HMS Woolwich (1749)

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

HMS Woolwich was a 44-gun fifth-rate ship of the Royal Navy. She was built by Moody Janverin and John Darley at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire, England and launched 7 March 1749. She took part in the unsuccessful attack on Martinique in January 1759.^[1]

Woolwich
History
Great Britain
Name	Woolwich
Builder	Moody Janverin and John Darley, Bucklers Hard, Hampshire
Launched	7 March 1749
Fate	Sold on 30 December 1762
General characteristics
Type	Fourth rate
Tons burthen	825 bm
Length	133.5 ft (40.7 m)
Beam	38 ft (11.6 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	44 guns of various weights of shot

She was sold on 30 December 1762.

Plan of the attack against Basseterre by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on 22 January 1759 - also the encampments of the British. Shows Woolwich as the flagship