Name HMS Namur Fate Wrecked, 1749 Launched 1697 Builder Woolwich Dockyard | Ordered 1695 Tons burthen 1,442 ⁄94 (bm) Propulsion Sail Hull material Wood | |
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Class and type 90-gun second rate ship of the line Length 160 ft 9 in (49.0 m) (gundeck) Place built Woolwich, London, United Kingdom | ||
HMS Namur was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1697.
On 11 June 1723 she was ordered to be taken to pieces at Portsmouth and her timbers transferred to Deptford Dockyard. In 1729 the timbers were used to rebuild the ship according to the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 13 September 1729. In 1745, she was razeed to 74 guns.
Namur was wrecked on 14 April 1749 in a storm near Fort St David. In total, 520 of her crew were drowned, though Captain Marshal survived.
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