HMS Norwich was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1691.[1]
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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 |
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 |
Norwich was wrecked in 1692.[1]
Notes
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edit- 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.