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HMS Royal James (1675)

Ship Career
Class and type100-gun first-rate ship of the line
Ship nameHMS Royal James
Ordered1 April 1673
BuilderDaniel Furzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched27 June 1675
RenamedHMS Victory, 1691
Honours and
awards		Participated in: *Battle of Barfleur
FateBurnt, 1721
General characteristics
Tons burthen1421 76/94 tons (1444.6 tonnes)
Length132 ft (40.2 m) (keel)
Beam45 ft (13.7 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 4 in (5.6 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament100 guns of various weights of shot

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HMS Royal James' was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Sir Anthony Deane and built by his successor as Master Shipwright at Portsmouth Dockyard, Daniel Furzer, and launched in 1675. She was renamed HMS Victory' on 7 March 1691 as the old second rate Victory of 1666 had been condemned by survey and taken to pieces in 1691. Recommissioned in January 1691 under Captain Edward Stanley, as the flagship of Admiral Sir John Ashby she participated in the Battle of Barfleur on 19 May 1692 - 24 May 1692.

Victory was rebuilt at Chatham Dockyard in 1694-1695. Briefly renamed Royal George in 1714 after the Hanoverians came to the throne, but resumed the name Victory in 1715. She was partly destroyed by an accidental fire in February 1721 and was broken up, though remained on the navy list until she was ostensibly rebuilt as the new .

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