HMS Royal Katherine
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Royal Katherine |
| Ordered: | October 1661 |
| Builder: | Christopher Pett, Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down: | May 1662 |
| Launched: | 26 October 1664 |
| Commissioned: | 13 March 1665 |
| Renamed: | HMS Ramillies, 1706 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 15 February 1760 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 84-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1037 75⁄94 bm |
| Length: | 121 ft (37 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draught: | 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 84 guns of various weights of shot (86 guns by 1685) |
| Notes: | Rebuilt, 1702 |
| General characteristics after 1702 rebuild | |
| Class and type: | 90-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1395 tons bm |
| Length: | 160 ft (49 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 90 guns of various weights of shot |
| Notes: | Rebuilt, 1749 |
| General characteristics after 1749 rebuild | |
| Class and type: | 1741 proposals 90-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1689 tons bm |
| Length: | 168 ft (51 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 48 ft (15 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 20 ft 2 in (6.15 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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HMS Royal Katherine (HMS Ramilles after 1706) was an 84-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1664 at Woolwich Dockyard. Her launching was conducted by Charles II and attended by Samuel Pepys. Royal Katherine fought in the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars and the War of the Grand Alliance before entering the dockyard at Portsmouth for rebuilding in 1702. She was upgraded to carry 90 guns and served in the War of the Spanish Succession during which she was renamed Ramillies in honour of John Churchill's victory at the Battle of Ramillies. She was rebuilt again in 1742–3 before serving as the flagship of the ill-fated Admiral John Byng in the Seven Years' War. Ramillies was wrecked at Bolt Tail near Hope Cove on 15 February 1760.
Royal Katherine was launched in 1664 by Charles II, an event attended by naval administrator Samuel Pepys. Pepys recorded the occasion in his diary and it was dramatised by BBC Radio 4 in 2012 as part of series 5 of The Diary of Samuel Pepys.
Royal Katherine participated in the Second Anglo-Dutch War fighting in the Battle of Lowestoft on 13 June 1665, the Four Days' Battle from 11 June to 14 June 1666 and the St. James's Day Battle on 4 August 1666. She was scuttled in June 1667 to prevent her capture by the Dutch during the Raid on the Medway.
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