HMS Essex (1679)
 HMS Essex was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched at Blackwall Yard in 1679.She was rebuilt at Rotherhithe in 1700 retaining her 70-gun armament. She underwent a second rebuild in 1713 and on 20 May 1736 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Woolwich as a 70-gun third rate to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment.