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HMS St Michael (1669)

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Marlborough after the Battle of Toulon (1744)
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS St Michael
Builder: Tippetts, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 1669
Renamed: HMS Marlborough, 1706
Fate: Wrecked, 29 November 1762
General characteristics as built
Class and type: 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1101 bm
Length: 125 ft (38 m) (keel)
Beam: 40 ft 8 12 in (12.408 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 5 in (5.31 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1706 rebuild
Class and type: 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,579 long tons (1,604.3 t)
Length: 162 ft 8 in (49.58 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 4 in (14.43 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
General characteristics after 1732 rebuild
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,567 long tons (1,592.1 t)
Length: 164 ft (50 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 10 in (5.74 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 St Michael was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Tippetts of Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1669.

St Michael was rebuilt at Blackwall Yard in 1706, at which time she was also renamed HMS Marlborough. On 5 April 1725 Marlborough was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Chatham. She was relaunched on 25 September 1732.

Marlborough was reduced to a 68-gun ship in 1752. Whilst making her way back to Britain after participating in the reduction of Havana in 1762, Marlborough was caught in very heavy weather. On 29 November her crew were forced to abandon the ship, which was sinking. All of Marlborough's crew were taken off by HMS Antelope.



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