HMS Norwich (1691)

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

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Norwich
Ordered15 August 1690
BuilderWilliam Stignant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched16 July 1691
FateFoundered, 6 October 1692
General characteristics [1]
Class and type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen615 90/94 bm
Length125 ft 7 in (38.3 m) (gundeck) 102 ft 2 in (31.1 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 4 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Norwich was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1691. She was one of two 50-gun ships ordered on 15 August 1690 to be built by Master Shipwright William Stigant at Portsmouth Dockyard (the other was the Weymouth).[1]

The Norwich was lost (presumed foundered) with all hands (including Captain Richard Pugh) in a tropical storm in the Caribbean on 6 October 1692.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail p.131.

References

  • 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 (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. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.


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