Name HMS Anne Launched 1678 | Fate Burnt, 1690 Designer Phineas Pett II | |
Builder Phineas Pett II, Chatham Dockyard Honours and
awards Participated in
Battle of Beachy Head Class and type 70-gun third rate ship of the line Tons burthen 1,089 long tons (1,106.5 t) | ||
HMS Anne was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard and launched in 1678.
She took part, under the command of John Tyrrell, in the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690, but was burnt after the battle. The remains, on the low water mark of the beach near Pett Level, East Sussex, were designated under the British Protection of Wrecks Act on 20 June 1974.
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