HMS Warwick (1696)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Warwick.
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Warwick
Builder: Castle, Deptford
Launched: 1696
Fate: Broken up, 1726
General characteristics as built[1]
Class & type: 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 606 bm
Length: 130 ft 5 in (39.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 34 ft 5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold: 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1711 rebuild[2]
Class & type: 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 722 bm
Length: 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Warwick was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford and launched in 1696.[1]

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Rotherhithe, and relaunched on 9 January 1711. Warwick was broken up in 1726.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p.164.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 168.

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.


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