&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:The_Royal_Katherine.jpg) HMS Royal Katherine, illustrated from a painting in 1664.
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| Name | HMS Royal Katherine |
| Ordered | October 1661 |
| Builder | Christopher Pett, Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down | May 1662 |
| Launched | 26 October 1664 |
| Commissioned | 13 March 1665 |
| Renamed | HMS Ramillies, 1706 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 15 February 1760 |
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| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | 84-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1037 75⁄94 bm |
| Length | 121 ft (37 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draught | 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) |
| Depth of hold | 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 84 guns of various weights of shot (86 guns by 1685) |
| Notes | Rebuilt in 1702 |
| General characteristics after 1702 rebuild[2] | |
| Class and type | 90-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1395 tons bm |
| Length | 160 ft (49 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 90 guns of various weights of shot |
| Notes | Rebuilt, 1749 |
| General characteristics after 1749 rebuild[3] | |
| Class and type | 1741 proposals 90-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1689 tons bm |
| Length | 168 ft (51 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 48 ft (15 m) |
| Depth of hold | 20 ft 2 in (6.15 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Royal Katherine (HMS Ramillies after 1706) was an 84-gun full-rigged second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1664 at Woolwich Dockyard.[1] Her launching was conducted by Charles II and attended by Samuel Pepys. Royal Katherine fought in both the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars and afterwards, the War of the Grand Alliance before entering the dockyard at Portsmouth for rebuilding in 1702. In this rebuilding, she was upgraded to carry more guns, 90 in total, and served in the War of the Spanish Succession during which she was renamed Ramillies in honour of John Churchill's victory at the Battle of Ramillies. She was rebuilt again in 1742–3 before serving as the flagship of the ill-fated Admiral John Byng in the Seven Years' War. Ramillies was wrecked at Bolt Tail near Hope Cove on 15 February 1760.