HMS Restoration
Appearance
HMS Restoration has been the name of three Royal Navy ships, named after the English Restoration.
- HMS Restoration (1678), third rate, 70 guns, built Betts, Harwich 1678; Rebuilt 1702; wrecked in the Great Storm of 1703.
- HMS Restoration (1706), third rate, 70 guns. Wrecked in 1711.
- HMS Restoration (1779), corvette, 20 guns. Formerly Oliver Cromwell of the Connecticut State Navy, captured, refitted, and commissioned by the British in 1779.
References
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.