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Orford

HMS Orford

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns70 guns
WarWar of the Quadruple Alliance

Ship of the line at Cape Passaro, where she took the Santa Rosa.

The 70-gun Spanish ship of the line Princesa in battle with HMS Lenox, Kent and Oxford, 8 April 1740. The 64- cannon Princesa ship , commanded by Pablo Agustín de Aguirre, on April 19, 1740, held a stubborn combat for more than seven hours with the British Orford, Kent and Lenox, 70 cannons, at Cape Photo: Ángel Cortellini Sánchez, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 70 guns as set out in the article
BuilderEdward Snelgrove, Deptford
Launched27 April 1698
Length150 ft 5 in (45.8 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

27 April 1698

11 August 1718

Fate

Survived

Wrecked, 13 February 1745