HMS Namur (1697)

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

HMS Namur (left) at the Battle of Toulon in 1744
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Namur
Ordered	1695
Builder	Lawrence, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	1697
Fate	Wrecked, 1749
General characteristics as built
Class and type	90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,442 long tons (1,465.1 t)
Length	160 ft 9 in (49.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam	45 ft 8 in (13.9 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 1729 rebuild
Class and type	1719 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	911 long tons (925.6 t)
Length	142 ft 10.5 in (43.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft 1 in (11.6 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full rigged ship
Armament	90 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Namur was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1697.

On 11 June 1723 she was ordered to be taken to pieces at Portsmouth and her timbers transferred to Deptford Dockyard. In 1729 the timbers were used to rebuild the ship according to the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 13 September 1729. In 1745, she was razeed to 74 guns.

Namur was wrecked on 14 April 1749 in a storm near Fort St David. In total, 520 of her crew were drowned, though Captain Marshal survived.

References

• Baugh, Daniel A. (1965). British Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole. Princeton University Press. OCLC 610026758.
• 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.
• Michael Phillips. Namur (90) (1729). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 1 August 2008.