Sandwich-class ship of the line

The Sandwich class ships of the line were a class of three 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

The moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 by Francis Holman, painted 1780 shows the Santo Domingo exploding, with Rodney's flagship Sandwich in the foreground.
Class overview
Name	Sandwich
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	1745 Establishment
Succeeded by	London class
In service	14 April 1759 – 1810
Completed	3
Lost	1
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Length	176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck) 142 ft 7½ in (43.5 m) (keel)
Beam	49 ft (14.9 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	90 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
Notes	Ships in class include: Sandwich, Ocean, Blenheim

Ships

• HMS Sandwich

Builder: Chatham Dockyard

Ordered: 22 November 1755

Launched: 14 April 1759

Fate: Broken up, 1810

• HMS Ocean

Builder: Chatham Dockyard

Ordered: 22 April 1758

Launched: 21 April 1761

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1793

• HMS Blenheim

Builder: Woolwich Dockyard

Ordered: 12 November 1755

Launched: 5 July 1761

Fate: Wrecked, 1807

References

• Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.