HMS Nottingham

Overview
Rating: 4th rate

Class: Poseidon-class fourth-rate Ship of the Line

Shipyard: Deptford Dockyard, rebuilt McDella Shipyards

Launched: June 10th, 1703, rebuilt and relaunched June 20th, 1721

Status: On active service

Armament
Total Guns: 66

Topdeck: 10 x 8lbs

Upper Deck: 26 x 11lb

Gundeck: 24 x 16lb

Bow Chasers: 2 x 9lbs

Stern Chasers: 4 x 18lbs

Broadside Weight: 415lbs

Crew: 575

Commanders
Current Captain: Captain Wallenstein since June 20th, 1721 -

Previous Captains:

Captain Samuel Whitaker from 1703 - 1718

Ship History
HMS Nottingham was original built a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 10 June 1703. 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 Rock of Gibraltar in 1704. The ship also saw action in the Battle of Cabrita point in March 1705 and in the Mediterranean in 1711. Nottingham was rebuilt according to the 1720 Establishment at McDella shipyards, from where she was relaunched in June 1721