HMS Restoration (1706)

HMS Restoration was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the elder at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 1 August 1706,[1] after the previous Restoration had been lost in the Great Storm of 1703.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Restoration
BuilderAllin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched1 August 1706
FateWrecked, 9 November 1711
General characteristics [1]
Class and type70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen11064894 (bm)
Length151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft (12.5 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 6 in (5.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot

This ship also had a premature end when she was wrecked off Livorno on 9 November 1711.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 166.

References

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  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • 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.