HMS Nassau (1699)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Nassau
Ordered1695
BuilderWaffe, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched2 August 1699
FateWrecked, 30 October 1706
General characteristics [1]
Class and type70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1080
Length150 ft 9 in (45.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 2 in (5.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Nassau was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 2 August 1699.[1][2] The ship, with a crew of at least 440 officers and men and under the command of Captain Dove, formed part of the Anglo-Dutch fleet which captured Gibraltar on 4 August 1704 (War of the Spanish Succession). Nassau was wrecked on 30 October 1706.[2]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Nassau' (1699)". Threedecks. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.