HMS ''Windsor Castle'' was a 90-gun
second rate ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactics in the Age of Sail, naval tactic known as the line of battl ...
of the
English Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
, built by
Thomas Shish at
Woolwich Dockyard
Woolwich Dockyard (formally H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, also known as The King's Yard, Woolwich) was an English Royal Navy Dockyard, naval dockyard along the river Thames at Woolwich - originally in north-west Kent, now in southeast London - whe ...
, and launched in 1679.
''Windsor Castle'' commissioned in 1690 under Captain
George Churchill and took part in the
Battle of Beachy Head on 30 June 1690. In 1692 she was under the command of Captain
Peregrine Osborne, and took part in the
Battle of Barfleur on 19–24 May 1692. In 1693 she was commanded by Captain
John Munden, but was wrecked on
Goodwin Sands
Goodwin Sands is a sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea lying off the Deal, Kent, Deal coast in Kent, England. The area consists of a layer of approximately depth of fine sand resting on an Chalk, Upper Chalk platform belonging to ...
on 28 April 1693.
Notes
References
*Lavery, Brian (1983) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. .
*Winfield, Rif (2009) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Seaforth Publishing. .
Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
1670s ships
Maritime incidents in 1693
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