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Sandwich

HMS Sandwich

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateSecond rate
Guns90 guns
WarAmerican War of Independence

90-gun second rate, Rodney's flagship at the Moonlight Battle and at Martinique in 1780, where she fought three French ships at once. Later a guardship at the Nore, where the mutiny of 1797 began aboard her.

"The moonlight Battle of Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780", by Francis Holman, painted 1780. The painting shows Santo Domingo exploding, with Rodney's flagship Sandwich in the foreground. Photo: Francis Holman, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

90 guns

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid down14 April 1756
Launched15 April 1759
CommissionedApril 1759
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

15 April 1759

27 July 1778

16–17 January 1780

Rodney's flagship

17 April 1780

Rodney's flagship; fought three French ships

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1810