Career
Built	Portsmouth Dockyard 1775
Fate	Wrecked 1805
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Class:	3rd rate
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Complement:	550 men
Armament:	74 guns (28 × 32pdr, 28 × 18pdr, 18 × 9pdr)

The Berwick was a 3rd rate 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, originally built at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1775. Image File history File links French-Ensign. ... Portsmouth Naval Dockyard. ... This is one of six ratings (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th) in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... This is one of six ratings (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th) in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... The Seventy-four was a two-decked sailing ship of the line nominally carrying 74 guns. ... Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military and is the largest Western European navy in terms of number of active-duty vessels. ... Portsmouth Naval Dockyard. ...

She was captured by three French frigates on the 7 March 1795 off Corsica in the Mediterranean. She was towed to Toulon, refitted and commissioned into the French navy. Sailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...

In September 1795, she sailed from Toulon for Newfoundland as part of a squadron of six ships of the line under Rear-Admiral De Richery. On October, 1795, De Richery's squadron fell in with the British Smyrna convoy, taking 30 of 31 ships and retaking the Censeur, 74. The squadron then put into Cadiz, where it remained refitting for the remainder of the year.

On August 4, 1796, De Richery finally set sail from Cádiz for North America with his seven of the line. His squadron was escorted out into the Atlantic by the Spanish Admiral Don Juan de Lángara with 20 of the line. In September, De Richery destroyed the British Newfoundland fishing fleet. City nickname: Tacita de plata (little silver cup) Official website: http://www. ... Juan Francisco de Lángara y Huarte, La Coruña, c. ...

In November, Berwick returned to Rochefort with four of the other ships from De Richery's squadron, before sailing on to Brest.

By 1803, Berwick was back in the Mediterranean at Toulon.

In March 1805, she sailed for the West Indies as part of a fleet of 11 French ships of the line under Vice-Admiral Villeneuve. Off Cadiz, the fleet was joined by the Aigle, 74, and six Spanish ships of the line under Vice-Admiral Gravina. When the fleet reached the West Indies, Villeneuve sent Commodore Cosmao-Kerjulien with the Pluton and the Berwick to attack the British position on Diamond Rock, which surrendered on June 2nd. Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve (31 December 1763 – 22 April 1806) was a French naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. ... Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien (Châteaulin, 27 November 1761 - Brest, 17 February 1825) was a French Navy officer, admiral, and hero of the Battle of Trafalgar. ... Pluton was a 74-gun French ship of the line built at Toulon which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar under Captain Julien Cosmao. ... Diamond Rock (Rocher du Diamant) is a 1000 feet high rocky island located just off Fort-de-France, the main port of the island of Martinique. ...

When Villeneuve heard that Nelson has followed him to the West Indies, he sailed for Europe. The fleet was intercepted off Cape Finisterre by Sir Robert Calder with 15 of the line, resulting in the Battle of Cape Finisterre. Portrait of Robert Calder by Lemuel Francis Abbott, painted 1797 Admiral Robert Calder ( 1745– 1 September 1818) was a British naval officer who served in the Seven Years War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. ... The battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle of the War of the Third Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars, fought on 22 July 1805 off Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain between a British fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Robert Calder and a French fleet commanded by Admiral Pierre Charles...

After a violent artillery exchange, the fleets were separated in the fog. Exhausted after six months at sea, the fleet anchored in Ferrol before sailing to Cádiz to rest and refit. With his command under question and planning to meet the British fleet to gain a decisive victory, Villeneuve left Cádiz and met the British fleet near Cape Trafalgar. Ferrol can refer to: EUROPE Ferrol, Spain City and Naval Station in North Western Spain, European Union Note: Place of birth of both Francisco Franco (1892) the Spanish dictator and Pablo Iglesias (1850) founder of PSOE and UGT. ASIA Ferrol, Romblon Small Town in the Philippines Note: The Philippines got... City nickname: Tacita de plata (little silver cup) Official website: http://www. ... Cape Trafalgar (Spanish: Cabo Trafalgar) is a headland in Cadiz Province in the South-West of Spain. ...

On the 21 October 1805, Berwick fought at the Battle of Trafalgar, where she was re-captured by the British. She sank near San-Lucar in the tempest the following day. Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland First French Empire, Spain Commanders The Viscount Nelson † Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve Strength 27 ships of the line, 4 frigates, 2 others France: 18 ships of the line, 8 others Spain: 15 ships of the line Casualties 449 killed; 1,214...

See HMS Berwick (1775) for her career in the Royal Navy. HMS Berwick was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line built at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1775. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...