HMS Neptune (1683)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Neptune.

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
NameHMS Neptune
Ordered8 September 1678
BuilderJohn Shish, Deptford Dockyard
Launched17 April 1683
RenamedHMS Torbay, 1750
FateSold, 1784
General characteristics as built
Class and type90-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,57646⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 164 ft 0 in (50.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 132 ft 5 in (40.4 m) (keel)
Beam47 ft 3 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1710 rebuild
Class and type1706 Establishment 90-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,576
Length163 ft 1.75 in (49.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 3 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-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
Class and type1719 Establishment 90-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,572.5
Length164 ft (50.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 3 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-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
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