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HMS Russell (1692)

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Name
  
HMS Russell

Launched
  
3 June 1692

Tons burthen
  
1,177

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Builder
  
Stigant, Portsmouth Dockyard

Fate
  
Sunk as breakwater, 1762

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

Length
  
155 ft 6 in (47.4 m) (gundeck)

HMS Russell was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 3 June 1692.

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Rotherhithe, and was relaunched on 16 March 1709. Instead of mounting her 80 guns on two decks, as she had done as originally built, she now mounted them on three decks, but remained classified as a third rate. On 4 February 1729 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt to the 1719 Establishment at Deptford, from where she was relaunched on 8 September 1735.

Russell was sunk as a breakwater in 1762.

References

HMS Russell (1692) Wikipedia


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