HMS Berwick (1679)

HMS Berwick was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard and launched in May 1679.[1][3]

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Berwick
Builder:	Phineas Pett II, Chatham Dockyard
Launched:	May 1679
Fate:	Broken up, 1723
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type:	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,089 long tons (1,106.5 t)
Length:	150 ft 10 in (46.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	40 ft (12.2 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1700 rebuild[2]
Class and type:	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,090 long tons (1,107.5 t)
Length:	150 ft 9 in (45.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	40 ft 5.5 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold:	16 ft 10 in (5.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	70 guns of various weights of shot

She was rebuilt at Deptford in 1700, again as a 70-gun third rate, and was hulked in 1715.[2]

Berwick was broken up in 1723.[2]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 162.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 166.
3. "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Berwick' (1679)". Threedecks. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

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.