HMS Norwich (1691)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Norwich.
Career (England)
Name: HMS Norwich
Builder: Stignant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 1691
Fate: Wrecked, 1692
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:616 long tons (625.9 t)
Length:125 ft 7 in (38.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam:33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold:13 ft 4 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:50 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.[1]

Norwich was wrecked in 1692.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.

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.