![]() Battle of Quiberon Bay: the Day After (Richard Wright, 1760) Essex is the more distant ship on its side, to the left of HMS Resolution
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Name | HMS Essex |
Ordered | 20 February 1678 |
Builder | Sir Henry Johnson, Blackwall |
Launched | 1679 |
Commissioned | 14 August 1679 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Wrecked in Quiberon Bay, 21 November 1759 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,03189⁄94 tons (bm) |
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Beam | 40 ft (12.19 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 |
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General characteristics 1700 rebuild | |
Class and type | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,08852⁄94 tons (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 40 ft 7.5 in (12.38 m) |
Depth of hold | 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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General characteristics 1740 rebuild | |
Class and type | 1733 proposals 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1225 |
Length |
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Beam | 43 ft 5 in (13.23 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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Notes | By 1746 guns reduced to 64 by removing six 6-pounder guns |
HMS Essex was a 70-gun third rate built by Sir Henry Johnson of Blackwall in 1678/79. During the War of the English Succession she fought in the last major action. She was rebuilt in 1699/1700. During the War of Spanish Succession she fought at Vigo Bay, the Capture of Gibraltar and Velez Malaga. She also fought at the Battle off Passero in 1718. She was rebuilt again in 1736-40. She was in action off Toulon in 1744. She was active in the Channel and against French ports during the Seven Years War. She fought at Quiberon Bay in 1759. She was wrecked in Quiberon Bay in November 1759.
She was the second vessel to bear the name Essex since it was used for a 60-gun ship built at Deptford in 1653 and captured by the Dutch at the Battle of the Galloper Sand (the Four Days’ Battle) in June 1666.[1]
HMS Essex was awarded the Battle Honours Barfleur 1692,[2] Vigo 1702,[3] Gibraltar 1704,[4] and Velez-Malaga 1704,[5] Passero 1718,[6] and Quiberon Bay 1759.[7]