- HMS Berwick
Ten ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Berwick", afterBerwick-upon-Tweed , a town on the border betweenEngland andScotland :*HMS "Berwick" was a 70-gun
third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1700, hulked in 1715 and broken up in 1742.
*HMS "Berwick" was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1723, hulked in 1743 and broken up in 1783.
*HMS "Berwick" was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1743 and broken up in 1760.
*HMS "Berwick" was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1775. She served in theAmerican War of Independence , fighting at theBattle of Ushant (1778) and theBattle of Dogger Bank (1781) . She was captured by the French in 1795 (French ship "Berwick") and recaptured at theBattle of Trafalgar , before being wrecked.
* HMS "Berwick" was a merchantman launched in 1780 and purchased in 1781. She was renamed HMS "Sirius" in 1786, when rebuilt as asixth rate after a fire. She was wrecked in 1790.
*HMS "Berwick" was previously the Spanish ship "San Juan Nepomuceno". She was captured at theBattle of Trafalgar and briefly renamed HMS "Berwick". She was then named HMS "San Juan" and used for harbour service until 1816, before being sold in 1818.
*HMS|Berwick|1809|6 was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1809 and broken up in 1821.
*HMS "Berwick" was a "Monmouth" classarmoured cruiser launched in 1902 and scrapped in 1920.
*HMS "Berwick" was a County classheavy cruiser launched in 1926 and scrapped in 1948.
* HMS "Berwick" was a "Rothesay" classfrigate launched in 1961 and sunk as a target ship in 1986.
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