HMS Nassau (1706)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Nassau.

HMS Nassau was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 9 January 1706.^[1]

Plan of the 1740 rebuild of Nassau
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Nassau
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	9 January 1706
Fate	Sold, 1770
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1104 tons BM
Length	150 ft 6 in (45.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	41 ft (12.5 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1740 rebuild[2]
Class and type	1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1225 tons BM
Length	151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam	43 ft 5 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	410-480[3]
Armament	70 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24-pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 6-pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdrs

Orders were issued on 25 May 1736 directing Nassau to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Chatham, from where she was relaunched on 25 September 1740.^[2]

In February 1747 Nassau was listed as under the command of Captain Holcombe.^[3] In May of that year, Nassau captured on passage from Corsica to Genoa two troop transports carrying 210 Spanish and French soldiers and officers.^[4]

Attack on Gorée, 29 December 1758. Nassau and Dunkirk are on the far side of the fort's mole showing only their upper galleries and spars as they engage the fort's batteries on their port sides

In 1758 she participated in the British Capture of Senegal, captained by Captain James Sayer.^[5]

Nassau was sold out of the navy in 1770.^[2]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.
3. "A General List of His Majesty's Royal Navy". The Scots Magazine. British Newspaper Archive. 6 February 1747. p. 94. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
4. "From the London Gazette". Derby Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 8 May 1747. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
5. "1758 - British expedition against Fort Louis in Senegal - Project Seven Years War". www.kronoskaf.com. Project Seven Years War. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.