British Second Rate ship of the line 'Saint George' (1785)

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Saint George	112
Nominal Guns	98	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	16.7.1774	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	8.1774	BWAS-1714
Named	23.8.1774	BWAS-1714
Launched	4.10.1785	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Duke Class	BWAS-1714
Category	Second Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Wrecked	24.12.1811	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck177' 6"Imperial Feet53.9516
Length of Keel145' 2"Imperial Feet44.1971
Breadth50' 3"Imperial Feet15.3162
Depth in Hold21' 2"Imperial Feet6.4516
Draught Forward12' 8"Tons BM
Draught Aft17' 10"Tons BM
Burthen1,949 ⁷⁰⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1785Broadside 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

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
1790750EstablishmentBWAS-1714
1794738EstablishmentBWAS-1714

21 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
21.7.1790 - 20.12.1790CaptainSir George Collier (1738-1795) ADM 6/24/52BWAS-171426.3.1791 - 4.9.1791Captain John Samuel Smith: on board from 29.3.1791 ADM 6/24/112BWAS-17143.9.1791 - 1.12.1792Captain Thomas Hickes (1731-1801): on board from 4.9.1791 Transfered ADM 6/24/133BWAS-17141.12.1792 - 8.2.1793CaptainSir Thomas Byard (d.1798) Transfered ADM 6/24/182BWAS-17142.1793Captain William Hancock KellyBWAS-171411.2.1793 - 1.1796Captain Thomas Foley (1755-1833) ADM 6/24/208BWAS-17141.1796 - 4.1798Captain Shuldham PeardBWAS-17145.1798 - 3.1799Captain John Holloway (1747-1826)BWAS-17143.1799 - 1.1801Captain Sampson Edwards (1745-1840)BWAS-17142.1801 - 3.1801Captain George EyreBWAS-17143.1801 - 8.1801Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769-1839)ODNB8.1801 - 11.1801Captain Henry NichollsBWAS-171411.1801 - 4.1802Captain Lennox ThompsonBWAS-17144.1802 - 7.1803Captain William Granville LobbBWAS-171411.1804 - 12.1805CaptainThe Hon. Michael de Courcy (d.1824)BWAS-171412.1805 - 27.4.1808Captain Thomas Hoar (1758-1825)ref:6165.1808 - 10.1808Captain Edward Snyd ClayBWAS-171410.1808 - 7.1809Captain James Hillyer (1769-1843)BWAS-17147.1809 - 8.1809Commander Thomas WhiteBWAS-17149.1809 - 1810Captain Joseph James (d.1837)BWAS-17144.1810 - 24.12.1811Captain Daniel Oliver Guion (1776-1811)†BWAS-1714

12 Flag Officers

DatesRankNameSource
29.3.1791 - 2.9.1791Rear-Admiral of the RedSir Richard King (1730-1806)BWAS-17144.9.1791 - 8.1792Rear-Admiral of the RedSir Richard King (1730-1806) TransferedBWAS-171422.2.1794 - 28.2.1795Rear-Admiral John Gell (d.1806)BWAS-17141.3.1795 - 17.1.1796Vice-Admiral of the BlueSir Hyde Parker (1739-1807)BWAS-171418.1.1796 - 9.3.1798Vice-Admiral of the Blue Charles Thompson (1740-1799)BWAS-17141.2.1801 - 29.3.1801Vice-Admiral of the Blue Horatio Nelson (1^st Duke of Bronté in the Kingdom of Sicily) (1758-1805)BWAS-17142.4.1801 - 19.6.1801Vice-Admiral of the Blue Horatio Nelson (1^st Duke of Bronté in the Kingdom of Sicily) (1758-1805)NA-ROA1808Rear-Admiral Thomas SothebyBWAS-17145.1808 - 10.1808Rear-Admiral Eliab Harvey (1758-1830)BWAS-17145.1809 - 9.1809Rear-Admiral Francis Pickmore (d.1818)BWAS-171428.4.1810 - 31.7.1810Rear-Admiral of the Blue Robert Carthew Reynolds (1745-1811)BWAS-171431.7.1810 - 24.12.1811Rear-Admiral of the Red Robert Carthew Reynolds (1745-1811)†BWAS-1714

7 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
11.8.1790 - 1790Third Lieutenant Sampson Michell (d.1809) ADM 6/24/60ADM 6/241795Lieutenant John Wentworth Loring (1775-1852)ADM 171/81795Lieutenant Christopher LarocheADM 171/81795Lieutenant Robert HoneymanADM 171/85.4.1799 - 1801Lieutenant Richard KevernNBD184914.11.1800 - 24.11.1800Acting Lieutenant Buckland Stirling Bluett (d.1845)NBD18492.3.1808 - 7.5.1808Lieutenant James BrasierNBD1849

6 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
22.2.1793 - 26.7.1795Master Thomas Bell (d.c.1804)ADM 29-11795 - 18.7.1795Surgeon William Woodruffe (d.1795)†TGM26.7.1795 - 1796Master John Fryer (1752-1817)30.1.1796 - 9.3.1798Master William McKinlayADM 29-11.6.1798 - 10.2.1801Master William McKinlayADM 29-11.2.1801 - 1803Master Thomas Atkinson (1767-1836)E-WIKI

6 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
9.1787 - 12.1793Midshipman John Baker (1770-1845)NBD18492.1793Midshipman William Pardoe (d.1861)NBD18491795Steward Andrew WoodmasonADM 171/81795Midshipman Thomas DenchADM 171/81795Midshipman William ParkerADM 171/81801 - 27.7.1802Midshipman George Brown (1784-?)NBD1849

9 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
4.9.1781 - 5.2.1782Able Seaman William Gordon Rutherford (1765-1818)NAO2.1793 - 4.1793Captain's Servant William Kelly (1782-?)NBD18491795Able Seaman George ShirleyADM 171/81795Able Seaman William EvansADM 171/81795Servant John CheverallADM 171/81795Boy Charles MattersADM 171/81795Boy William LyonsADM 171/81795Boy George GriffithsADM 171/811.3.1801 - 3.1803Able Seaman Simon Edward Antram (1786-1862)NBD1849

1 Marine

DatesRankNameSource
1795Sergeant, 25th Regiment of Foot John WardADM 171/8

Service History

DateEventSource
10.1787Commissioned, but no captain appointedBWAS-1714
12.1787Paid off imcompleteBWAS-1714
7.1790Recommissioned for the Spanish ArmamentBWAS-1714
11.9.1790Completed at a cost of £50,605.16.6d plus £3,970 for fittingBWAS-1714
20.12.1790

Paid off

BWAS-1714
2.9.1791Paid offADM 51
13.2.1793Paid offADM 51
5.4.1793Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
14.4.1793Took the 20-gun privateer General Dumourier in company with other ships off FinisterreBWAS-1714
14.3.1795Action off Genoa
13.7.1795Battle of Hyeres
18.1.1797Grounded in the Cachop Shoal but refloated and repaired at LisbonBWAS-1714
7.1797Involved in MutinyBWAS-1714
9.3.1798

Paid off at Chatham

BWAS-1714
5.1798Recommissioned for Channel serviceBWAS-1714
7.1798Completed refitting at Chatham at a cost of £18,239BWAS-1714
28.1.1799

Sailed from Portsmouth

TNC
7.4.1799

Sailed from Portsmouth

TNC
1.6.1799Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1800Service in the ChannelBWAS-1714
1801Service in the BalticBWAS-1714
2.4.1801Battle of Copenhagen
12.1801Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
7.1803Returned ot Plymouth and paid offBWAS-1714
4.1804Began a middling repair and refit at PlymouthBWAS-1714
11.1804Recommissioned for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
2.1805Completed middling repair and refit at a cost of £42,853BWAS-1714
9.1805Recommissioned for Channel serviceBWAS-1714
2.1810Started refitting at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
4.1810Completed refitting at a cost of £12,102BWAS-1714
24.12.1811Wrecked of Rongkobing, Jutland with over 730 losses. Only 11 survivors.BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

ref:616Nicholas Tracy, Book

NA-ROA Book

ADM 6/24 Archive

ADM 171/8British Admiralty, Document

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ADM 29-1 Document

TGMVarious, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

NAOVarious, Web Site

ADM 51 Archive

TNCVarious, Periodical

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