HMS Royal Katherine (1664)

HMS Royal Katherine, illustrated from a painting in 1664.
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Royal Katherine
OrderedOctober 1661
BuilderChristopher Pett, Woolwich Dockyard
Laid downMay 1662
Launched26 October 1664
Commissioned13 March 1665
RenamedHMS Ramillies, 1706
FateWrecked, 15 February 1760
Notes
General characteristics [1]
Class and type84-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1037 7594 bm
Length121 ft (37 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft (12 m)
Draught20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament84 guns of various weights of shot (86 guns by 1685)
NotesRebuilt in 1702
General characteristics after 1702 rebuild[2]
Class and type90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1395 tons bm
Length160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament90 guns of various weights of shot
NotesRebuilt, 1749
General characteristics after 1749 rebuild[3]
Class and type1741 proposals 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1689 tons bm
Length168 ft (51 m) (gundeck)
Beam48 ft (15 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 2 in (6.15 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 90 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

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.

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p160.
  2. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
  3. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.