| HMS Neptune (1683) | |
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 Action of 18 October 1782 between HMS Torbay and London, and the 74-gun Scipion. Torbay is behind London | |
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
| Name: | HMS Neptune |
| Ordered: | 8 September 1678 |
| Builder: | John Shish, Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched: | 17 April 1683 |
| Renamed: | HMS Torbay, 1750 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1784 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class & type: | 90-gun second-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,377 long tons (1,399.1 t) |
| Length: | 163 ft 11 in (50.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 90 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1710 rebuild[2] | |
| Class & type: | 1706 Establishment 90-gun second-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,576 long tons (1,601.3 t) |
| Length: | 163 ft 1.75 in (49.7 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 3 in (14.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
90 guns:
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| General characteristics after 1730 rebuild[3] | |
| Class & type: | 1719 Establishment 90-gun second-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,572.5 long tons (1,597.7 t) |
| Length: | 164 ft (50.0 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 3 in (14.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
90 guns:
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HMS Neptune was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built under the 1677 "Thirty Great Ships" Programme and launched in 1683 at Deptford Dockyard.[1] She was first commissioned in 1690 under Captain Thomas Gardiner, as the flagship of Vice-Admiral George Rooke. In that capacity she took part in the Battle of Barfleur in May 1692.
She underwent her first rebuild at William Johnson's yard at Blackwall Yard, from where she was relaunched on 6 May 1710 as a 90-gun second-rate built to the 1706 Establishment.[2] She was recommissioned on 3 February 1711 under Capt. Francis Wyvell, but paid off into reserve in July of that year and saw no service.
On 18 August 1724 Neptune was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt as a 90-gun second-rate to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 15 October 1730. She was cut down to a 74-gun third rate at Chatham Dockyard from 1747 to April 1749, and was renamed HMS Torbay on 23 August 1750.[3]
Torbay was sold at Portsmouth to be taken to pieces on 17 August 1784.[3]
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- 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 (2007), British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6. (2009) British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714. Seaforth Publishing.
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