HMS Neptune

Survived

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Second rate
Guns	90 guns
War	War of the Austrian Succession

Second rate, flagship of Vice-Admiral Richard Lestock, whose rear division hung back at Toulon. Lestock was acquitted at his court martial; Mathews was dismissed.

Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758 The island fortress of Goree lay off Dakar on the west coast of Africa. Its position gave the French a base from which to menace the English trade route to India and the East. It was therefore strategically important for the English to capture it every time they wer Photo: Dominic Serres, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

90 guns of various weights of shot

Builder	John Shish, Deptford Dockyard
Launched	17 April 1683
Length	164 ft 0 in (50.0 m) (gundeck) 132 ft 5 in (40.4 m) (keel)

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

Career

Launched

17 April 1683

Battle of Toulon

Survived

22 February 1744

Vice-Admiral Richard Lestock; kept out of the action

Fate

Survived

Sold, 1784