HMS Windsor was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 31 October 1695.[1]
| History | |
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| 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[1] | |
| 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[2] | |
| 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 |
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| General characteristics after 1745 rebuild[3] | |
| 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 |
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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.[2] 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.[3]
Windsor remained in service until 1777, when she was broken up.[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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