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HMS Revenge (1699)

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Name
  
HMS Revenge

Renamed
  
HMS Buckingham, 1711

Ordered
  
1695

Launched
  
1699

Builder
  
Miller, Deptford Dockyard

Fate
  
Sunk as foundation, 1745

Class and type
  
70-gun third rate ship of the line

HMS Revenge was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1699.

She was renamed HMS Buckingham in 1711, and hulked in 1727. Buckingham continued to serve in this role until 1745, when she was sunk to form part of the foundation of a breakwater.

References

HMS Revenge (1699) Wikipedia