HMS Norwich (1745)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Norwich.
Career (Great Britain)
Name: HMS Norwich
Ordered: 30 September 1743
Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard
Launched: 4 July 1745
Fate: Sold, 1768
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:1741 proposals 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:993 long tons (1,008.9 t)
Length:140 ft (42.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam:40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold:17 ft 2 12 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Norwich was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Blackwall Yard, and launched on 4 July 1745.[1]

Norwich served until 1768, when she was sold out of the navy.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p172.

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.