HMS Windsor (1695)

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.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Windsor
Builder	Snelgrove, Deptford
Launched	31 October 1695
Honours and awards	Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747
Fate	Broken up, 1777
General characteristics as built
Class and type	60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	910 bm
Length	146 ft 2.5 in (44.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	37 ft 9 in (11.5 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 8.5 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1729 rebuild
Class and type	1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	951 bm
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1745 rebuild
Class and type	58-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1201 bm
Length	152 ft (46.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam	42 ft (12.8 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 10 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	58 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 24 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

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. 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.

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

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

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.