HMS Cambridge (1666)
| History | |
|---|---|
 England | |
| Name | HMS Cambridge |
| Builder | Jonas Shish, Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched | 1666 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 1694 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type | 70-gun third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 881 |
| Length | 121 ft (37 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 37 ft 10 in (11.53 m) |
| Depth of hold | 16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
HMS Cambridge was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by shipwright Jonas Shish,[2] and launched in 1666 at Deptford Dockyard.[1]
On 12 March 1672, Cambridge took part in the attack on the Dutch Smyrna convoy, which led to the outbreak of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.[2] She went on to fight in a number of battles in the war, including Solebay (1672), the first day of Schooneveld (1673), and Texel (1673).[2]
On 14 March 1674,[3] Cambridge, captained by Arthur Herbert (later 1st Earl of Torrington) along with HMS Newcastle and HMS Crown captured the Dutch East Indiaman Wapen van Rotterdam in the Battle of Ronas Voe, as part of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.[4]
Cambridge was still in service during the Nine Years' War, and took part in the battles of Bantry Bay (1689), Beachy Head (1690), and Barfleur (1692).[2]
Cambridge was wrecked in 1694,[1] on the Spanish coast near Gibraltar. 100 men drowned. [2]
Notes
- 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 161.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714, p. 254
- ↑ "Londen den 3 April" [London on 3 April]. Engelandt. Amsterdamsche Courant (in Dutch). No. 15. 10 April 1674. p. 1. Retrieved 23 March 2019 – via Delpher.
- ↑ Bruce 1914, pp. 101–102.
References
- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Bruce, R. Stuart (1914). Johnston, Alfred W.; Johnston, Amy (eds.). "Part III – Replies – Naval Engagement, Rønis Vo, Shetland" (PDF). Old-Lore Miscellany of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland. VII (Old-Lore Series Vol. VIII). London: Viking Society for Northern Research: 101–103 – via Viking Society Web Publications.
- Winfield, Rif (2009). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (Epub ed.). Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78346-924-6.