HMS_Namur_(1697)

HMS <i>Namur</i> (1697)

HMS Namur (1697)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Namur.

HMS Namur was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1697.[2]

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On 11 June 1723 she was ordered to be taken to pieces at Portsmouth and her timbers transferred to Deptford Dockyard. In 1729 the timbers were used to rebuild the ship according to the 1719 Establishment.[3]

Plan for the Namur 1745 Establishment

She was rebuilt by Richard Stacey at Deptford Dockyard and relaunched on 13 September 1729. In 1745, she was razeed to 74 guns.[1]

In February 1744 she took part in the Battle of Toulon.

Namur was wrecked on 14 April 1749 in a storm near Fort St David on the east coast of India. In total, 520 of her crew were drowned, though Captain Marshal survived.[1][4]

Commanders of Note

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.
  2. [2]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164
  3. [3]
    Baugh 1965, p. 247
  4. [4]
    Ships of the Old Navy, Namur.

References

  • Baugh, Daniel A. (1965). British Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole. Princeton University Press. OCLC 610026758.
  • Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650–1850. Vol. 1. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • "Ships of the Old Navy: Namur (90) (1729)". Michael Phillips. 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2016.


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