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HMS Norwich (1745)
Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Norwich
Ordered: 30 September 1743
Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard
Launched: 4 July 1745
Fate: Sold, 1768
General characteristics [1]
Class & 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.
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