HMS Duchess was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Shish at Deptford Dockyard, and launched in May 1679.

[3] In 1696, the Duchess was lying in the Thames when passed by famed privateer Capt.

One of Kidd's influential backers came to his aid, getting Stewart to replace the impressed sailors, but rather than returning Kidd's original crew, he substituted his worst troublemakers.

[1] In 1709 Blenheim was rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard, remaining a 90-gun second rate.

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