HMS Norfolk (1757)

She was built by Adrian Hayes at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 8 December 1757.

Under Brett on 5 June 1758 she was part of the major British raid on St Malo (totalling around 50 ships).

In September 1760 under Captain Richard Kempenfelt, she was part of the Siege of Pondicherry (1760).

She became flagship of the Commander-In-Chief East Indies Station, Rear-Admiral Charles Steevens and his successor Vice-Admiral Samuel Cornish.

[1] Media related to HMS Norfolk (ship, 1757) at Wikimedia Commons

Kempenfelt (left) receives orders during the Battle of Manila on Norfolk from his Admiral Samuel Cornish (right). Sitting between them is the Admiral's secretary Thomas Parry, a future director of the EIC . Artist, Tilly Kettle .
Plan of the attack against Basseterre , Guadeloupe by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on 22 January 1759 - also the encampments of the British. Shows Norfolk