HMS Restoration (1678)

History
England
Name	HMS Restoration
Ordered	April 1677
Builder	Harwich Dockyard
Launched	25 May 1678
Commissioned	15 May 1678
Honours and awards	Barfleur 1692
Fate	Wrecked, 27 November 1703 on the Goodwin Sands.
General characteristics as built
Class and type	70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,02191⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	150 ft 6 in (45.87 m) gundeck 120 ft 7 in (36.75 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	39 ft 11 in (12.17 m)
Draught	18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	1685 Establishment 70/62 guns 26 × demi-cannons 54 cwt – 9.5 ft (LD) 26 × demi-culverins (UD) 10 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (QD) 4 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (Fc) 5 × 5 3-pdr guns 5 cwt – 5 ft (RH)
General characteristics after 1699/1702 rebuild
Class and type	70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,04464⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	150 ft 9 in (45.95 m) gundeck 150 ft 9 in (45.95 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	40 ft 0 in (12.19 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	1685 Establishment 70/62 guns 26 × demi-cannons 54 cwt – 9.5 ft (LD) 26 × demi-culverins (UD) 10 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (QD) 4 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (Fc) 5 × 5 3-pdr guns 5 cwt – 5 ft (RH)

HMS Restoration was a 70-gun third rate of the Kingdom of England built at Harwich Dockyard in 1677/78. After a ten-year stint in Ordinary she was commissioned for the War of the English Succession in 1690. She fought in the Battles of Beachy Head and the Battle of Barfleur. She was rebuilt at Portsmouth in 1699/1702. She was lost on the Goodwin Sands during the Great Storm of November 1703.

This was the first vessel to bear the name Restoration in the English and Royal Navy.^[1]

HMS Restoration was awarded the Battle Honour Barfleur 1692.^[2]