HMS Sandwich (1679)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sandwich.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Sandwich
BuilderBetts, Harwich
LaunchedMay 1679
Honours &
awards		BEACHY HEAD 1690, BARFLEUR 1692, BELLEISLE 1761
FateBroken up, 1770
General characteristics as built[1]
Class & type90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,395
Length161 ft 6 in (49.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 3 in (5.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1712 rebuild[2]
Class & type1706 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,573
Length162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft (14.3 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 90 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Sandwich was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in May 1679 at Harwich.[1][3]

At the battle of Barfleur, she failed to anchor during the flood tide at evening and as a result was swept through the French fleet taking several raking shots with the captain Antony Hastings being killed.[4]

She underwent a rebuild at Chatham Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 21 April 1712 as a 90-gun second rate built to the 1706 Establishment. Sandwich was broken up in 1770.[2]

From March 1720 - November 1721, William Smellie, who became a man-midwife and the 'master of British midwifery', 'it seems certain' was naval surgeon on HMS Sandwich.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 162.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 167.
  3. ^ "British Second Rate ship of the line 'Sandwich' (1679)". Threedecks. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ^ Philip Aubrey 1979 The Defeat of James Stuart's Armada 1692 p101 ISBN 0 7185 1168 9
  5. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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