HMS Harwich (1695)

History
England
Name	HMS Harwich
Ordered	18 November 1694
Builder	Robert & John Castle, Deptford
Launched	14 September 1695
Fate	Wrecked, 5 October 1700
General characteristics
Class and type	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	683 41⁄94 bm
Length	130 ft 2 in (39.7 m) (gundeck); 109 ft (33.2 m) (keel);
Beam	34 ft 4 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 8 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns:; Lower gundeck 20 x 12 pdr guns; Upper gundeck 22 x demi-culverins (9 pdr guns); Quarterdeck 6 x minions (4 pdr guns) ; Forecastle 2 x minions (4 pdr guns);

HMS Harwich was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, ordered on 18 November 1694 as one of two such ships (the other was the Pendennis) to be built by commercial contract by Robert and John Castle at their yard at Deptford. The Harwich was launched on 14 September and commissioned under Captain Andrew Douglas 1695.^[1]

The Harwich was one of four ships sent to Madagascar on an anti-piracy mission under Thomas Warren in 1699.^[2] Warren died on 12 November at Madagascar and was succeeded in command by Captain William Cock.

The Harwich was wrecked on 5 October 1700 while careening in China.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714, p.135.
^ Grey, Charles (1933). Pirates of the Eastern Seas (1618-1723) A Lurid page of History. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. p. 220.

References

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-252-3.
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.

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[Winfield,_BWAos_p.135-1] Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714, p.135.

[2] Grey, Charles (1933). Pirates of the Eastern Seas (1618-1723) A Lurid page of History. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. p. 220.

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History

England
Name	HMS Harwich
Ordered	18 November 1694
Builder	Robert & John Castle, Deptford
Launched	14 September 1695
Fate	Wrecked, 5 October 1700
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	683 41⁄94 bm
Length	130 ft 2 in (39.7 m) (gundeck) 109 ft (33.2 m) (keel)
Beam	34 ft 4 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 8 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns: Lower gundeck 20 x 12 pdr guns Upper gundeck 22 x demi-culverins (9 pdr guns) Quarterdeck 6 x minions (4 pdr guns) Forecastle 2 x minions (4 pdr guns)