HMS Neptune (1757)

	The Fishery by Woollett after Wright
History
Great Britain
Name	Neptune
Ordered	12 July 1750
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	17 July 1757
Fate	Broken up, 1816
General characteristics
Class and type	1750 amendments 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1798
Length	171 ft (52.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam	48 ft 6 in (14.8 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 6 in (6.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	90 guns:; Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs; Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs;

Last updated December 17, 2024

HMS Neptune was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched on 17 July 1757.^[1]

Neptune was the flagship for Vice-Admiral Charles Knowles in 1757.^[2] One of Neptune's midshipmen at this time was John Hunter, later to become an admiral and the second Governor of New South Wales.^[2]

Neptune was converted to serve as a sheer hulk in 1784, and continued in this role until she was broken up in 1816.^[1]

Neptune has been identified as the subject of a 1764 prize-winning painting by Liverpool marine artist Richard Wright, subsequently engraved by William Woollett entitled The Fishery.^[3]

Notes

1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 174.
1 2 Auchmuty, J.J. (1966). "Hunter, John (1737–1821)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943 . Retrieved 13 January 2009.
↑ "Background information". Walker Art Gallery . Retrieved 25 June 2015.

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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.

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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p174-1] 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 174.

[adb-2] 1 2 Auchmuty, J.J. (1966). "Hunter, John (1737–1821)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943 . Retrieved 13 January 2009.

[3] "Background information". Walker Art Gallery . Retrieved 25 June 2015.

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