HMS Sandwich (1679)

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

HMS Sandwich was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in May 1679 at Harwich.^{[1][3][unreliable source?]}

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Sandwich
Builder	Betts, Harwich
Launched	May 1679
Honours & awards	BEACHY HEAD 1690, BARFLEUR 1692, BELLEISLE 1761
Fate	Broken up, 1770
General characteristics as built[1]
Class & type	90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,395
Length	161 ft 6 in (49.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft 3 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1712 rebuild[2]
Class & type	1706 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,573
Length	162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft (14.3 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	90 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

At the battle of Barfleur, she failed to anchor during the flood tide at evening and as a result was swept through the French fleet taking several raking shots with the captain Antony Hastings being killed.^[4]

She underwent a rebuild at Chatham Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 21 April 1712 as a 90-gun second rate built to the 1706 Establishment. Sandwich was broken up in 1770.^[2]

From March 1720 - November 1721, William Smellie, who became a man-midwife and the 'master of British midwifery', 'it seems certain' was naval surgeon on HMS Sandwich.^[5]