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HMS Russell
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History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name HMS Russell
Builder Stigant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched 3 June 1692
Fate Sunk as breakwater, 1762
General characteristics as built
Class and type 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 1,177
Length 155 ft 6 in (47.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam 41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament 80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1709 rebuild
Class and type 1706 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 1,294
Length 156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam 43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Depth of hold 17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 80 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 6 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1735 rebuild
Class and type 1719 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 1,350
Length 158 ft (48.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam 44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold 18 ft 2 in (5.5 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 80 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 6 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Russell was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 3 June 1692.

Boyne (1708); Russell (1709); Humber (1708) RMG J2415
Russell (1709 plan)

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Rotherhithe, and was relaunched on 16 March 1709. Instead of mounting her 80 guns on two decks, as she had done as originally built, she now mounted them on three decks, but remained classified as a third rate. On 4 February 1729 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt to the 1719 Establishment at Deptford, from where she was relaunched on 8 September 1735.

Russell was sunk as a breakwater in 1762.

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