British second rate ship of the line 'Queen' (1769)

British second rate ship of the line 'Queen' (1769)

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Queen			105
Nominal Guns	90	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain	BWAS-1714
Operator	The Royal Navy	BWAS-1714
Ordered	1761/10/19	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	1762/04/01	BWAS-1714
Named	1761/11/05	BWAS-1714
Launched	1769/09/18	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Woolwich Dockyard	BWAS-1714
Designed by	William Bately	BWAS-1714
Constructor	William Gray	BWAS-1714
Category	Second Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Razeed	1811/06	BWAS-1714
Becomes	British third rate ship of the line 'Queen' (1811)	BWAS-1714

Dimensions
Dimension	Measurement	Type	Metric Equivalent	BWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck	177' 6"	Imperial Feet	54.102
Length of Keel	144' 0"	Imperial Feet	43.8912
Breadth	49' 6"	Imperial Feet	15.0876
Depth in Hold	21' 9"	Imperial Feet	6.6294
Draught Forward	13' 8 ½"	Tons BM
Draught Aft	19' 6"	Tons BM
Burthen	1,876 ⁷⁴⁄₉₄	Tons BM

Armament
1776/11			Broadside Weight = 907 Imperial Pound ( 411.3245 kg)	BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck	28	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	30	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 9-Pounder
1778			Broadside Weight = 931 Imperial Pound ( 422.2085 kg)	BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck	28	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	30	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	8	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 9-Pounder
1790			Broadside Weight = 958 Imperial Pound ( 434.453 kg)	BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck	28	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	30	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	8	British 12-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 12-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date	# of Men	Notes	Source
1776/11	750	Establishment	BWAS-1714

Flag Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1776/11	1778/08	Vice-Admiral of the Blue	HRH Robert Harland	BWAS-1714
1782/09	1783/02	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Samuel Hood	BWAS-1714
1783/04	1786/03	Admiral of the Blue	John Montagu	BWAS-1714
1793/02/01	1796/08	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Alan Gardner	BWAS-1714
1796/06/28	1800/10	Vice-Admiral of the Red	Sir Hyde Parker	BWAS-1714
1805	1806	Vice-Admiral of the Blue	John Knight	BWAS-1714
1805/11/03	1806/11/09	Vice-Admiral of the Blue	Cuthbert Collingwood	NAO
1805/11/09	1806/04/23	Vice-Admiral of the Red	Cuthbert Collingwood	NAO
1807	1808	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	George Martin	BWAS-1714
1808	1808/11	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Manley Dixon	BWAS-1714

Commanders
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1776/11	1778/04	Captain	John Robinson	BWAS-1714
1778/04	1778/12	Captain	Isaac Prescott	BWAS-1714
1778/12	1780	Captain	Alexander Innes	BWAS-1714
1780/10	1781/01	Captain	Samuel Wallis	BWAS-1714
1781/01	1782/09	Captain	Frederick Maitland	BWAS-1714
1782/09/09	1783/04	Captain	William Domett	BWAS-1714
1783/04	1786/03	Captain	John Wainwright	BWAS-1714
1792/12	1794/08	Captain	John Hutt	BWAS-1714
1794/08	1796/08	Captain	William Bedford	BWAS-1714
1796/06/28	1800/10	Captain	Mann Dobson	BWAS-1714
1803/05	1804/03	Captain	Joseph Sydney Yorke	BWAS-1714
1804/03	1804/05	Captain	Theophilius Jones	BWAS-1714
1804/05	1805	Captain	Manley Dixon	BWAS-1714
1805	1806	Captain	Francis Pender	BWAS-1714
1806	1807	Captain	Richard Thomas	BWAS-1714
1807	1808	Captain	Charles Inglis	BWAS-1714
1808	1808/11	Captain	Thomas George Shortland	BWAS-1714

Commissioned Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1794	1794	Lieutenant	Robert Lawrie	EWIKI
1804/05/05	1805/07/04	Lieutenant	Richard Booth Bowden	NBD1849
1805	1805/10/29	Lieutenant	Henry Boyes	NBD1849
1805/11/13	1806/04/23	Lieutenant	Abel Ferris	NAO

Petty Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1796/06	1800/10	Midshipman	William Collins Barker	NBD1849
1797	1797	Midshipman	Archibald Black	NBD1849

Crewmen
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1804/05	1805/11	1st Class Volunteer	William Bishop	NBD1849
1805/01/08	1806/04	1st Class Volunteer	John Bendyshe	NBD1849
1805/03	1806	1st Class Volunteer	John Frederick Appleby	NBD1849

Service History
Date	Event	Source
1770/07/20	Completed fitting at a cost of £45,660.15.5d plus £963 'to fit her to sail at Plymouth'	BWAS-1714
1776/10	Completed fitting as a flagship at Plymoucht at a cost of £4,776.7.9d	BWAS-1714
1776/11	Commissioned for the Channel	BWAS-1714
1778/07/27	Present at the 1st Battle of Ushant
1781/12/12	Present at the Action of 1781-12-12
1781/12/12	Present at the 2nd Battle of Ushant
1782/10/20	Present at the Battle of Cape Spartel
1794/06/01	Present at the Glorious 1st of June
1795/06/23	Present at the Action of Ile Groix
1809	Used as a prison ship at Gillingham	BWAS-1714
1811/06	Started cutting down to a Third rate 74	BWAS-1714

Fleets
From	Until	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1782/09	1782/12	Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782	Lord Richard Howe

Sources
ID	Description	Author	Type
BWAS-1714	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield	Book
NAO	The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors	Various	Web Site
EWIKI	Wikipedia	Various	Web Site
NBD1849	A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849	O'Brien	Digital Book

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