HMS Namur (1756)

	HMS Namur at the Battle of Lagos
History
UK
Name	HMS Namur
Ordered	12 July 1750
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Launched	3 March 1756
Honours and; awards	list error: mixed text and list (help); Participated in: Battle of Lagos; Affair of Fielding and Bylandt;
Fate	Broken up, 1833
General characteristics
Class and type	1750 amendments 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,814 long tons (1,843.1 t)
Length	175 ft (53.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam	48 ft 6 in (14.8 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 6 in (6.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full rigged ship
Armament	list error: mixed text and list (help); 90 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs; Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 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, built at Chatham Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched on 3 March 1756.^[1]

Namur was razeed to a 74-gun ship in 1805, and was placed on harbour service in 1807. She remained in this role until 1833, when she was finally broken up.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p174.

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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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p174-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p174.

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