HMS Newark (1695)

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Career (Great Britain)

Name:	HMS Newark
Builder:	Frame, Hull
Launched:	3 June 1695
Fate:	Broken up, 1787
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,216 long tons (1,235.5 t)
Length:	157 ft 1.5 in (47.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	41 ft 10.5 in (12.8 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1717 rebuild^[2]
Class and type:	1706 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,283 long tons (1,303.6 t)
Length:	156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	80 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs Upper gundeck: 24 × 6 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1747 rebuild^[3]
Class and type:	1741 proposals 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,521 long tons (1,545.4 t)
Length:	161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	46 ft (14.0 m)
Depth of hold:	19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	80 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 24 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Newark.

HMS Newark was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Hull on 3 June 1695.^[1]

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Chatham Dockyard, and relaunched on 29 July 1717. During this rebuild an extra gundeck was added to make her a three-decker, instead of the two-decker as which she had been originally built. She continued to be classified as a third rate, however.^[2] On 24 April 1741 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Chatham according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 27 August 1747.^[3]