HMS Suffolk (1680)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Suffolk
Ordered20 February 1678
BuilderSir Henry Johnson, Blackwall Yard
LaunchedMay 1680
Commissioned11 August 1680
FateBroken up, 1765
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,041
Length
  • 150 ft 10 in (46.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 121 ft 4 in (37.0 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft 2 in (12.2 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 9.5 in (5.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1699 rebuild[2]
Class and type70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,075
Length
  • 151 ft 4 in (46.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 124 ft 0 in (37.8 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft 4.5 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 7.5 in (5.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1718 rebuild[3]
Class and type1706 Establishment 70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,129
Length
  • 151 ft 4 in (46.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 125 ft 3 in (38.2 m) (keel)
Beam41 ft 2 in (12.5 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1739 rebuild[4]
Class and type1733 proposals 70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,224
Length
  • 151 ft 0 in (46.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 122 ft 1 in (37.2 m) (keel)
Beam43 ft 5 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Suffolk was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by contract of 20 February 1678 by Sir Henry Johnson at his Blackwall Yard and launched in May 1680.[1] Suffolk was commanded by Captain Wolfran Cornwall at the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690, and by Captain Christopher Billopp at the Battle of Barfleur in 1692.

She was rebuilt by Johnson at Blackwall in 1699,[2] and took part in the Battle of Vélez-Málaga in 1704. She was rebuilt for a second time at Chatham Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 13 November 1718 as a 70-gun third rate to the 1706 Establishment.[3]

On 3 December 1735 she was ordered to be taken to pieces for her final rebuild, which was carried out at Woolwich Dockyard. She was reconstructed as a 70-gun third rate according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and relaunched on 5 March 1739.[4] The Suffolk was part of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's fleet and took part in the expedition to Cartagena de Indias and the attacks on La Guayra and Puerto Cabello during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Suffolk was broken up in 1765.[4]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
  3. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
  4. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.

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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