HMS Lenox

HMS Lenox
Rating: 3rd rate

Class: Valiant-class third-rate ship of the line

Captain: Jack Naseby

Date of Commission: March 24, 1722

Guns: 62

Crew: 600

Status: At Sea

Ship History
HMS Lenox is a 62-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 18 April 1678.

She was rebuilt at Deptford in 1701, remaining as a 62-gun third rate. In 1707, she had belonged to Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's fleet. She saw action during the unsuccessful Battle of Toulon and was present during the great naval disaster off the Isles of Scilly when Shovell and four of his ships (Association, Firebrand, Romney and Eagle) were lost, claiming the lives of nearly 2,000 sailors. Lenox suffered little to no damage and finally managed to reach Portsmouth.

After an uneventful voyage from Britain she arrived at Port Royal on 24 March 1722. There she was transferred to the command of Captain Jack Naseby. Thanks to a prodigious effort by the Port Royal dockyards, she was refitted the same day and put to sea with orders to join the fleet off West End.