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HMS Royal Katherine was an 84-gun
second-rate ship of the line of the
Royal Navy, launched in 1664 at
Woolwich Dockyard.
In the
Second Anglo-Dutch War she fought at the
Battle of Lowestoft (
June 13 1665), the
Four Days' Battle (
June 11 to
June 14 1666), and the
St. James's Day Battle (
August 4 1666). During the
Raid on the Medway, she was sunk off to prevent her from being captured.
In the
Third Anglo-Dutch War, she fought at the battles of
Solebay (
June 7 1672), when she was captured by the Dutch but recaptured the same day, and
Schooneveld (
8 June 1673).
In the
War of the Grand Alliance she fought at the
Battle of Barfleur (
May 29 1692).
In 1702 she was rebuilt at
Portsmouth, relaunching as a 90-gun second rate.
During the
War of the Spanish Succession she was the flagship of Admiral
George Rooke. In 1706 she was renamed
Ramillies in honour of the victory of
John Churchill in the
Battle of Ramillies. She was rebuilt for a second time at Portsmouth in 1749, relaunching on
8 February.
In the
Seven Years' War she was the flagship of Admiral
John Byng when he failed to relieve
Port Mahon and so lost the island of
Minorca, a lack of resolution that led to his controversial court-martial and execution.
Ramillies was wrecked at
Bolt Head near Plymouth on
15 February 1760.
About 700 sailors were killed.
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