HMS Coronation

Coronation
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameCoronation
Ordered1678
BuilderIsaac Betts, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched23 May 1685
Commissioned14 February 1690
FateWrecked, 3 September 1691
General characteristics [1]
Class and type90-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,345 (bm)
Length160 ft 4 in (48.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 9 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 2 in (5.5 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament90 guns of various weights of shot

Coronation was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard as part of the '30 great ships programme' of 1677, and launched in 1685.[1] She was lost in a storm off Rame Head, Cornwall on 3 September 1691 and is designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 162.