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HBMS Royal Oak (1690)

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Royal Oak, 70 Guns

 

 

Details
Nationality British
Previously Royal Oak
Launched 1690/00/00  
Shipyard Chatham DY  
Master Shipbuilder Robert Lee  
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1710  
Fate Broken Up to Rebuild  
Becomes Royal Oak

 

Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 157' 6" Imperial Feet 48.01
Length of Keel 127' 0" Imperial Feet 38.71
Breadth 44' 4" Imperial Feet 13.51
Depth in Hold 18' 6" Imperial Feet 5.64
Burthen 1,154 Tons BM  

 

Armament
1690 B065
Gun Deck 70 All Guns

 

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
No Details Known

 

Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1693/05 1693/08 Vice-Admiral of the Red George Rooke W031
1693/12 1695/10 Rear-Admiral of the Blue John Neville B051
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1693/05 1693/08 Post Captain Gerard Ellwes B051
1703 1704 Post Captain Gerard Ellwes B051
1706 1707/10 Post Captain John Evans B051
1707 1707/05/01 Commodore Baron Wylde B029

 

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1693/12 Sailed for the Straits B051
1694/06/30 Off Cape Spartel with Admiral Lord Edward Russell B051
1694/10/18 Entered Cadiz for the winter B051
1695/03 Sent as flagship of a squadron to cruise off Cape Spartel B051
1707/05/01 Sailed from the Downs with a convoy of about forty merchantmen bound to the westward in company with the Hampton Court and the Grafton B051

 

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

 

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1704/08/13 Battle of Malaga  
1707/05/01 Action off Brighthelmstone  
1707/10/10 Battle of the Lizard  

 

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

 

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B065 The Ship of the Line Vol I Brian Lavery
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume II John Charnock
B029 The Royal Navy Vol II William Laid Clowes

Last Updated :2009/02/26 at 22:05:43 by Cy

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