HMS Lenox

HMS Lenox was a 70-gun third rate built at Deptford Dockyard in 1677/78. She was in active commission for the Nine Years War, fighting in the Battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur. She was rebuilt in 1699. Again in active commission for the War of Spanish Succession fighting in the Capture of Gibraltar and the Battle of Velez Malaga. She followed this with the Battle off Passero. She was rebuilt again in 1721. She was active in the War with Spain, capturing the Princesa then serving in Home Waters, the Mediterranean and finally the West Indies. She was in action off Havana in 1745. She returned home and was placed in Ordinary. She was finally sunk as a breakwater at Sheerness in 1756.

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1678 HMS Lenox

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keel laying

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ship launching

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Frameless

The taking of the Princessa a Spanish Man of War, April 8, 1740 by His Majesties Ships the Lenox, Kent, and Oxford Ba-obj-4525

Nathaniel Parr - The taking of the Princessa a Spanish Man of War, April 8, 1740 by His Majesties Ships the Lenox - B1995.13.132 - Yale Center for British Art

Knowles Action

Combate del navío 'Princesa' contra tres británicos (19 de abril de 1740) 4025

PrincesaVs3britsÁngelCortelliniSánchez(1858-1912)museonavaldemadrid

Capture of Princesa

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		The taking of the Princessa a Spanish Man of War, April 8, 1740 by His Majesties Ships the Lenox, Kent, and Oxford Ba-obj-4525		Commons
commons	image		Nathaniel Parr - The taking of the Princessa a Spanish Man of War, April 8, 1740 by His Majesties Ships the Lenox - B1995.13.132 - Yale Center for British Art		Commons
commons	image		Knowles Action		Commons
commons	image		Combate del navío 'Princesa' contra tres británicos (19 de abril de 1740) 4025		Commons
commons	image		PrincesaVs3britsÁngelCortelliniSánchez(1858-1912)museonavaldemadrid		Commons
commons	image		Capture of Princesa		Commons