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HMS Stirling Castle (1679)
51.2743° N, 1.5069° E
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HMS Stirling Castle was a 70-gun third-rate built at Deptford Dockyard, in 1678/79. She was in active commission for the War of the English Succession, fighting in the Battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur. HMS Stirling Castle underwent a rebuild at Chatham Dockyard in 1699. She was in the Cadiz operation in 1702. The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands off Deal on 27 November 1703. The remains are now a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England. She was the first vessel to bear the name Stirling Castle in the English and Royal Navy. HMS Stirling Castle was awarded the Battle Honour Barfleur 1692.
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Protected designation
6 June 1980
Ordered
9 July 1678
Cadiz operation
12 August 1702
Battle of Barfleur
19–22 May 1692
Wrecked in Great Storm
27 November 1703
Launched
29 July 1679
Battle of Beachy Head
30 June 1690
Rebuilt at Chatham
1699
Wreck discovered
1979
Re-emergence
1998
Demi-cannon recovered
2000
Wooden block recovered
2002
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