HMS Norwich (1691)

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

HMS Norwich was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1691. She was one of two 50-gun ships ordered on 15 August 1690 to be built by Master Shipwright William Stigant at Portsmouth Dockyard (the other was the Weymouth).^[1]

History
England
Name	HMS Norwich
Ordered	15 August 1690
Builder	William Stignant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	16 July 1691
Fate	Foundered, 6 October 1692
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	615 90/94 bm
Length	125 ft 7 in (38.3 m) (gundeck) 102 ft 2 in (31.1 m) (keel)
Beam	33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 4 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns of various weights of shot

The Norwich was lost (presumed foundered) with all hands (including Captain Richard Pugh) in a tropical storm in the Caribbean on 6 October 1692.^[1]