HMS_Windsor_(1695)

HMS <i>Windsor</i> (1695)

HMS Windsor (1695)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

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

HMS Windsor was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 31 October 1695.[1]

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On 18 November 1725 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Deptford, and she was relaunched on 27 October 1729.[2] On 1 November 1742 an order was made out for Windsor to be taken to pieces once more, and rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard as a 58-gun fourth rate. Unusually, she was not reconstructed according to the establishment of dimensions in effect at the time (the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment), being made 5 ft (1.5 m) longer on the gundeck, 7 ft (2.1 m) longer on the keel, though with the same beam and 3 in (0.1 m) less depth to her hold than the standard 58s, and she was relaunched on 26 February 1745.[3]

Windsor shown here at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)

Windsor remained in service until 1777, when she was broken up.[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 163.
  2. [2]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 170.
  3. [3]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172.

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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