HMS Hampton Court (1678)

HMS Hampton Court was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1678.[2]

The English Ship Hampton Court in a Gale, Willem van de Velde the Younger[1], 1680s
History
England
Name: HMS Hampton Court
Builder: John Shish, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 1678
Captured: 1707
General characteristics as built[2]
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,105 long tons (1,122.7 t)
Length: 150 ft 6 in (45.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 39 ft 10 in (12.1 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1701 rebuild[3]
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,073 long tons (1,090.2 t)
Length: 150 ft 6 in (45.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 40 ft 4.5 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 70 guns of various weights of shot

She underwent a rebuild in 1701 at Blackwall Yard, remaining a 70-gun third rate. Hampton Court was captured in the Action of 2 May 1707 by a French squadron off Beachy Head, and sold out one year later to Spain.[3]

The ship met her demise as a flagship of the ill-fated 1715 Treasure Fleet that was wrecked by a hurricane on the Florida Treasure Coast.

See also

References

  1. https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/explore-art/items/1972P53/the-english-ship-hampton-court-in-a-gale
  2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.
  3. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.

Bibliography

  • 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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