HMS Cornwall (1692)
{{short description|80-gun, third rate, ship of the line built for the Royal Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Beginning of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748 RMG BHC0373.tiff |Ship caption=The beginning of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748, the nearest ship (here) is the Cornwall leading the line, painting by Samuel Scott (painter) }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Great Britain |Ship flag=62px |Ship name=HMS Cornwall |Ship ordered=12 March 1691 |Ship builder=Winter, Southampton |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=23 April 1692 |Ship namesake=Cornwall |Ship commissioned=1692 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship notes=*Participated in: |Ship fate=Broken up, 1761 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=(as built)Lavery, vol. 1, p. 163. |Ship class=80-gun, third rate ship of the line |Ship tons burthen=1,186{{fraction|31|94}} (bm) |Ship length={{convert|156|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |Ship beam={{convert|41|ft|5|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|17|ft|3|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship propulsion= |Ship complement=476–520 |Ship armament=80 guns of various weights of shot |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=(after 1706 rebuild)Lavery, vol. 1, p. 166. |Ship class=80-gun third rate ship of the line |Ship tons burthen=1,241{{fraction|21|94}} (bm) |Ship length={{convert|156|ft|7.5|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |Ship beam={{convert|42|ft|8.25|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|17|ft|7|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship propulsion= |Ship complement= |Ship armament=80 guns of various weights of shot |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=(after 1726 rebuild)Lavery, vol. 1, p. 169. |Ship class=1719 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line |Ship tons burthen=1,350 (bm) |Ship length={{convert|158|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |Ship beam={{convert|44|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|18|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship propulsion= |Ship complement= |Ship armament=*80 guns:
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HMS Cornwall was an 80-gun, third rate, ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1690s. She served in the War of the Grand Alliance, and in her first year took part in the Battle of Barfleur and the action at La Hougue.
Description
Cornwall had a length at the gundeck of {{convert|156|ft|4|in|m|1}} and {{convert|129|ft|6|in|m|1}} at the keel. She had a beam of {{convert|41|ft|6|in|m|1}}, and a depth of hold of {{convert|17|ft|3|in|m|1}}. The ship's tonnage was 1,186 {{fraction|31|94}} tons burthen. As built, the lower gundeck carried 24 broadside demi-cannon and a pair of chase culverins and the upper deck mounted 26 more culverins on the broadside and another pair as chase guns. On the quarterdeck were 16 six-pounder guns with 6 more on the forecastle. Above the quarterdeck, the poop deck carried 4 three-pounder guns. In 1703, Cornwall{{'}}s armament was nominally revised to twenty-six 24-pounder guns on the lower gundeck and twenty-eight 12-pounder guns on the upper deck. The lighter guns were not changed, but it is uncertain if any changes were actually made to the ship's armament. The ship had a crew of 476–520 officers and ratings.Winfield, pp. 236–37.
Construction and career
Cornwall was the first ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the eponymous county.Colledge, p. 79. Part of the 1691 Naval Programme, the ship was ordered on 12 March 1691 and contracted out to John Winter in Southampton. She was
launched at Southampton on 28 April 1692.
She was rebuilt at Rotherhithe from 1705 to 1706. After this, she served in the Mediterranean where in the War of the Spanish Succession she was involved in the capture of a French convoy off Catalonia in May 1708.
File:End of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748.jpg
On 16 January 1722 Cornwall was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Deptford according to the 1719 Establishment. Remaining an 80-gun third rate, she was relaunched on 17 October 1726. After this, she served during peacetime in the Baltic and Mediterranean. She was not recommissioned until 1742, even though the War of the Austrian Succession had led to fighting between Great Britain and Spain in 1739. Cornwall initially served off Spain, but was later deployed to the West Indies where, in March 1748, she took part in the capture of Fort Saint Louis de Sud in the French colony of Haiti. In October 1749, Cornwall captured a 64-gun Spanish frigate during the defence of a convoy off Havana. She became a prison ship in 1755, ended her career in 1760 and was broken up in 1761.
Notes
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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- Lavery, Brian (1983) 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. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-84832-040-6}}.
External links
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{{1719 Establishment ships}}
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Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
Category:Ships built in Deptford