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{{short description|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Portland}}

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|Ship country=[[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
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|Ship name=HMS ''Portland''
|Ship ordered=17 February 1692
|Ship builder=Joseph Lawrence, Woolwich Dockyard
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|Header caption=as built<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p164">Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.</ref>
|Ship class=50-gun [[fourth rate]] [[ship of the line]]
|Ship tons burthen=636 <small>{{fraction|39|94}}</small> bm
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|Header caption=after 1723 rebuild<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p170">Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.</ref>
|Ship class=[[1719 Establishment]] 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
|Ship tons burthen=772
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* Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
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'''HMS ''Portland''''' was a 50-gun [[fourth rate]] [[ship of the line]] of the [[Royal Navy]], launched at [[Woolwich Dockyard]] on 28 March 1693.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p164" /> One of two 50-gun ships ordered on 17 February 1692 (the other was the [[HMS Anglesea (1694)|''Anglesea'']]).<ref name="Winfield, BWAoS p.132">Rif Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714.''</ref>

She was present at ''[[Wager's Action]]'' a naval confrontation on 8 June 1708 N.S (28 May O.S.), between a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] squadron under [[Charles Wager]] and the [[Spanish treasure fleet]], as part of the [[War of Spanish Succession]].<ref name="NMM">{{cite web |title=Wager's Action off Cartagena, 28 May 1708 |url=https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11840.html |website=Royal Museums Greenwich |access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref>

On 17 March 1709, ''Portland'' recaptured [[HMS Coventry (1695)|''Coventry'']], which the 54-gun [[HMS Auguste (1705)|''Auguste'']] and the 54-gun ''Jason'' (1704) had captured in September 1704.<ref>Roche (2005), pp.134 and 57.</ref>

She was rebuilt according to the [[1719 Establishment]] at [[Portsmouth]], and was re-launched on 25 February 1723.

In July 1739 [[Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke|Edward Hawke]], who later became the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], became the commander of ''Portland'' until 1743.<ref>Wiki-Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke</ref>

''Portland'' was broken up later that same year.<ref>Colledge, p. 274</ref>
[[File:Wager's Action off Cartagena, 28 May 1708.jpg|thumb|none|Wager's Action off Cartagena, 28 May 1708]]

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==References==
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* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
* Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
*Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) ''Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours.'' (Group Retozel-Maury Millau).
*Winfield, Rif (1997), ''The 50-Gun Ship: A Complete History''. Chatham Publishing (1st edition); Mercury Books (2nd edition 2005). {{ISBN|1-845600-09-6}}.
*Winfield, Rif (2009), ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Barnsley, UK; Seaforth Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-84832-040-6}}.
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