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HMS Berwick (1743)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS Berwick
Ordered: 5 December 1740
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 13 June 1743
Fate: Broken up, 1760
General characteristics
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

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. It participated in the Battle of Toulon under the command of Sir Edward Hawke.

Berwick was broken up in 1760.



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