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Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name HMS Warwick
Builder Castle, Deptford
Launched 1696
Fate Broken up, 1726
General characteristics as built
Class and type 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 606 bm
Length 130 ft 5 in (39.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam 34 ft 5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament 50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1711 rebuild
Class and type 1706 Establishment 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 722 bm
Length 130 ft (39.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam 35 ft (10.7 m)
Depth of hold 14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 50 guns:
  • Gundeck: 22 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 22 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Warwick was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford and launched in 1696.

She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Rotherhithe, and relaunched on 9 January 1711. Warwick was broken up in 1726.

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