HMS Norfolk (1757)
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The second HMS Norfolk was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, displacing 1,556 tons. She was launched on 8 December 1757 at Deptford. Her commander was Captain Robert Hughes and she flew the pennant of Commodore Sir Piercy Brett. Norfolk emulated her predecessor by reinforcing the West Indies, where she escorted a fleet that was transporting vital stores and six infantry regiments to that region.
She became flagship of the Commander-In-Chief East Indies Station, Rear-Admiral Charles Stevens and his successor Vice-Admiral Samuel Cornish. Norfolk was decommissioned in 1764, after her return to Portsmouth was broken up in 1774.
See HMS Norfolk for other ships of this name.
