HMS_Devonshire_(1692)

HMS <i>Devonshire</i> (1692)

HMS Devonshire (1692)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

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

HMS Devonshire was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Bursledon on 5 April 1692.[1]

A print published in France shows the Devonshire during the Action of 2 May 1707 off Beachy Head

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She was rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard in 1704, but was destroyed in action in 1707 during the Battle at The Lizard on 21 October.[2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 163.
  2. [2]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.

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.


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