HMS Lenox (1678)
HMS "Lenox" was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 18 April 1678. On 10 July 1690, as part of the Nine Years' War, "Lenox" took part in the Battle of Beachy Head when an Anglo-Dutch fleet was defeated by a larger French force in the English Channel. "Lenox" formed part of the Centre squadron during the battle. She was rebuilt at Deptford in 1701, remaining as a 70-gun third rate. In 1702 William Jumper took this ship as his most notable command. "Lenox  was part of Sir George Rooke's command during his unsuccessful attack on Cadiz in 1702, where she provided supporting fire for the initial landings on 26 August, and was present at the capture of Gibraltar in 1704. Lenox"s captain was honoured by having Jumper's Bastion in Gibraltar named after him. On 24 August 1704, "Lenox" took part in the Battle of Málaga. 23 of her crew were killed with a further 78 wounded. In 1707 "Lenox" was part of the fleet commanded by Sir Cloudesley Shovel, a substantial part of which was wrecked off the Scilly Isles. "Lenox  herself was undamaged and was able to return to Portmsouth after the disaster. On 2 May 1721 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Chatham as a 70-gun third rate to the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 19 September 1723. Lenox" took part in the squadron sent to the West Indies under Vice-Admiral Francis Hosier in 1726. She served until 1756, when she was sunk as a breakwater. Proposed sailing replica. In 2013 the Lenox Project (based in Deptford, London, UK) put forward a formal proposal to build a full-size sailing replica  of the "Lenox", to be constructed at a purpose-built museum on part of the site of the old Deptford Dockyard where the original "Lenox" was built. By late 2015 the project had gained momentum, with more detailed plans fitting the building of the "Lenox" into the overall development of Convoys Wharf, as the old Dockyard site is now known. If and when completed, the "Lenox" dock and museum would be within walking distance of the Cutty Sark museum in Greenwich.