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Namur

HMS Namur

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateSecond rate
Guns90 guns
WarWar of the Austrian Succession

Admiral Thomas Mathews's flagship at Toulon in 1744, and Boscawen's ship at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre. Wrecked off Fort St David in India in 1749.

Combate entre navío Real Felipe y el Namur cuando se le lanzó el brulote Anne Galley para ser incendiado al Real Felipe. La nave insignia española lo destruyó con un certero cañonazo. (Museo Naval de Madrid). Photo: José Manuel de Moraleda y Montero (died 1812), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 24 demi-cannon
  • 28 culverins
  • 38 sakers
BuilderLawrence, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched1697
Length160 ft 9 in (49.0 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

1697

22 February 1744

Admiral Thomas Mathews

14 May 1747

Edward Boscawen

Fate

Survived

Wrecked, 1749