HMS Exeter (1680)

History
England
Name	HMS Exeter
Ordered	20 February 1678
Builder	Sir Henry Johnson of Blackwall
Launched	March 1680
Commissioned	8 June 1679
Reclassified	Hulked at Portsmouth, 1691
Fate	Accidentally burnt at Plymouth, Broken at Portsmouth in 1717
General characteristics as built
Class & type	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,03188⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	150 ft 2 in (45.77 m) gundeck; 120 ft 0 in (36.58 m) keel for tonnage;
Beam	40 ft 2.5 in (12.26 m)
Draught	18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 9.5 in (5.12 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	1677 Establishment 70/62 guns; 26 × demi-cannons (54 cwt – 9.5 ft (LD); 26 × 12-pdr guns 32 cwt – 9 ft (UD); 10 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (QD); 4 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (Fc); 5 × 5 3-pdr guns 5 cwt – 5 ft (RH);

HMS Exeter was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Kingdom of England, built by contract Sir Henry Johnson at Blackwall under the 1677 Construction Programme. She was at the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690. She was accidentally burnt at Plymouth in 1691. Her remains were hulked at Portsmouth until she was broken in 1717.

She was the first vessel to bear the name Exeter in the English and Royal Navy.

History

England
Name	HMS Exeter
Ordered	20 February 1678
Builder	Sir Henry Johnson of Blackwall
Launched	March 1680
Commissioned	8 June 1679
Reclassified	Hulked at Portsmouth, 1691
Fate	Accidentally burnt at Plymouth, Broken at Portsmouth in 1717
General characteristics as built
Class & type	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,03188⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	150 ft 2 in (45.77 m) gundeck 120 ft 0 in (36.58 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	40 ft 2.5 in (12.26 m)
Draught	18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 9.5 in (5.12 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	1677 Establishment 70/62 guns 26 × demi-cannons (54 cwt – 9.5 ft (LD) 26 × 12-pdr guns 32 cwt – 9 ft (UD) 10 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (QD) 4 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (Fc) 5 × 5 3-pdr guns 5 cwt – 5 ft (RH)