HMS Namur (1697)

HMS Namur was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1697.[2]

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

HMS Namur (left) at the Battle of Toulon in 1744
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Namur
Ordered: 1695
Builder: Lawrence, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 1697
Fate: Wrecked, 1749
General characteristics as built
Class and type: 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,442​6⁄94 (bm)
Length: 160 ft 9 in (49.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 45 ft 8 in (13.9 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
General characteristics after 1729 rebuild[1]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,566​89⁄94 (bm)
Length: 142 ft 10.5 in (43.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 38 ft 1 in (11.6 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 90 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

On 11 June 1723 she was ordered to be taken to pieces at Portsmouth and her timbers transferred to Deptford Dockyard. In 1729 the timbers were used to rebuild the ship according to the 1719 Establishment.[3] She was relaunched on 13 September 1729. In 1745, she was razeed to 74 guns.[1]

Namur was wrecked on 14 April 1749 in a storm near Fort St David. In total, 520 of her crew were drowned, though Captain Marshal survived.[1][4]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.
  2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164
  3. Baugh 1965, p. 247
  4. Ships of the Old Navy, Namur.

References
  • Baugh, Daniel A. (1965). British Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole. Princeton University Press. OCLC 610026758.
  • Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. 1. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.
  • "Ships of the Old Navy: Namur (90) (1729)". Michael Phillips. 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2016.


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