HMS Hampton Court (1678)

The English Ship Hampton Court in a Gale, Willem van de Velde the Younger 1680s
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Hampton Court
OrderedApril 1677
BuilderJohn Shish, Deptford Dockyard
Laid down1677
Launched10 July 1678
Commissioned9 May 1678
Honours and
awards
  • Barfleur 1692
  • Marbella 1705
Captured2 May 1707
FateIn French Navy 1707-1711, sold to Spanish 1712, wrecked in 1715
General characteristics as built
Class and type70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,0362194 tons (bm)
Length
  • 150 ft 6 in (45.87 m) gundeck
  • 121 ft 3 in (36.96 m) keel for tonnage
Beam40 ft 1 in (12.22 m)
Draught18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 1677 Establishment 72/60 guns
  • 26 × demi-cannons 54 cwt – 9.5 ft (LD)
  • 26 × 12-pdr guns 32 cwt – 9 ft (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 1701 rebuild[1]
Class and type70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,073 long tons (1,090.2 t)
Length150 ft 6 in (45.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam40 ft 4.5 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 1685 Establishment 72/60 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 Hampton Court was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1678. Her initial commission was to move her to Chatham where she spent in the next ten years in Ordinary. She held an active commission for the War of the English Succession, participating in the Battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur. She was rebuilt at Blackwall in 1699/1701. During the War of Spanish Succession she served mainly in the Mediterranean. In 1707 she was taken by the French and incorporated into the French Navy for four years. She was sold to the Spanish in 1712. She was wrecked in Spanish service off the coast of Florida in a hurricane in 1715.

This was the first vessel to bear the name Hampton Court in the English and Royal Navy.[2]

HMS Hampton Court was awarded the Battle Honours Barfleur 1692[3] and Marbella 1705.[4]

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 166.
  2. ^ Colledge (2020)
  3. ^ Thomas (1998), Section B, Barfleur
  4. ^ Thomas (1998), Section M, Marbella