HMS Warwick (1696)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Warwick
Ordered	25 September 1695
Builder	Robert & John Castle, Deptford
Launched	20 August 1696
Fate	Broken up, 1726
General characteristics as built
Class and type	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	686 71⁄94 bm
Length	130 ft 5 in (39.8 m) (gundeck) 109 ft (33.2 m) (keel)
Beam	34 ft 5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1711 rebuild
Class and type	1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	722 4⁄04 bm
Length	130 ft (39.6 m) (on gundeck) 107 ft 2.5 in (32.7 m) (keel)
Beam	35 ft 7 in (10.8 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Warwick was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, one of four ordered in September 1694 (Blackwall and Guernsey on 12 September and Nonsuch and Warwick on 25 September) to be built by commercial contracts; eight further ships of this type were ordered on 24 December (six to be built by contract and two in Royal Dockyards). The Warwick was built by Robert and John Castle at their Deptford shipyard and launched on 20 August 1696.

On 3 May 1709 she was ordered to be rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment, and a contract for this was agreed on 9 May with shipbuilder Richard Burchett at Rotherhithe; after the work was completed, she was re-launched on 9 January 1711. She undertook a voyage to Newfoundland (under Captain Henry Partington) as escort to a merchant convoy; on her return she was fitted at Woolwich Dockyard for a voyage to "the South Seas" (Buenos Aires), and on return to Woolwich she underwent a Great Repair between November 1716 and July 1717. She was recommissioned in 1720 for service in the Baltic Sea (under Captain Thomas Willyams). The Warwick was docked to be broken up at Plymouth Dockyard on 20 December 1726.

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.
• Winfield, Rif (1997), The 50-Gun Ship: A Complete History. Chatham Publishing (1st edition); Mercury Books (2nd edition 2005). ISBN 1-845600-09-6.
• Winfield, Rif (2009) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.
• Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.