![]() Battle between the Spanish 70-gun Princess (right foreground), and HMS Lenox, Orford and Kent, 8 April 1740
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Name | HMS Lenox |
Ordered | April 1677 |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
Laid down | 25 June 1677 |
Launched | 18 April 1678 |
Decommissioned | 9 May 1678 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Sunk as a breakwater at Sheerness April 1756 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 101274⁄94 tons (bm) |
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Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draught | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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General characteristics after 1701 rebuild | |
Class and type | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,08911⁄94 tons (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 40 ft 3.5 in (12.28 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 1 in (5.21 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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General characteristics 1719 Establishment Group | |
Class and type | 1719 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,12829⁄94 tons (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 41 ft 6 in (12.65 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 440 personnel |
Armament |
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Notes | By 1746 guns reduced to 64 by removing six 6-pounder guns |
HMS Lenox was a 70-gun third rate built at Deptford Dockyard in 1677/78. She was in active commission for the War of English Succession fighting in the Battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur. She was rebuilt in 1699. Again in active commission for the War of Spanish Succession fighting in the Capture of Gibraltar and the Battle of Velez Malaga. She followed this with the Battle off Passero. She was rebuilt again in 1721. She was active in the War with Spain, capturing the Princesa then serving in Home Waters, the Mediterranean and finally the West Indies. She was in action off Havana in 1745. She returned home and was placed in Ordinary. She was finally sunk as a breakwater at Sheerness in 1756.
She was named in honour of Charles II illegitimate son, Charles Lennox, his son with Louise de Keroualle (Duchess of Portsmouth). Charles Lennox was made the Duke of Lennox in 1675 . This was the first vessel to bear the name Lenox (also spelt Lennox) in the English and Royal Navy.[1]
HMS Lenox/Lennox was awarded the Battle Honour Barfleur 1692,[2] Gibraltar 1704,[3] Velez-Malaga 1704,[4] and Passero 1718.[5]