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HMS Britannia (1682)

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Name
  
HMS Britannia

Tons burthen
  
1620  ⁄94 (bm)

Designer
  
Phineas Pett II

Fate
  
Broken up, 1749

Launched
  
1682

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Builder
  
Phineas Pett II, Chatham Dockyard

Class and type
  
100-gun first rate ship of the line

Length
  
167 ft 5 in (51.0 m) (gundeck)

Place built
  
Chatham Dockyard, United Kingdom

HMS Britannia was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard, and launched in 1682. In 1705 she took on board Charles III of Spain, when on her way to Catalonia

In 1715, Britannia was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard, from where she relaunched on 30 October 1719, again as a 100-gun first rate.

Britannia was placed on harbour service in 1745, and was broken up in 1749.

She was captained from 1734 to 1736 by Sir Tancred Robinson.

References

HMS Britannia (1682) Wikipedia