HMS Restoration (1706)

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NameHMS Restoration
BuilderAllin, Deptford Dockyard
Launched1 August 1706
FateWrecked, 9 November 1711
General characteristics [1]
Class and type70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen11064894 (bm)
Length151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft (12.5 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 6 in (5.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Restoration was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Joseph Allin the elder at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 1 August 1706, [1] after the previous Restoration had been lost in the Great Storm of 1703.

This ship also had a premature end when she was wrecked off Livorno on 9 November 1711.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.

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