HMS ''Sandwich'' was a 90-gun
second rate ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
of the
Royal Navy, launched in May 1679 at
Harwich
Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-on- ...
.
At the battle of Barfleur, she failed to anchor during the flood tide at evening and as a result was swept through the French fleet taking several raking shots with the captain Antony Hastings being killed.
She underwent a rebuild at
Chatham Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 21 April 1712 as a 90-gun second rate built to the
1706 Establishment
The 1706 Establishment was the first formal set of dimensions for ships of the Royal Navy. Two previous sets of dimensions had existed before, though these were only for specific shipbuilding programs running for only a given amount of time. In ...
. ''Sandwich'' was broken up in 1770.
From March 1720 - November 1721,
William Smellie, who became a man-midwife and the 'master of British midwifery', 'it seems certain' was
naval surgeon on HMS ''Sandwich''.
[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]
Notes
References
*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. .
Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
1670s ships
Ships built in Harwich
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