HMS Sandwich (1759)

	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.
History
Great Britain
Name	Sandwich
Ordered	22 November 1755
Builder	Chatham dockyard
Launched	14 April 1759
Honours and; awards	Participated in:; Battle of Cape St Vincent;
Fate	Broken up, 1810
Notes	Floating battery from 1780; harbour service from 1790
General characteristics
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
Armament	90 guns:; Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs; Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs;

HMS Sandwich was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 April 1759 at Chatham.^[1]

History
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.
Great Britain
Name	Sandwich
Ordered	22 November 1755
Builder	Chatham dockyard
Launched	14 April 1759
Honours and awards	Participated in: Battle of Cape St Vincent
Fate	Broken up, 1810
Notes	Floating battery from 1780; harbour service from 1790
General characteristics ^[1]
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
Armament	90 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs