HMS Nassau was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 9 January 1706.[1]
_RMG_J3126.png) Plan of the 1740 rebuild of Nassau
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| Name | HMS Nassau |
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Launched | 9 January 1706 |
| Fate | Sold, 1770 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1104 tons BM |
| Length | 150 ft 6 in (45.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1740 rebuild[2] | |
| Class and type | 1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1225 tons BM |
| 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 |
| Complement | 410-480[3] |
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Orders were issued on 25 May 1736 directing Nassau to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Chatham, from where she was relaunched on 25 September 1740.[2]
In February 1747 Nassau was listed as under the command of Captain Holcombe.[3] In May of that year, Nassau captured on passage from Corsica to Genoa two troop transports carrying 210 Spanish and French soldiers and officers.[4]
In 1758 she participated in the British Capture of Senegal, captained by Captain James Sayer.[5]
Nassau was sold out of the navy in 1770.[2]
Notes edit
- ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.
- ^ a b "A General List of His Majesty's Royal Navy". The Scots Magazine. British Newspaper Archive. 6 February 1747. p. 94. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "From the London Gazette". Derby Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 8 May 1747. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "1758 - British expedition against Fort Louis in Senegal - Project Seven Years War". www.kronoskaf.com. Project Seven Years War. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
References edit
- 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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