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Boyne (1708 plan)
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Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name HMS Boyne
Namesake Battle of the Boyne (1690)
Builder Harding, Deptford Dockyard
Launched 21 May 1692
Fate Broken up, 1763
General characteristics as built
Class and type 80-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 1,160 tons BM
Length 157 ft (47.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam 41 ft 3 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold 17 ft 3 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament 80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1708 rebuild
Class and type 1706 Establishment 80-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 1,301 tons BM
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 1739 rebuild
Class and type 1733 proposals 80-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 1,390
Length 158 ft (48.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam 45 ft 5 in (13.8 m)
Depth of hold 18 ft 7 in (5.7 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 Boyne was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 21 May 1692.

She was rebuilt to the 1706 Establishment at Blackwall Yard, mounting her guns on three instead of her original two gundecks, though she was still classified as a third rate. She was relaunched from Blackwall on 26 March 1708. Her second rebuild took place at Deptford, where she was reconstructed according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and relaunched on 28 May 1739.

The Boyne was part of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's fleet and took part in the expedition to Cartagena de Indias during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

Boyne was broken up in 1763.

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