HMS Newark (1695)

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

Plan of the 80 gun version of the Newark
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Newark
BuilderFrame, Hull
Launched3 June 1695
FateBroken up, 1787
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1216 bm
Length157 ft 1.5 in (47.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam41 ft 10.5 in (12.8 m)
Depth of hold18 ft (5.5 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1717 rebuild[2]
Class and type1706 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1283 bm
Length156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 80 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 6 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
General characteristics after 1747 rebuild[3]
Class and type1741 proposals 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1521 bm
Length161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam46 ft (14.0 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 80 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Newark was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Hull on 3 June 1695.[1]

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Chatham Dockyard, and relaunched on 29 July 1717. During this rebuild an extra gundeck was added to make her a three-decker, instead of the two-decker as which she had been originally built. She continued to be classified as a third rate, however.[2]

Newarks proposal plan to cut down and reduce the ship to a 66-gun two-decker at Portsmouth Dockyard. (1746-1747).

On 24 April 1741 she was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Chatham according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 27 August 1747, as a 66-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Newark jammed halfway down the stocks during the launch and was left there for several days, after which she unjammed herself and completed the launching.[3]

Newark continued to serve until 1787, when she was broken up.[3]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p163.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.
  3. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p172.