HMS Neptune (1683)

Attack on Gorée, 29 December 1758. Torbay is at the very centre of the picture bombarding the mole of the fort on her port side
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Neptune
Ordered	8 September 1678
Builder	John Shish, Deptford Dockyard
Launched	17 April 1683
Renamed	HMS Torbay, 1750
Fate	Sold, 1784
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	90-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,57646⁄94 (bm)
Length	164 ft 0 in (50.0 m) (gundeck) 132 ft 5 in (40.4 m) (keel)
Beam	47 ft 3 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1710 rebuild[2]
Class and type	1706 Establishment 90-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,576
Length	163 ft 1.75 in (49.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 3 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	90 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32-pdrs Middle gundeck: 26 × 18-pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 6-pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs
General characteristics after 1730 rebuild[3]
Class and type	1719 Establishment 90-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,572.5
Length	164 ft (50.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 3 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	90 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32-pdrs Middle gundeck: 26 × 18-pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 6-pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs

HMS Neptune was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built under the 1677 "Thirty Great Ships" Programme and launched in 1683 at Deptford Dockyard.^[1]