HMS Norfolk (1757)

HMS Norfolk (1757)

HMS "Norfolk" was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, and the second ship to bear the name. She was launched on 8 December 1757 at Deptford.

Her first commander was Captain Robert Hughes and she flew the broad pennant of Commodore Sir Peircy Brett. "Norfolk" emulated her predecessor (HMS "Norfolk" of 1693) by reinforcing the West Indies, where she escorted a fleet that was transporting vital stores and six infantry regiments to that region.

She became flagship of the Commander-In-Chief East Indies Station, Rear-Admiral Charles Stevens and his successor Vice-Admiral Samuel Cornish. "Norfolk" was decommissioned in 1764, after her return to Portsmouth was broken up in 1774.

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*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.

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