HMS Berwick (1775)
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HMS Berwick was a 74-gun Elizabeth-class third rate of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 18 April 1775, to a design by Sir Thomas Slade. She fought the French at the Battle of Ushant
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Representation of the Distressed Situation of His Majesty's Ships Ruby, Hector, Berwick and Bristol when Dismasted in the Great Hurricane, 6 October 1780
Battle of the Levant Convoy
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The Battle of the Levant Convoy was a naval engagement of the War of the First Coalition fought on 7 October 1795. During the battle, a powerful French squadron surprised a valuable British convoy fro
HMS Berwick (1775)
…she sailed from Toulon for Newfoundland as part of a squadron of six ships of the line under Rear-Admiral de Richery. In October, Richery's squadron fell in with the British Smyrna convoy, taking 30 out of 31 ships, and retaking the 74-gun Censeur. The squadron then put into Cádiz, where it remained refitting for the remainder of the…
1796 portrait of Gore