HMS Devonshire (1692)

HMS Devonshire was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Bursledon on 5 April 1692.[1]

Devonshire exploding
History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Devonshire
Builder:	Wyatt, Bursledon
Launched:	5 April 1692
Fate:	Blown up in action, 1707
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type:	80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,158 long tons (1,176.6 t)
Length:	154 ft (46.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1704 rebuild[2]
Class and type:	80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,220 long tons (1,239.6 t)
Length:	156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	42 ft 1.5 in (12.8 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	80 guns of various weights of shot

She was rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard in 1704, but was destroyed in action in 1707 during the Battle at The Lizard.[2]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 163.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.

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.