For other ships of the same name, see HMS Essex.
| HMS Essex (1679) | |
|---|---|
 Battle of Quiberon Bay: the Day After (Richard Wright, 1760) Essex is the more distant ship on its side, to the left of HMS Resolution | |
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
| Name: | HMS Essex |
| Builder: | Johnson, Blackwall Yard |
| Launched: | 1679 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 21 October 1759 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class & type: | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1072 tons BM |
| Length: | 150 ft 2 in (45.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 16 ft 9.5 in (5.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1700 rebuild[2] | |
| Class & type: | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1090 tons BM |
| Length: | 150 ft 4 in (45.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 7.5 in (12.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 16 ft 6 in (5.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1713 rebuild | |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| General characteristics after 1740 rebuild[3] | |
| Class & type: | 1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,225 long tons (1,244.7 t) |
| Length: | 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 43 ft 5 in (13.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
70 guns:
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HMS Essex was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall Yard in 1679.[1]
She was rebuilt at Rotherhithe in 1700, retaining her 70-gun armament. She underwent a second rebuild in 1713,[2] and on 20 May 1736 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Woolwich as a 70-gun third rate to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 21 February 1740.[3]
Essex was wrecked on the Four Shoal in 1759, eighty years after she was first launched, while chasing the French flagship Soleil Royale after the Battle of Quiberon Bay.[4]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.
- ↑ Corbett, Julian S. (1907). "England In The Seven Years War vol II". Longmans Green. p. 68. http://www.archive.org/stream/englandinsevenye02corb/englandinsevenye02corb_djvu.txt.
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.
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