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HMS Nottingham was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 10 June 1703. [1] She was the first ship to bear the name. Commissioned under Captain Samuel Whitaker , she formed part of Admiral Cloudesley Shovell 's fleet that sailed with Admiral Rooke to attack and take the formidable ...
The first ship was rebuilt twice, and each is sometimes considered a separate ship: HMS Nottingham (1703) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1703. She was rebuilt in 1719 and 1745, and was sunk in 1773 as a breakwater. HMS Nottingham (1794), was a 3-gun gunvessel, formerly a barge. She was purchased in 1796 and sold in 1800.
The Navy Board stopped building any further three-decker 80-gun ships. Production of the 70-gun and 60-gun ships also ceased. Instead, new 74-gun and 64-gun ships replaced these classes. Although 50-gun and 44-gun two-deckers continued to be built for cruising duties, the Navy no longer considered the 50-gun ships powerful enough to serve as ...
Four 60-gun ships were newbuilt to the 1706 Establishment – the Plymouth launched in 1708, the Lion and Gloucester in 1709, and the Rippon in 1712 – while four existing 60-gun ships were rebuilt to the same specification from 1714 onwards – the Lyme, Medway, Kingston and Nottingham.
HMS Nottingham was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy just before World War I. She was one of three ships of the Birmingham sub-class and was completed in early 1914. The ship was assigned to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron (LCS) of the Home and Grand Fleets for her entire career.
In April 2004 she sailed again following the £39m repair and refit. The ship returned to duty in July 2004. [9] On 23 August 2004, Nottingham met SAS Mendi, a Valour-class frigate of the South African Navy at the site where the troopship SS Mendi was sunk during the First World War. The crew laid wreaths in remembrance to those who died in ...
By 1952, 25 of these new style 12-passenger ships had entered service, making for a total of 45 new vessels since the war, and with a further 14 for use on the Portuguese trade routes and Mediterranean services. By 1953 Ellerman's fleet had been almost completely rebuilt, consisting of a total of 94 ships with a carrying capacity of 900,000 tons.
Nottingham reached Bombay on 26 May and Malacca on 4 September, and arrived at Whampoa on 7 October. Homeward bound she was at 'Lankeet Flat' on 20 January 1802, reached St Helena on 12 April, and arrived at Northfleet on 26 June. It is not clear what Nottingham did between 1802 and 1807. She may simply have remained at her moorings.