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HMS Neptune (1683)

HMS Neptune (1683)
Ship Career
Class and type90-gun second rate ship of the line
Ship nameHMS Neptune
Ordered8 September 1678
BuilderJohn Shish, Deptford Dockyard
Launched17 April 1683
RenamedHMS Torbay, 1750
FateSold, 1784
General characteristics
Tons burthen1377 LT
Length163 ft 11 in (gundeck)
Beam45 ft (13.7 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 6 in (5.6 1)
Sail planFull rigged ship
Armament90 guns of various weights of shot

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HMS Neptune' was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built under the 1677 "Thirty Great Ships" Programme and launched in 1683 at Deptford Dockyard. She was first commissioned in 1690 under Captain Thomas Gardiner, as the flagship of Vice-Admiral George Rooke. In that capacity she took part in the Battle of Barfleur in May 1692.

She underwent her first rebuild at William Johnson's yard at Blackwall Yard, from where she was relaunched on 6 May 1710 as a 90-gun second rate built to the 1706 Establishment. She was recommissioned on 3 February 1711 under Capt. Francis Wyvell, but paid off into reserve in July of that year and saw no service.

On 18 August 1724 Neptune was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt as a 90-gun second rate to the 1719 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 15 October 1730. She was cut down to a 74-gun Third rate at Chatham Dockyard from 1747 to April 1749, and was renamed HMS Torbay on 23 August 1750.

Torbay was sold at Portsmouth to be taken to pieces on 17 August 1784.

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