HMS ''St David'' was a 54-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
English Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
, launched in 1667 at
Lydney
Lydney is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is on the west bank of the River Severn in the Forest of Dean District, and is 16 miles (25 km) southwest of Gloucester. The town has been bypassed by the A48 road since 1995 ...
.
She foundered in
Portsmouth Harbour in 1689
[ADM 106/390/13] and was raised in 1691 under the supervision of
Edmund Dummer,
Surveyor of the Navy.
The ship was later hulked and finally sold in 1713.
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Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
1660s ships
Ships built in Lydney
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