HMS Duchess (1679)

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NameHMS Duchess
BuilderJohn Shish, Deptford Dockyard
LaunchedMay 1679
Renamed
  • HMS Princess Anne, 1701
  • HMS Windsor Castle, 1702
  • HMS Blenheim, 1706
FateBroken up, 1763
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,546 long tons (1,570.8 t)
Length162 ft 8 in (49.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam45 ft 8 in (13.9 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 4 in (5.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1709 rebuild [2]
Class and type90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,557 long tons (1,582.0 t)
Length162 ft 2.75 in (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 2.25 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 10.25 in (5.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament90 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Duchess was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Shish at Deptford Dockyard, and launched in May 1679. [3]

In 1696, the Duchess was lying in the Thames when passed by famed privateer Capt. William Kidd in the Adventure Galley . Kidd failed to offer the customary salute to the Duchess, and the irate Captain Stewart of the Duchess fired a shot off Kidd's bow, forcing Kidd (surrounded by a "forest of Royal Navy warships") to heave to and be boarded. Stewart then impressed 30 of Kidd's best hand-picked seamen. One of Kidd's influential backers came to his aid, getting Stewart to replace the impressed sailors, but rather than returning Kidd's original crew, he substituted his worst troublemakers. [4]

The Duchess was renamed HMS Princess Anne in 1701, HMS Windsor Castle in 1702, and HMS Blenheim in 1706. [1]

In 1709 Blenheim was rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard, remaining a 90-gun second rate. She continued to serve until 1763, when she was broken up. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 162.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 166.
  3. ↑ "British Second Rate ship of the line 'Duchess' (1679)". Threedecks. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Zacks, Richard (18 June 2003). The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd. Hachette Books.

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