HMS Berwick (1743)

HMS Berwick was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 13 June 1743.[1] It participated in the Battle of Toulon on 22–23 February 1744 under the command of Sir Edward Hawke.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Berwick.

Berwick
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Berwick
Ordered: 5 December 1740
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 13 June 1743
Fate: Broken up, 1760
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 1733 proposals 70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1280
Length: 151 ft (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 43 ft 5 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6-pounders
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6-pounders
Plan of the attack against Fort Louis now Fort George, at Point à Pitre by a squadron, detached from Commodore Moore and commanded by Captain Wm. Harman of Berwick on 14 February 1759

She was a part of the attack on Guadeloupe against Fort Louis (now Fort George), at Point à Pitre by a squadron, detached from Commodore Moore and commanded by Captain Wm. Harman of Berwick on 14 February 1759.

Berwick was broken up in 1760.[1]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 171.

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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