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Torbay

HMS Torbay

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74
WarAmerican War of Independence

Service

1683–1750Neptune
Britain
from 1750Torbay

Cut down and renamed

Britain

74-gun ship, at Fort Royal, St Kitts and the Saintes. Launched in 1683 as the 90-gun Neptune and rebuilt twice; cut down to a 74 and renamed Torbay in 1750, she fought at Quiberon Bay in 1759. Sold in 1784.

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
BuilderJohn Shish, Deptford Dockyard
Launched17 April 1683
Length164 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 Fort Royal
Survived

29 April 1781

Battle of St Kitts (Frigate Bay)
Survived

25–26 January 1782

Battle of the Saintes
Survived

12 April 1782

Fate

Survived

Sold, 1784