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HMS St Michael (1669)

HMS St Michael (1669)
Ship Career
Class and type90-gun second rate ship of the line
Ship nameHMS St Michael
BuilderTippetts, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched1669
RenamedHMS Marlborough, 1706
FateWrecked, 29 November 1762
General characteristics
Tons burthen1101 LT
Length125 ft (38.1 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft 8+1/2 in (12.4 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 5 in (5.3 m)
Sail planFull rigged ship
Armament90 guns of various weights of shot

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HMS St Michael' was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Tippetts of Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1669.

St Michael was rebuilt at Blackwall Yard in 1706, at which time she was also renamed HMS Marlborough'. On 5 April 1725 Marlborough was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Chatham. She was relaunched on 25 September 1732.

Marlborough was reduced to a 68-gun ship in 1752. Whilst making her way back to Britain after participating in the reduction of Havana in 1762, Marlborough was caught in very heavy weather. On 29 November her crew were forced to abandon the ship, which was sinking. All of Marlborough's crew were taken off by .

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