HMS St Michael (1669)

HMS St Michael was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Tippetts of Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1669.

[1] St Michael was rebuilt at Blackwall Yard in 1706, at which time she was also renamed HMS Marlborough.

[4] Command passed to his distant cousin, Frederick Cornewall, the First Lieutenant, who was severely wounded and lost his right arm.

[3] She formed part of Sir George Pocock's fleet at the taking of Havana from the Spanish in 1762.

[5] Her Captain Thomas Burnett was court martialled as a result, and although exonerated would not regain a command until 1770.

Marlbrough , 74 Guns commanded by Sir John Bentley 1744, sketched by his clerk, John Hood
Marlborough shown here as a member Sir George Pocock 's Blue Squadron , circa 1762