Coronation
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History | |
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England | |
Name | Coronation |
Ordered | 1678 |
Builder | Isaac Betts, Portsmouth Dockyard |
Launched | 23 May 1685 |
Commissioned | 14 February 1690 |
Fate | Wrecked, 3 September 1691 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 90-gun second-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,345 (bm) |
Length | 160 ft 4 in (48.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 44 ft 9 in (13.6 m) |
Depth of hold | 18 ft 2 in (5.5 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 90 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.