British Second Rate ship of the line 'Princess Royal' (1773)

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Princess Royal	107
Nominal Guns	90	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	10.9.1767	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	31.10.1767	BWAS-1714
Named	11.1767	BWAS-1714
Launched	18.10.1773	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	5.4.1777
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Portsmouth Dockyard	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Barfleur Class
Category	Second Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Broken Up	10.1807	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck177' 6"Imperial Feet53.9516
Length of Keel145' 5"Imperial Feet44.1988
Breadth50' 6"Imperial Feet15.3924
Depth in Hold21' 0"Imperial Feet6.4008
Draught Forward14' 7"Imperial Feet4.3117
Draught Aft17' 9"Imperial Feet5.2143
Burthen1,972 ³⁶⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1773Broadside Weight = 907 Imperial Pound ( 411.3245 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

1778Broadside Weight = 931 Imperial Pound ( 422.2085 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

6.1790Broadside Weight = 958 Imperial Pound ( 434.453 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 12-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.1777750EstablishmentBWAS-1714
1794738EstablishmentBWAS-1714

18 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
5.4.1777 - 4.5.1778CaptainMark Milbanke (1724-1805) ADM 6/21/274BWAS-17144.5.1778 - 1.1780CaptainWilliam Blair (1741-1782) ADM 6/21/400BWAS-17141.1780 - 6.1780CaptainJohn Cowling (d.1792)BWAS-17143.1780 - 6.1780CaptainHarry Harmood (1739-1809)BWAS-17147.1780 - 1781CaptainJohn Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817)BWAS-17141781CaptainCharles HotchkysBWAS-17145.1782 - 5.1783CaptainJonathon Faulknor (d.1795)BWAS-17145.1790 - 9.1791CaptainJohn Holloway (1747-1826)BWAS-17141.1793 - 1797CaptainJohn Child PurvisBWAS-17146.1797 - 9.1797CaptainThomas Baker (1771-1845)BWAS-17149.1797 - 1799CaptainThomas DraperBWAS-17141799 - 9.1799CaptainJohn Dixon (d.1803)BWAS-17144.1800 - 1.1.1801CaptainThomas Macnamara Russell (1743-1824)BWAS-17141.1801CommanderJames Katon (1770-1845)BWAS-17141.1801 - 2.1802CaptainDavid Atkins (d.1811)BWAS-17146.1803 - 5.1804CaptainWilliam CumingBWAS-17145.1804 - 8.1804CaptainHerbert Sawyer (1783-1833)BWAS-17148.1804 - 1807CaptainRobert Carthew Reynolds (1745-1811)BWAS-1714

10 Flag Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1778 - 1.1780Vice-AdmiralJohn Byron (1723-1786)BWAS-17141.1780 - 6.1780Rear-Admiral of the RedHyde Parker (1713/14-1783)BWAS-17146.1780 - 1781Rear-Admiral of the BlueJoshua Rowley (1734-1790)BWAS-17145.1790 - 9.1791Vice-AdmiralWilliam Hotham (1736-1813)BWAS-17141.1793 - 12.4.1794Rear-Admiral of the BlueSamuel Granston Goodall (d.1801)BWAS-171412.4.1794 - 1795Vice-Admiral of the BlueSamuel Granston Goodall (d.1801)BWAS-17146.1797 - 1799Rear-AdmiralSir John Orde (1751-1824)BWAS-17141799 - 9.1799Rear-Admiral of the RedThomas Lennox Frederick (1750-1799)BWAS-17141.1801 - 2.1802Rear-AdmiralSir Erasmus Gower (1742-1814)BWAS-17146.1803 - 5.1804Vice-AdmiralSir Robert Calder (1^st Baronet of Southwick) (1745-1818)BWAS-1714

6 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
4.5.1778 - 1778Fifth LieutenantRichard Grindall ADM 6/21/400ADM 6/213.1779 - 21.7.1779LieutenantJohn Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817)WWNH20.12.1780 - 1781LieutenantRobert Faulknor (1763-1795)ODNB20.7.1797 - 8.7.1798LieutenantThomas Folliott BaughNBD184923.3.1804 - 4.8.1804LieutenantJohn Burn (1772-?)NBD18497.12.1805 - 2.1807LieutenantWilliam Borough (1781-1852)NBD1849

3 Warrant Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
6.6.1780 - 23.7.1780MasterRichard BurlaceADM29-125.5.1793 - 23.10.1794MasterJohn TillyADM29-11.4.1797 - 14.4.1797CookLawrence BeerADM29-1

7 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
3.7.1783 - 1785MidshipmanJames Katon (1770-1845)NBD18493.1793 - 7.1795MidshipmanDaniel WeldNBD18492.1794 - 1796Master's MateJames Brockman (d.1845)NBD18491795MidshipmanHenry HeathcoteADM 171/81795MidshipmanWilliam Hall Gage (1777-1864)ADM 171/87.1797 - 8.1799MidshipmanWilliam Borough (1781-1852)NBD18498.1804 - 10.1807MidshipmanFrancis Beaumont (1787-?)NBD1849

5 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
1795Ordinary SeamanFrancis PattersonADM 171/81795Ordinary SeamanRobert McNamaraADM 171/81795Able SeamanRobert ForrestADM 171/87.1800 - 18011st Class VolunteerThomas Bourchier (1791-?)NBD184911.7.1806 - 18071st Class VolunteerEdward KeaneNBD1849

1 Marine

DatesRankNameSource
1795Lieutenant, 30th Regiment of FootDigby MaxwellADM 171/8

Service History

DateEventSource
4.1777First commissioned for the Channel stationBWAS-1714
19.7.1777Completed at a first cost of £48,729.8.11d plus £6,453.5.6d for fittingBWAS-1714
1778Refitted as a 98 gun Second Rate
9.6.1778Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
29.9.1778At Sandy HookBWAS-1714
13.12.1778Sailed for the West IndiesBWAS-1714
6.7.1779Battle of Grenada
17.4.1780Battle of Martinique
15.5.1780Action of 15th March 1780
19.5.1780Action of 19th March 1780
9.1780Sailed for the relief of GibraltarBWAS-1714
1781Returned home and paid offBWAS-1714
5.1782Fitted and coppered at Chatham at a cost of £18,346.2.0dBWAS-1714
5.1782RecommissionedBWAS-1714
20.10.1782Battle of Cape Spartel
4.1783Recommissioned as a guard shipBWAS-1714
5.1783Fitted as a guard ship at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
9.1784Paid offBWAS-1714
11.1786Started a middling to large repairBWAS-1714
5.1788Completed repair at a cost of £26,844.19.10dBWAS-1714
5.1790Recommissioned for the Spanish ArmamentBWAS-1714
6.1790Fitted for sea at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
9.1791Paid offBWAS-1714
1.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
22.4.1793Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
14.3.1795Action off Genoa
13.7.1795Battle of Hyeres
6.1797RecommissionedBWAS-1714
9.1797Fitted at Portsmouth at a cost of £27,150BWAS-1714
10.1797Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
9.1799Paid offBWAS-1714
4.1800Recommissioned for the ChannelBWAS-1714
2.1802Paid offBWAS-1714
6.1803Recommissioned for the ChannelBWAS-1714
12.5.1807Ordered to be reduced to a 74-gun Third Rate, but was found to be decayedBWAS-1714
10.1807Broken upBWAS-1714

Fleets
From	Until	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1782/09	1782/12	Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782	Lord Richard Howe (4^th Viscount Howe) (1725/26-1799)

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif WinfieldBook

ADM 6/21 Archive

WWNHAlastair Wilson, Joseph F. CalloBook

ODNBOxford University PressWeb Site

NBD1849O'BrienDigital Book

ADM29-1 Document

ADM 171/8British AdmiraltyDocument

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I'm loking for the plans

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Capt Letters 1802 G279, ADM_1_1851, dated 2 Feb 1802, St. Hellens. Daniel Oliver Guion to the admiralty: asks permission to be absent for a short time to be on cruize on this ship with Capt Vashon. For Daniels services see:
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