HMS Pendennis (1679)

History
England
Name	HMS Pendennis
Ordered	April 1677
Builder	Phineas Pett, Chatham Dockyard
Launched	1679
Commissioned	25 September 1688
Fate	Wrecked on the Kentish Knock, 26 October 1689
General characteristics
Class and type	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	105131⁄94 tons(bm)
Length	150 ft 10 in (45.97 m) gundeck 121 ft 9 in (37.11 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	40 ft 3.5 in (12.28 m)
Draught	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-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)

HMS Pendennis was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Kingdom of England built at Chatham in 1677/79. She was in the War of English Succession. She was in the Battle of Bantry Bay. She was wrecked on the Kentish Knock in October 1689.

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