HMS Namur (1697)

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 6⁄94 (bm)
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:	24 demi-cannon 28 culverins 38 sakers
General characteristics after 1729 rebuild
Class and type:	1719 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,566 89⁄94 (bm)
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.