![]() The moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 by Francis Holman, painted 1780 shows Santo Domingo exploding, with Rodney's flagship Sandwich in the foreground.
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Name | Sandwich |
Ordered | 22 November 1755 |
Builder | Chatham dockyard |
Launched | 14 April 1759 |
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Fate | Broken up, 1810 |
Notes | Floating battery from 1780; harbour service from 1790 |
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Class and type | Sandwich-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1869 tons bm |
Length | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 49 ft (15 m) |
Depth of hold | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Sandwich was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 April 1759 at Chatham.[1]