| Granado | 4527 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 8 | BVG | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | BVG | |
| Operator | The Royal Navy | BVG | |
| Ordered | 1741/09/14 | BVG | |
| Keel Laid Down | 1741/11/18 | BVG | |
| Launched | 1742/06/22 | BVG | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | BVG | |
| Shipyard | Harwich | BVG | |
| Constructor | John Barnard | BVG | |
| Category | Unrated | BVG | |
| Ship Type | Bomb Vessel | BVG | |
| Sold | 1763/08/30 | BVG | |
Dimensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension | Measurement | Type | Metric Equivalent | BWAS-1714 |
| Length of Gundeck | 91' 1" | Imperial Feet | 27.7622 | Length of Keel | 73' 10 ¼" | Imperial Feet | 22.5107 | Breadth | 26' 2" | Imperial Feet | 7.9756 | Depth in Hold | 11' 3" | Imperial Feet | 3.429 | Burthen | 269 90⁄94 | Tons BM |
Armament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1742/07 | Broadside Weight = 23 Imperial Pound ( 10.4308 kg) | BWAS-1714 | ||
| Gun Deck | 10 | British 4-Pounder | ||
| Gun Deck | 12 | British 1/2-Pound Swivel | ||
| 1756/09 | Broadside Weight = 19 Imperial Pound ( 8.6168 kg) | BWAS-1714 | ||
| Gun Deck | 8 | British 4-Pounder | ||
| Gun Deck | 1 | British 13\" Mortar | ||
| Gun Deck | 12 | British 1/2-Pound Swivel | ||
| Gun Deck | 1 | British 10\" Mortar | ||
| Commanders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1742/06/25 | 1742/11 | Commander | Thomas Elliot | BWAS-1714 |
| 1742/11 | 1743/01 | Commander | Arthur Upton | BWAS-1714 |
| 1743/01 | 1744/10/02 | Commander | William Parry | BWAS-1714 |
| 1744/10/13 | 1746 | Commander | William Thomas | BWAS-1714 |
| 1746/06 | 1746/08/20 | Lieutenant | John Evans | BWAS-1714 |
| 1746/08/20 | 1747/08 | Commander | John Evans | BWAS-1714 |
| 1747/08 | 1748 | Commander | Cornelius Smelt | BWAS-1714 |
| 1755/04 | 1756/08/20 | Commander | Matthew Moore | BWAS-1714 |
| 1756/08/20 | 1757/08 | Commander | John Fortescue | BWAS-1714 |
| 1757/08 | 1758/01 | Lieutenant | Robert Hathorn | BWAS-1714 |
| 1758/01/16 | 1760/02/18 | Commander | Samuel Uvedale | BWAS-1714 |
| 1760/02/23 | 1761/02/23 | Commander | John Botterell | BVG |
| 1762/02 | 1762/03 | Commander | James Hawker | BWAS-1714 |
| 1762/03/27 | 1762/07/01 | Commander | Stair Douglas | BVG |
| 1762/06/29 | 1763/06 | Commander | Thomas Fraser | BWAS-1714 |
| Commissioned Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1763/07 | 1763/08 | Lieutenant | Philip Patton | W031 |
| Service History | Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1741/11/18 | Began building at Harwich | BWAS-1714 |
| 1742/06/22 | Completed building at Harwich at a cost of £2870.5.0d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1742/06/23 | Began fitting at Harwich Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1742/07 | Commissioned as a sloop for the Channel and North Sea | BWAS-1714 |
| 1742/08 | Completed fitting at Harwich Dockyard at a cost of £1444.13.11d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1744/04 | Sailed with a convoy to Lisbon | BWAS-1714 |
| 1745/05 | Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1745/09 | Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard at a cost of £1438.12.0d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1748/12/10 | Surveyed | BWAS-1714 |
| 1749/07 | Began small repair at Woolwich Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1749/08 | Laid up | BWAS-1714 |
| 1749/08 | Completed small repair at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £215.12.1d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1755/02 | Began fitting at Unknown | BWAS-1714 |
| 1755/04 | Recommissioned as a sloop | BWAS-1714 |
| 1755/06 | Completed fitting at a cost of £2331.2.8d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1756/08 | Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1756/09 | Re-classed as a 8 gun UnratedBomb Vessel | |
| 1756/09 | Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £814.14.11d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1757/06/07 | Sailed for North America | BWAS-1714 |
| 1758/11/12 | Sailed for the Leeward Islands | BWAS-1714 |
| 1759/01/16 | Present at the Attack on Martinique | |
| 1759/01/20 | Present at the Capture of Guadeloupe | |
| 1760/04 | Re-classed as a 10 gun UnratedSloop | |
| 1760/04 | fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £1152.15.11d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1761/07 | Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1761/09 | Re-classed as a 8 gun UnratedBomb Vessel | |
| 1761/09 | Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £670.0.3d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1761/10/30 | Sailed for the Leeward Islands | BWAS-1714 |
| 1762/01/07 | Present at the Operations against Martinique | |
| 1762/04 | Sailed to Jamaica | BWAS-1714 |
| 1762/06/06 | Present at the Operations against Havanna | |
| 1763/06 | Paid off | BWAS-1714 |
| 1763/07/06 | Surveyed | BWAS-1714 |
| 1763/07/28 | Ordered to be sold | BWAS-1714 |
| 1763/08/30 | Sold for £575 | BWAS-1714 |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| BVG | The Bomb Vessel Granado 1742 (Anatomy of the Ship) | Peter Goodwin | Book |
| BWAS-1714 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| W031 | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | Oxford University Press | Web Site |