Open Event videos

Published on February 26, 2023 by Site Administrator

These videos were recorded at the 58 Ships Open Event as Harwich Museum on 25th February 2023: Richard Oxborrow describes the history of Harwich Navyard Mick Verrier talks about, then sings, the 58 Ships song

Open event 25th Feb

Published on February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 by Site Administrator

Harwich’s 58 Ships research project is holding an open event on 25th February at Harwich Museum. The project aims to discover the history behind each of the naval vessels listed on a board outside Harwich’s historic Navyard. Members of the local community have already adopted a vessel to further the research but many other vessels […]

Launching!

Published on October 4, 2022 by Site Administrator

We’re holding a presentation and launch event at the Electric Palace in Harwich on Saturday 8th October at 1230pm. Tickets £8 on the door.

New site

Published on July 10, 2022 by Site Administrator

This site is currently under construction.

HMS Harwich (1660)

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1660 Type of Vessel hoy Number of Guns 5 Tonnage 62 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4630

HMS Spy

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1666 Type of Vessel sixth rate Number of Guns 4 Tonnage 28 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=6863

HMS Rupert

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1666 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 66 Tonnage 827 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rupert_(1666)

HMS Roebuck

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1666 Type of Vessel sixth rate Number of Guns 16 Tonnage 134 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Roebuck_(1666)

HMS Francis

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1666 Type of Vessel sixth rate Number of Guns 16 Tonnage 141 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Francis_(1666)

HMS Fanfan

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1666 Type of Vessel sixth rate Number of Guns 4 Tonnage 35 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Fanfan_(1666)

HMS Resolution

Published on July 8, 2022March 5, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1667 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 70 Tonnage 885 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Resolution_(1667) Added by Chris Scott: Wreck is possibly in Normans Bay, Pevensey. But wreck could be either HMS Resolution or a Dutch 1650’s ship. Timber not from UK but there are records of some imported timber used in Harwich. […]

HMS Swiftsure

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1673 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 70 Tonnage 978 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Swiftsure_(1673)

HMS Harwich (1674)

Published on July 8, 2022March 5, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1674 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 70 Tonnage 987 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Harwich_(1674) Added: Wrecked in 1691 off Plymouth

HMS Sapphire

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1675 Type of Vessel fifth rate Number of Guns 32 Tonnage 340 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sapphire_(1675) Added: Wreck site https://www.nfb.ca/film/mystery-of-bay-bulls/ Added: HMS Sapphire dive site off Newfoundland. Many artefacts recovered. Dived by local divers, planking visible.

HMS Restoration

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1678 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 70 Tonnage 1055 From Wikipedia: HMS Restoration was a 70-gun third rate of the Kingdom of England built at Harwich Dockyard in 1677/78. After a ten-year stint in Ordinary she was commissioned for the War of the English Succession in 1690. She fought in […]

HMS Sandwich

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1679 Type of Vessel second rate Number of Guns 90 Tonnage 1406 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sandwich_(1679)

HMS Breda

Published on July 8, 2022March 5, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1679 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 70 Tonnage 1174 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Breda_(1679) Added: Burnt & sank 1690 off Spike Island, County Cork.

HMS Albemarle

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1680 Type of Vessel second rate Number of Guns 90 Tonnage 1378 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Albemarle_(1680)

HMS Ipswich

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1694 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 70 Tonnage 1050 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ipswich_(1694)

HMS Yarmouth

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1695 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 74 Tonnage 1058 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Yarmouth_(1695)

HMS Bideford

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1695 Type of Vessel sixth rate Number of Guns 24 Tonnage 255 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3303

HMS Harwich (1743)

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1743 Type of Vessel fourth rate Number of Guns 50 Tonnage 976 On 4 Oct 1760 HMS Harwich was wrecked off Isla de Pinos (now Isla de la Juventud), Cuba. More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Harwich_(1743)

HMS Falcon

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1744 Type of Vessel sloop Number of Guns 14 Tonnage 272 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4200

HMS Colchester

Published on July 8, 2022March 5, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1744 Type of Vessel fourth rate Number of Guns 50 Tonnage 876 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Colchester_(1744) Added by Chris Scott: Records show that the ship left Harwich and made passage to the Downs. Then set out from the Downs to the Nore. It is hard to believe that the route went by the proposed […]

HMS Eagle

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1745 Type of Vessel fourth rate Number of Guns 58 Tonnage 1130 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Eagle_(1745)

HMS Lichfield

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1746 Type of Vessel fourth rate Number of Guns 50 Tonnage 979 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Lichfield_(1746)

HMS Severn

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1747 Type of Vessel fourth rate Number of Guns 50 Tonnage 1061 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Severn_(1747)

HMS Seahorse

Published on July 8, 2022September 23, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1748 Type of Vessel sixth rate Number of Guns 24 Tonnage 519 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Seahorse_(1748) (PV)

HMS Mercury

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1756 Type of Vessel sixth rate Number of Guns 20 Tonnage 433 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=5362

HMS Vestal

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1757 Type of Vessel fifth rate Number of Guns 32 Tonnage 659 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7308

HMS Achilles

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1757 Type of Vessel fourth rate Number of Guns 60 Tonnage 1231 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Achilles_(1757)

HMS Conqueror (1758)

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1758 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 68 Tonnage 1432 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Conqueror_(1758)

HMS Alarm

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1758 Type of Vessel fifth rate Number of Guns 32 Tonnage 683 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Alarm_(1758)

HMS Terror

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1759 Type of Vessel bomb ketch Number of Guns 8 Tonnage 301 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7101

HMS Quebec

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1760 Type of Vessel fifth rate Number of Guns 32 Tonnage 685 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=6024

HMS Druid

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1760 Type of Vessel sloop Number of Guns 14 Tonnage 208 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3992

HMS Arrogant

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1761 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 74 Tonnage 1644 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Arrogant_(1761)

HMS Terrible

Published on July 8, 2022March 30, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1762 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 74 Tonnage 1644 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Terrible_(1762) Added: Battle of Chesapeake 1781, heavy damage & sunk From Neil O’Hare: HMS Terrible Ordered – 01 January 1761 Launched – 04 September 1762 Burned and scuttled – 11 September 1781 HMS Terrible was the first of the […]

HMS Robust

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1764 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 74 Tonnage 1616 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Robust

HMS Orpheus

Published on July 8, 2022March 5, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1773 Type of Vessel fifth rate Number of Guns 32 Tonnage 708 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Orpheus_(1773) Added: Burnt & sunk of Newport, Rhode Island USA 1778

HMS Centurion

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1774 Type of Vessel fourth rate Number of Guns 50 Tonnage 1044 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Centurion_(1774)

HMS Sultan

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1775 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 74 Tonnage 1606 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sultan_(1775)

HMS Proserpine

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1777 Type of Vessel sixth rate Number of Guns 28 Tonnage 597 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Proserpine_(1777)

HMS Charon

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1778 Type of Vessel fifth rate Number of Guns 44 Tonnage 891 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Charon_(1778)

HMS Inflexible

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1780 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 64 Tonnage 1386 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Inflexible_(1780)

HMS Lisburne

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1782 Type of Vessel sloop Number of Guns 16 Tonnage 186 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=5130

HMS Irresistible

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1782 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 74 Tonnage 1642 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Irresistible_(1782)

HMS Castor

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1785 Type of Vessel fifth rate Number of Guns 32 Tonnage 881 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Castor_(1785)

HMS Hannibal

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1786 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 74 Tonnage 1653 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hannibal_(1786)

HMS Excellent

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1787 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 74 Tonnage 1615 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Excellent_(1787)

HMS Alcmene

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1794 Type of Vessel fifth rate Number of Guns 32 Tonnage 803 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Alcmene_(1794)

HMS Beaver

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1795 Type of Vessel sloop Number of Guns 14 Tonnage 269 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3264

HMS Ethalion

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1797 Type of Vessel fifth rate Number of Guns 38 Tonnage 992 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ethalion_(1797)

HMS Busy

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1797 Type of Vessel sloop Number of Guns 18 Tonnage 337 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Busy_(1797)

HMS Conqueror (1801)

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1801 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 74 Tonnage 854 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Conqueror_(1801)

HMS Pincher

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1804 Type of Vessel gunbrig Number of Guns 12 Tonnage 177 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=5818

HMS Fearless (2nd 1804)

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1804 Type of Vessel gunbrig Number of Guns 12 Tonnage 149 More information

HMS Fearless (1st 1804)

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1804 Type of Vessel gunbrig Number of Guns 12 Tonnage 177 More information https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=4236

HMS Vengeur

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1810 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 74 Tonnage 1754 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vengeur_(1810)

HMS Scarborough

Published on July 8, 2022March 2, 2023 by Site Administrator

Build year 1812 Type of Vessel third rate Number of Guns 74 Tonnage 1754 More information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Scarborough_(1812)