HMS Restoration (1706)
HMS Restoration was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 1 August 1706,[1] after the previous Restoration had been lost in the Great Storm of 1703.
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| Name | HMS Restoration |
| Builder | Allin, Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched | 1 August 1706 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 9 November 1711 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 110648⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
This ship also had a premature end when she was wrecked off Livorno on 9 November 1711.
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- 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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