HMS Sandwich

HMS Sandwich 's keel was laid down in Chatham Dockyard in 1756, during the Seven Years' War (also known as the French and Indian War). Launched in 1759, she saw action in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, before being paid off in 1782, being recommissioned later that year as the guardship at the Nore anchorage.

It is customary for Royal Marines of the Chatham Division to spend between three and six months doing duty aboard HMS Sandwich as the final phase of their training before they are ready to go to sea aboard an active Naval vessel. (The guardships at Spithead and the Hamoaze fulfil the same role for Marines in the Portsmouth and Plymouth divisions.)