HMS Windsor Castle (1790)

HMS Windsor Castle was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 May 1790 at Deptford Dockyard.Near a redoubt on Point Pesquies the British encountered a Turkish squadron of one ship of 64 guns, four frigates and eight other vessels, most of which they ran aground.On 27 February Windsor Castle had one man killed assisting a Royal Marine landing party on the island of Prota.Granite cannonballs weighing 7-800 pounds and measuring 6'6" in circumference hit Windsor Castle, Standard and Active.Windsor Castle was badly damaged when an 800-pound stone shot from a Turkish cannon sheared off her main mast.
Duckworth's squadron forcing the Dardanelles
HMS Windsor CastleGreat BritainNaval Battle of Genoa (1795)Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)London-classship of the lineFull-rigged shipsecond-rateRoyal NavyDeptford DockyardRobert CalderBattle of Cape FinisterreEleonore-Jean-Nicolas SoleilFrench West Indiesaction of 25 September 1806ThétisSylpheVice AdmiralJohn DuckworthDardanelles OperationPoint PesquiesPompeeRoyal MarineAbydosStandardActiveAlexandria expedition of 1807The London GazetteJames, William