1706 Establishment
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The 1706 Establishment was the first formal set of dimensions for ships of the Royal Navy. Two previous sets of dimensions had existed before, though these were only for specific shipbuilding programm
A model of the hull of a 90-gun ship following the dimensions of the 1706 Establishment.
HMS Hampton Court (1709)
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HMS Hampton Court was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe according to the 1706 Establishment and launched on 19 August 1709.
1706 Establishment
…Restoration launched in 1706, while another Resolution and Captain were launched in 1708. Subsequently, two more ships were newbuilt (the Grafton and Hampton Court, both launched in 1709) and three rebuilt from existing third-rates (the Edgar and Yarmouth in 1709, and Orford in 1713) by contract; and another five…
Hampton Court destroying the French frigate La Nymphe in 1757 in the Mediterranean.
Shown here as a member Sir George Pocock's Blue Squadron, circa 1762