau was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1699.[1]

Nassau was wrecked in 1706.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.

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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