HMS Sandwich (1759)
Rodney 's flagship Sandwich in the foreground.
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Sandwich |
Ordered | 22 November 1755 |
Builder | Chatham dockyard |
Launched | 14 April 1759 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Broken up, 1810 |
Notes | Floating battery from 1780; harbour service from 1790 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Sandwich-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1869 tons bm |
Length | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 49 ft (15 m) |
Depth of hold | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Sandwich was a 90-gun
Design and construction
Sandwich was a 90-gun
Sandwich was laid down on 14 April 1756 and launched on 15 April 1759 with the following dimensions: 176 feet 1 inch (53.7 m) along the
The ship held a crew complement of 750, with twenty-eight 32-pounder long guns on the lower deck, twenty-eight 18-pounders on the middle deck, and thirty 12-pounders on the upper deck. Additionally Sandwich held two 6-pounders on each of the quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship would continue with this armament unchanged, apart from the 6-pounders which were switched out with more 12-pounders in an Admiralty Order on 3 June 1790.[3]
Service
Sandwich was
Sandwich was brought back into service to become the
Sandwich fought at the
Captain John Cowling replaced Moriarty in around May 1782, and Sandwich sailed back to England with Parker. There the ship was paid off in August. In October Captain John Frodsham took command, and Sandwich became the guardship at the
In February 1793 Lockyer was replaced by Captain James Mosse, and Sandwich served in succession as the flagship of three Commanders-in-Chief, The Nore; Dalrymple again from March, Vice-Admiral Charles Buckner from August 1795, and Vice-Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge from July 1797. In September of the latter year Sandwich was paid off again, and recommissioned in November as a prison ship with the rating of a sloop. Based in the River Medway, the ship's next commander was Lieutenant Richard Hancock. Hancock was replaced in April 1798 by Captain Billy Douglas, who in turn handed over to Captain Abraham Guyot in April 1801.[5]
Sandwich was paid off in April 1802 with the
Citations
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p175.
- ^ Winfield (2007), p. 140.
- ^ a b c d e Winfield (2007), p. 141.
- ^ Winfield (2007), pp. 141–142.
- ^ a b c d e Winfield (2007), p. 142.
- ^ Auguste Mayer's picture as described by the official website of the Musée national de la Marine (in French) Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- 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.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. London: Pen & Sword. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.