HMS Elizabeth (1706)

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

HMS Elizabeth was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched on 1 August 1706.^[1]

Elizabeth
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Elizabeth
Builder	Stacey, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	1 August 1706
Fate	Broken up, 1766
General characteristics as built[1]
Class & type	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1110 tons BM
Length	150 ft 6 in (45.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	40 ft 11.75 in (12.5 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1737 rebuild[2]
Class & type	1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1224 tons BM
Length	151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam	43 ft 5 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	70 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24-pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 6-pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdrs

Plan of 1937 rebuild

On 4 September 1733 orders were issued directing Elizabeth to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Chatham, from where she was relaunched on 29 November 1737.^[2]

From beginning 1758 to the latter end of 1764, william Nichelson, was her captain commisissioned to sail to and from India, for the purpose of charting or adding to charts navigation detail. The results of which appeared in several books, not least William Nichelson's Voyage to the East Indies, in His Majesty's Ship Elizabeth, Published in the Year 1765, and A new directory for the East-Indies, published in book form 1791. In 1763 Nichelson (who also served as the Superintendent of the Royal Navy in Bombay) also extensively charted Bombay Harbour.^[3]

Elizabeth continued to serve until 1766, when she was broken up.^[2]