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Windsor Castle

HMS Windsor Castle

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateSecond rate
Guns98 guns
WarNapoleonic Wars

98-gun second rate, at Calder's action. Hit by a huge stone shot from the forts on the way out of the Dardanelles in 1807.

London (1766); Prince (1788); Impregnable (1786); Windsor Castle (1790) Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'London' (1766), and later approved for 'Prince' (1788), 'Impregnable' (1786), and 'Windsor Castle' (1790), all 90-gun Second Rate, three-de Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

98 guns

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 12-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounder guns
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid down19 August 1784
Launched3 May 1790
Length177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

3 May 1790

19 February – 3 March 1807

Hit by a great stone shot

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1839