HMS Britannia was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard, and launched on 27 June 1682.[3]
On 19 May 1692 she was the allied fleet flagship at the Battle of Barfleur.[4]
In 1705 she took on board Charles III of Spain, when on her way to Catalonia[1]
In 1715, Britannia was ordered to be taken to pieces[1] and rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard, from where she relaunched on 30 October 1719, again as a 100-gun first rate.[2]
Britannia was placed on harbour service in 1745, and was broken up in 1749.[2]
She was captained from 1734 to 1736 by Sir Tancred Robinson.[5]
Notes
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 162.
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 165.
- ^ "No. 1734". The London Gazette. 27 June 1682. p. 2.
- ^ "The Battle of Barfleur, 19 May 1692". Roya Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Sir Tancred Robinson (d. 1754)". Retrieved 3 December 2013.
References
- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
External links
Media related to HMS Britannia (1682) at Wikimedia Commons
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