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Nominal Guns74BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat BritainBWAS-1714
OperatorThe Royal NavyBWAS-1714
Ordered1768/10/12BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down1769/10BWAS-1714
Launched1775/10/27BWAS-1714
First Commissioned1776/07
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardWoolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
Ship ClassRoyal Oak ClassBWAS-1714
Designed byJohn Williams BWAS-1714
ConstructorNicholas Phillips BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the Line BWAS-1714
Broken Up1817/10BWAS-1714

Armament

1775/10/27Broadside Weight = 781 Imperial Pound ( 354.1835 kg) BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4British 9-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1765/12/18600Design Complement 
Flag Officers
FromToRankNameSource
17821783CommodoreEdmund AffleckBWAS-1714
1791/081792Vice-Admiral of the RedMark MilbankBWAS-1714
17941794Vice-Admiral of the BlueSir Hyde ParkerBWAS-1714
Commanders
FromToRankNameSource
1776/071778CaptainWestern VarloBWAS-1714
17781781CaptainSir Edmund AffleckW031
1781/05/051782/05CaptainThomas GravesBWAS-1714
1782/051783/07CaptainWilliam ScottBWAS-1714
1787/061791/08CaptainRobert ManBWAS-1714
1791/081793/01CaptainSir Andrew Snape HamondBWAS-1714
1793/011794/12CaptainRobert ManBWAS-1714
1795/011795/08CaptainDavidge GouldBWAS-1714
1795/081795/11CaptainAlexander MontgomerieBWAS-1714
1796/121799CaptainSir Thomas ByardBWAS-1714
1807/091809/01CaptainSir James WalkerBWAS-1714
1809/011810CaptainAdam MackenzieBWAS-1714
18101814CaptainSir James WalkerBWAS-1714
Commissioned Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1807/10/201813/10LieutenantJames Primrose BlennerhassettNBD1849
1810/10/241813/05LieutenantJames Fearnley ArnoldNBD1849
1815/02/251815/07/05LieutenantJohn FranklinNAO
Petty Officers
FromToRankNameSource
17981799/06/28MidshipmanHew StewartMarshall
1807/10/24UnknownMidshipmanWilliam FairweatherNAO
1807/10/251815/02/25MidshipmanJohn FranklinNAO
Service History
DateEvent Source
1776/07Commissioned as a guard shipBWAS-1714
1776/11Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
1776/11/12Completed at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £33011.11.1dBWAS-1714
1776/11/12Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £5891.13.3dBWAS-1714
1778/06/09Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
1779/04Began coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1779/05Completed coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £9207.13.10dBWAS-1714
1780/01/08Present at the Attack on the Caracas Convoy 
1780/01/16Present at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent 
1780/01/19Sailed to the Relief fo GibraltarBWAS-1714
1780/02/24Took the Third Rate Ship of the Line Le Protée off Madeira 
1780/05/13Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
1780/07/13Arrived in North AmericaBWAS-1714
1781/03/16Present at the Battle of Cape Henry 
1781/09/05Present at the Battle of the Chesapeake 
1781/12/05Arrived in the West IndiesBWAS-1714
1782/01/25Present at the Battle of Saint Kitts 
1782/04/09Present at the Action off Dominica 
1782/04/12Present at the Battle of the Saintes 
1782/07/21Sailed to AmericaBWAS-1714
1783/04/26Sailed from Jamiaca for homeBWAS-1714
1783/07Paid offBWAS-1714
1784/12Began middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1785/10Completed middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £22494.6.0dBWAS-1714
1787/06RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1787/09fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1791/08Paid offBWAS-1714
1791/08Recommissioned as a guard ship at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
1795/03/14Present at the Action off Genoa 
1795/07/13Present at the Battle of Hyeres 
1795/10/07Present at the Action of 1795-10-07 
1795/11Paid offBWAS-1714
1796/09Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1796/12RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1797/03Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £23622.0.0dBWAS-1714
1797/10/11Present at the Battle of Camperdown 
1799/07Began small repair at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1799/09Completed small repair at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £1363.0.0dBWAS-1714
1800Re-classed as a UnratedPrison Ship  
1805/09Began large repair at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1807/09Re-classed as a 74 gun Third RateShip of the Line  
1807/10Completed large repair at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £52317.0.0dBWAS-1714
1807/11/11Sailed for Rio de JaneiroBWAS-1714
1810/09Began refitting at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1810/10Completed refitting at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £11444.0.0dBWAS-1714
1813/04/03Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1814Blockade of FlushingBWAS-1714
1814/12/14Present at the Battle of Lake Borgne 
1817/10Broken up at PortsmouthBWAS-1714

Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyOxford University PressWeb Site
NBD1849 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849O'BrienDigital Book
NAO The National Archive - Trafalgar AncestorsVariousWeb Site
Marshall Royal Navy BiographyJohn MarshallDigital Book
 
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