HMS ''Portland'' was a 50-gun
fourth rate ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
of the
Royal Navy, launched at
Woolwich Dockyard on 28 March 1693.
She was rebuilt according to the
1719 Establishment
The 1719 Establishment was a set of mandatory requirements governing the construction of all Royal Navy warships capable of carrying more than 20 naval long guns. It was designed to bring economies of scale through uniform vessel design, and ens ...
at
Portsmouth, and was relaunched on 25 February 1723.
She was present at ''
Wager's Action'' a naval confrontation on 8 June 1708 N.S (28 May O.S.), between a
British squadron under
Charles Wager and the
Spanish treasure fleet, as part of the
War of Spanish Succession.
On 17 March 1709, ''Portland'' recaptured
''Coventry'', which the 54-gun
''Auguste'' and the 54-gun ''Jason'' (1704) had captured in September 1704.
In July 1739
Edward Hawke
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, KB, PC (21 February 1705 – 17 October 1781), of Scarthingwell Hall in the parish of Towton, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, was a Royal Navy officer. As captain of the third-rate , he took part in the Battle of ...
, who later became the
First Lord of the Admiralty, became the commander of ''Portland'' until 1743.
''Portland'' was broken up later that same year.
[Colledge, p. 274]
Notes
References
* Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. .
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*Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) ''Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours.'' (Group Retozel-Maury Millau).
Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
1690s ships
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