HMS Sandwich (1759)
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 The moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 by Francis Holman, painted 1780 shows Santo Domingo exploding, with Rodney's flagship Sandwich in the foreground. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Sandwich |
| Ordered | 22 November 1755 |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down | 14 April 1756 |
| Launched | 15 April 1759 |
| Commissioned | April 1759 |
| Honours and awards |
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| Fate | Broken up, 1810 |
| Notes | Floating battery from 1780; harbour service from 1790 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
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HMS Sandwich was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 April 1759 at Chatham.[1]
Sandwich was a 90-gun second-rate Sandwich-class ship of the line. The class, of which Sandwich was the name ship, was designed by naval architect Thomas Slade. It was a stretched version of the standard design for a British 90-gun ship, allowing extra long guns to be placed on the gundecks of the ships, meaning that the quarterdeck had to hold less guns and the sailing qualities of the ships were improved. The design was approved for use on 12 November 1755.[2] Sandwich had already been ordered by this point, having been done so on 28 October to Chatham Dockyard, where the ship would be built by shipwright John Lock.[3]
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 upper deck, 145 feet 8 inches (44.4 m) at the keel, with a beam of 49 feet 1+1⁄2 inches (15 m) and a depth in the hold of 20 feet 11+1⁄2 inches (6.4 m). The ship measured 1,86936⁄94 tons burthen, with a draught forward of 14 feet 9+1⁄2 inches (4.5 m) and aft of 18 feet 0+1⁄2 inch (5.5 m). Sandwich's fitting out was completed on 28 May, with construction having cost £54,770.[3]
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]
