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She was rebuilt at Blackwall in 1699, and for a second time at Chatham Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 13 November 1718 as a 70-gun third rate to the 1706 Establishment. On 3 December 1735 she was ordered to be taken to pieces for her final rebuild, which was carried out at Woolwich. She was reconstructed as a 70-gun third rate according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and relaunched on 5 March 1739. Suffolk was commanded by Christopher Billopp in the Battle of Barfleur. The Suffolk was part of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's fleet and took part in the expedition to Cartagena de Indias during the War of Jenkin's Ear. Suffolk was broken up in 1765. |