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HBMS Royal Katherine (1703)

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Royal Katherine, 96 Guns

Details
Nationality	British
Previously	Royal Katherine
Ordered	1699/02/25	B057
Launched	1703/02/23	B057
Shipyard	Portsmouth DY	B057
Designer	Elias Waffe	B057
Master Shipbuilder	Thomas Podd	B057
Rate	Second Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1741/08	B057
Fate	Broken Up to Rebuild	B057
Becomes	Ramillies

Dimensions
B057		Type	Metric
Length of Gundeck	160' 0"	Imperial Feet	48.77
Length of Keel	132' 6"	Imperial Feet	40.39
Breadth	44' 6"	Imperial Feet	13.56
Depth in Hold	18' 6"	Imperial Feet	5.64
Burthen	1,395⁶²/₉₄	Tons BM

Armament
1703/08	B057	Broadside Weight = 821
Lower Gun Deck	26	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	26	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	26	British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck	12	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	4	British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse	2	British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date	Men	Notes	Source
1703/08	680	Establishment	B057

Flag Officers
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1704/01	1705/02	Admiral of the Fleet	George Rooke	B057
Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1703/08	1703	Post Captain	Henry Haughton	B057
1703/10	1704/01	Post Captain	James Wishart	B057
1704/01	1706	Post Captain	John Fletcher	B057
1706	1706/05/08	Post Captain	Archibald Hamilton	B057

Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1704/08/13	Present at the Battle of Malaga, 27 killed, 94 wounded
1706/05/08	Paid off and placed in ordinary at Portsmouth	B057
1706/12/18	Renamed Ramillies	B057
1709/08/24	Placed in ordinary at Chatham	B057
1709/12/18	Ordered to be paid off	B057
1709/12/18	Ordered to be recommissioned, but remained in ordinary	B164
1712/10	Began large repair at Portsmouth	B164
1713/11	Completed large repair at a cost of £14,887.2.2d	B164
1737	Ordered to be rebuilt	B057
1741/08	Broken up for rebuild at Portsmouth	B057

Fleets
Fleet Title	Commander	Date From	Date To	Source
No Fleets Listed

Actions & Battles
Date		Source
1704/08/13	Battle of Malaga

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield
B164	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714	Rif Winfield

Last Updated :2009/05/14 at 09:09:31 by Cy

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