HMS Berwick (1775)
HMS Berwick was a 74-gun Elizabeth-class third rate of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 18 April 1775, to a design by Sir Thomas Slade. She fought the French at the Battle of Ushant (1778) and the Dutch at the Battle of Dogger Bank (1781). The French captured her in the action of 8 March 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars and she served with them with some success then and at the start of the Napoleonic Wars until the British recaptured her at the Battle of Trafalgar. Berwick sank shortly thereafter in a storm.
Berwick | |
| History | |
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| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Berwick |
| Ordered | 12 December 1768 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | May 1769 |
| Launched | 18 April 1775 |
| Captured | 8 March 1795, by the French |
| Notes |
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| France | |
| Name | Berwick |
| Acquired | 8 March 1795 |
| Honours and awards | Battle of Trafalgar |
| Captured | 21 October 1805, by Royal Navy |
| Fate | Wrecked, 22 October 1805, in the storm following the Battle of Trafalgar |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Elizabeth-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 162256⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 168 ft 6 in (51.4 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft (14.3 m) |
| Draught |
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| Depth of hold | 12 ft 10 in (3.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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