Sandwich class ship of the line
The moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 by Francis Holman, painted 1780 shows the Santo Domingo exploding, with Rodney's flagship Sandwich in the foreground. |
| Class overview |
| Name: |
Sandwich |
| Operators: |
Royal Navy |
| Preceded by: |
1745 Establishment |
| Succeeded by: |
London-class |
| In service: |
14 April 1759 - 1810 |
| Completed: |
3 |
| Lost: |
1 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Ship of the line |
| Length: |
176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck)
142 ft 7½ in (43.5 m) (keel) |
| Beam: |
49 ft (14.9 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Sails |
| Armament: |
90 guns:
- Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
- Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs
- Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
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| Notes: |
Ships in class include: Sandwich, Ocean, Blenheim |
The Sandwich class ships of the line were a class of three 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.
Ships
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Ordered: 22 November 1755
- Launched: 14 April 1759
- Fate: Broken up, 1810
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Ordered: 22 April 1758
- Launched: 21 April 1761
- Fate: Sold out of the service, 1793
- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Ordered: 12 November 1755
- Launched: 5 July 1761
- Fate: Wrecked, 1807
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 (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.