HMS Elizabeth (1706)

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Elizabeth
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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Elizabeth
BuilderStacey, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched1 August 1706
FateBroken up, 1766
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1110 tons BM
Length150 ft 6 in (45.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam40 ft 11.75 in (12.5 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1737 rebuild [2]
Class and type 1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1224 tons BM
Length151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam43 ft 5 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6-pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdrs
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Plan of 1937 rebuild

HMS Elizabeth was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched on 1 August 1706. [1]

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On 4 September 1733 orders were issued directing Elizabeth to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Chatham, from where she was relaunched on 29 November 1737. [2]

From beginning 1758 to the latter end of 1764, william Nichelson, was her captain commisissioned to sail to and from India, for the purpose of charting or adding to charts navigation detail. The results of which appeared in several books, not least William Nichelson's Voyage to the East Indies, in His Majesty's Ship Elizabeth, Published in the Year 1765, and A new directory for the East-Indies, published in book form 1791. In 1763 Nichelson (who also served as the Superintendent of the Royal Navy in Bombay) also extenively charted Bombay Harbour. [3]

Elizabeth continued to serve until 1766, when she was broken up. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 166.
  2. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 170.
  3. ↑ Kalakriti Archives (1763). "Mumbai Harbour, Maharashtra". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 19 September 2024. Captain William Nichelson Master of his Majesty's Ship Elizabeth, who served as the Superintendent of the Royal Navy in Bombay. Nichelson's chart, with its detailed nautical information based on careful surveys, was the first generally accurate navigational chart for Bombay Harbour. It was first published around 1765 in the form of a massive eight-sheet construction.

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