Name HMS Captain Tons burthen 1,164 Depth of hold 17 ft 2 in (5.2 m) Length 46 m | Fate Broken up, 1762 Beam 39 ft 10 in (12.1 m) Launched 1678 Builder Deptford Dockyard | |
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Class and type 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
HMS Captain was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1678.
She underwent her first rebuild at Portsmouth Dockyard, where she was reconstructed as a 70-gun third rate built to the 1706 Establishment, and relaunched on 6 July 1708. Her second rebuild also took place at Portsmouth, from where she was relaunched on 21 May 1722 as a 70-gun third rate of the 1719 Establishment.
Captain was hulked in 1739, and eventually broken up in 1762.
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