HMS Revenge (1699)

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

HMS Revenge was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1699.^[1]

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Revenge
Ordered	1695
Builder	Miller, Deptford Dockyard
Launched	1699
Renamed	HMS Buckingham, 1711
Fate	Sunk as foundation, 1745
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1065
Length	150 ft 2 in (45.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	40 ft 3 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 1.5 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	70 guns of various weights of shot

She was renamed HMS Buckingham in 1711, and hulked in 1727. Buckingham continued to serve in this role until 1745, when she was sunk to form part of the foundation of a breakwater.^[1]