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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Sandwich'', either after the English seaside town of Sandwich, or one of the holders of the title Earl of Sandwich, particularly Vice-Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, or First Lord of the Admiralty John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. A seventh ship was planned, but never completed: * was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1679. She was rebuilt in 1712 and hulked in 1752. She was broken up in 1770. * was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1759. She was converted to a floating battery in 1780, and used for harbour service from 1790. She was broken up in 1810. * was a 24-gun armed ship, formerly the civilian ''Marjory''. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1780 but on 24 August 1781 she had the misfortune to encounter the French fleet under Admiral de Grasse of the coast of the Carolinas. The French 74-gun ''Souverain'' captured her.〔Hepper (1994), p.64.〕 The French sold her in North America in December.〔Demerliac (1996), p.76, #482.〕 * was a 10-gun cutter purchased in 1804 and sold in 1805. *HMS ''Sandwich'' was a 12-gun schooner purchased in 1805 as . She was renamed HMS ''Sandwich'' in 1807 and was broken up in 1809. *HMS ''Sandwich'' was to have been a 74-gun third rate. She was laid down in 1809 but was cancelled in 1811. * was a ''Bridgewater''-class sloop launched in 1928 and sold for breaking up in 1946. ==Citations== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Sandwich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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