HMS Boyne was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 21 May 1692.[1]
;_Russell_(1709);_Humber_(1708)_RMG_J2415.jpg) Boyne (1708 plan)
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| Name | HMS Boyne |
| Namesake | Battle of the Boyne (1690) |
| Builder | Harding, Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched | 21 May 1692 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1763 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type | 80-gun third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,160 tons BM |
| Length | 157 ft (47.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 41 ft 3 in (12.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 80 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1708 rebuild[2] | |
| Class and type | 1706 Establishment 80-gun third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,301 tons BM |
| Length | 156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 43 ft 6 in (13.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 8 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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| General characteristics after 1739 rebuild[3] | |
| Class and type | 1733 proposals 80-gun third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,390 |
| Length | 158 ft (48.2 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 45 ft 5 in (13.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 7 in (5.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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She was rebuilt to the 1706 Establishment at Blackwall Yard, mounting her guns on three instead of her original two gundecks, though she was still classified as a third rate. She was relaunched from Blackwall on 26 March 1708.[2] Her second rebuild took place at Deptford, where she was reconstructed according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and relaunched on 28 May 1739.[3]
The Boyne was part of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's fleet and took part in the expedition to Cartagena de Indias during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Boyne was broken up in 1763.[3]
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- 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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