HMS Suffolk (1680)
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HMS Suffolk was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by contract of 20 February 1678 by Sir Henry Johnson at Blackwall. She participated in the War of the English Succession 1
Drawing of the launching of the ship by Van de Velde the Elder, 1680.
Action at Barfleur
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The action at Barfleur was part of the Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue during the War of the Grand Alliance. A French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville was seeking to cover an invasion of Engla
HMS Suffolk (1680)
…On 2 January 1691 she came under the command of Captain Peregrine Osbourne, Earl of Danby, followed by Captain Christopher Billop. She fought in the Battle of Barfleur in the rear (blue) squadron of the rear division between 19 and 22 May 1692. In 1693 Suffolk was under Captain James Wishart, followed by Captain Robert…
The Battle of Barfleur, 19 May 1692 Ludolf Bakhuizen, c. 1693