HMS Newark (1695)

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

Plan of the 80 gun version of the Newark
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Newark
Builder	Frame, Hull
Launched	3 June 1695
Fate	Broken up, 1787
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1216 bm
Length	157 ft 1.5 in (47.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	41 ft 10.5 in (12.8 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	80 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1717 rebuild[2]
Class and type	1706 Establishment 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1283 bm
Length	156 ft (47.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam	43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-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 type	1741 proposals 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1521 bm
Length	161 ft (49.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam	46 ft (14.0 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 4 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-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]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 163.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 167.
3. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 172.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

External links

• Media related to HMS Newark (ship, 1695) at Wikimedia Commons