HMS Captain (1678)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Captain.
A model of the hull of HMS Captain after her 1708 rebuild
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Captain
Builder: Thomas Shish, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 1678
Fate: Broken up, 1762
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,164
Length: 149 ft 6 in (45.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 39 ft 10 in (12.1 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
General characteristics after 1708 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 1706 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,121
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 1722 rebuild[3]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,131
Length: 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft 6 in (12.6 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

HMS Captain was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1678.[1]

She underwent her first rebuild at Portsmouth Dockyard, where she was reconstructed as a 70-gun third rate built to the 1706 Establishment, and relaunched on 6 July 1708.[2] Her second rebuild also took place at Portsmouth, from where she was relaunched on 21 May 1722 as a 70-gun third rate of the 1719 Establishment.[3]

Captain was hulked in 1739, and eventually broken up in 1762.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 162.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 168.
  3. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 169.

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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