HMS Norwich (1691)

History
England
NameHMS Norwich
Ordered15 August 1690
BuilderWilliam Stignant, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched16 July 1691
FateFoundered, 6 October 1692
General characteristics
Class & type50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen615 90/94 bm
Length125 ft 7 in (38.3 m) (gundeck) 102 ft 2 in (31.1 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft 8 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 4 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Norwich was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1691. She was one of two 50-gun ships ordered on 15 August 1690 to be built by Master Shipwright William Stigant at Portsmouth Dockyard (the other was the Weymouth).

The Norwich was lost (presumed foundered) with all hands (including Captain Richard Pugh) in a tropical storm in the Caribbean on 6 October 1692.