HMS Windsor (1695)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Windsor.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Windsor
BuilderSnelgrove, Deptford
Launched31 October 1695
Honours and
awards		Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747
FateBroken up, 1777
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen910 bm
Length146 ft 2.5 in (44.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam37 ft 9 in (11.5 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 8.5 in (4.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1729 rebuild[2]
Class and type1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen951 bm
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1745 rebuild[3]
Class and type58-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1201 bm
Length152 ft (46.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam42 ft (12.8 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 10 in (5.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 58 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Windsor was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 31 October 1695.[1]

On 18 November 1725 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1719 Establishment at Deptford, and she was relaunched on 27 October 1729.[2] On 1 November 1742 an order was made out for Windsor to be taken to pieces once more, and rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard as a 58-gun fourth rate. Unusually, she was not reconstructed according to the establishment of dimensions in effect at the time (the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment), being made 5 ft (1.5 m) longer on the gundeck, 7 ft (2.1 m) longer on the keel, though with the same beam and 3 in (0.1 m) less depth to her hold than the standard 58s, and she was relaunched on 26 February 1745.[3]

Windsor shown here at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)

Windsor remained in service until 1777, when she was broken up.[3]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 163.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 170.
  3. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172.