HMS Suffolk (1680)

Drawing of the launching of the ship by Van de Velde the Elder, 1680.
History
Kingdom of England
Name	HMS Suffolk
Ordered	20 February 1678
Builder	Sir Henry Johnson, Blackwall Yard
Launched	May 1680
Commissioned	11 August 1680
Honours and awards	Barfleur 1692 Gibraltar 1704 Velez-Malaga 1704
Fate	Broken up, 1765
General characteristics as built
Class and type	70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	104123⁄94 tons(bm)
Length	150 ft 10 in (45.97 m) gundeck 121 ft 4 in (36.98 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	40 ft 2 in (12.24 m)
Draught	18 ft (5.49 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 9.5 in (5.12 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	1677 Establishment 72/60 guns 26 × demi-cannons 54 cwt – 9.5 ft (LD) 26 × 12-pdr guns 32 cwt – 9 ft (UD) 10 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (QD) 4 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (Fc) 5 × 5 3-pdr guns 5 cwt – 5 ft (RH)
General characteristics after 1699 rebuild
Class and type	70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,07517⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	151 ft 4 in (46.13 m) gundeck 124 ft 0 in (37.8 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	40 ft 4.5 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 7.5 in (5.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	26 × demi-cannons 54 cwt - 9.5 ft (LD) 26 × 12-pdr guns 32 cwt – 9 ft (UD) 10 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (QD) 4 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (Fc) 5 × 5 3-pdr guns 5 cwt – 5 ft (RH)
General characteristics after 1718 rebuild
Class and type	1706 Establishment 70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,1294⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	151 ft 4 in (46.1 m) gundeck 125 ft 3 in (38.2 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	41 ft 2 in (12.5 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	70 guns: 26 × 24=pdr guns (LD) 26 × 12-pdr guns (UD) 14 × 6-pdr guns (QD) 4 × 6-pdr guns (Fc)
General characteristics after 1739 rebuild[1]
Class and type	70-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,2248⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	151 ft 0 in (46.0 m) gundeck 122 ft 1 in (37.2 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	43 ft 5 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	70 guns: 26 × 24=pdr guns (LD) 26 × 12-pdr guns (UD) 14 × 6-pdr guns (QD) 4 × 6-pdr guns (Fc)

HMS Suffolk was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by contract of 20 February 1678 by Sir Henry Johnson at Blackwall. She participated in the War of the English Succession 1689 - 1697, in the Battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur. She was rebuilt in 1699. She was actively involved in the War of Spanish Succession 1702 - 1713. Her later career was as guard ship duties, deployments to the Baltic Sea and the West Indies. She was finally broken in 1765 after lying in Ordinary for almost twenty years.

She was the first vessel to bear the name Suffolk in the English and Royal Navy.^[2]

HMS Suffolk was awarded the Battle Honours Barfleur 1692,^[3] Gibraltar 1704,^[4] and Velez-Malaga 1704.^[5]