HMS Restoration (1678)

HMS Restoration (1678)

HMS "Restoration" was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, named after the English Restoration. She was built by Betts of Harwich and launched in 1678.

She took part in the Battle of Barfleur on 19 May 1692. She was rebuilt at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1702, remaining a 70-gun third rate.

"Restoration" was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands in the Great Storm of 1703. All 387 men were lost, including her captain, a man named Emms.

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*Lavery, Brian (2003) "The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850." Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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