HMS Windsor Castle (1679)

HMS Windsor Castle was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, built by Thomas Shish at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1679.[1]

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

History
England
Name: HMS Windsor Castle
Ordered: 5 May 1677
Builder: Thomas Shish, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 4 March 1679
Commissioned: 1690
Fate: Wrecked, 28 April 1693
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,325 long tons (1,346.3 t)
Length: 125 ft 7 in (38.3 m) (keel)
Beam: 44 ft 6.5 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 3 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament: 90 guns of various weights of shot

Windsor Castle commissioned in 1690 under Captain George Churchill and took part in the Battle of Beachy Head on 30 June 1690. In 1692 she was under the command of Captain Peregrine Osborne, and took part in the Battle of Barfleur on 19–24 May 1692. In 1693 she was commanded by Captain John Munden, but was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands in April 1693.[1]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.

References
  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Winfield, Rif (2009) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.


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