British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Sunderland' (1694)

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Sunderland -> 1715 Sunderland Hulk	162
Nominal Guns	60	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	20.4.1693	BWAS-1603
Launched	17.3.1693/94	BWAS-1603
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	Southampton - Hampshire	BWAS-1603
Ship Class	1691 Program - 60 gun 4th Rates	B028
Designed by	John Tippetts	BWAS-1603
Constructor	William Podd	BWAS-1603
Category	Fourth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Sunk as Foundation	1737	BWAS-1603

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck145' 2"Imperial Feet44.1971
Length of Keel120' 2"Imperial Feet36.5785
Breadth37' 10"Imperial Feet11.2776
Depth in Hold15' 10"Imperial Feet4.572
Burthen914 ⁸⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1694Broadside Weight = 408 Imperial Pound ( 185.028 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck22 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck10 British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse4 British 3-Pounder

1703Broadside Weight = 375 Imperial Pound ( 170.0625 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck24 British Culverin
Upper Gun Deck26 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck10 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
10.1694365EstablishmentBWAS-1714
10.1694240Establishment in PeaceBWAS-1714
12.1696278Order to reduce complement to 278, needs 50 men and surgeon's necessaries.ADM 106

17 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
14.3.1693/94 - 15.9.1696Captain Gerard Ellwes ADM 6/3/108BWAS-160316.9.1696 - 30.11.1696Captain Philip DawesADM 6/41.12.1696 - 1.8.1697Captain John Constable ADM 6/4/50ADM 6/47.1.1696/97 - 11.8.1697Captain Roger Bellwood (d.1697)† ADM 6/4/59BWAS-16031.11.1697 - 30.4.1699Captain Jonathan Spann (c.1661-1712) ADM 6/4/121BWAS-160310.2.1700/1 - 23.9.1701Captain Tudor Trevor (d.1739/40) ADM 6/6/55BWAS-160326.12.1701 - 14.1.1701/2Captain Daniel Reeves (d.1702) ADM 6/6/126ADM 6/615.1.1701/2 - 9.3.1702/3Captain David Wavell (d.1703/4) ADM 6/6/132BWAS-160310.3.1702/3 - 26.4.1703Captain Thomas Meade (d.1740) ADM 6/8/25
Commission confirmed 10.11.1703ADM 6/827.4.1703 - 23.5.1703Commander Thomas Campion ADM 6/8/58
Commission confirmed 24.2.1703/4BWAS-160324.5.1703 - 7.6.1703Captain Thomas Meade (d.1740) ADM 6/8/25
Commission confirmed 10.11.1703ADM 6/88.6.1703 - 12.5.1704Captain Robert Thompson ADM 6/8/34
Commission confirmed 13.12.1703BWAS-160314.12.1704 - 24.9.1706Captain Thomas Long (d.1710) ADM 6/8/120BWAS-160325.9.1706 - 18.3.1707/8Captain William Jameson (d.bef.1718) ADM 6/9/132
Commission confirmed 2.2.1706/7BWAS-160318.5.1708 - 21.5.1709Captain George Forbes (1685-1765) ADM 6/9/164ODNB22.5.1709 - 22.7.1711Captain Henry Gore (c.1666-1726) ADM 6/10/64
Commission confirmed 27.5.1709BWAS-160324.7.1711 - 31.1.1712/13Captain John Cockburn (c.1666-c.1731) ADM 6/11/172
Commission confirmed 23.10.1711BWAS-1603

22 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
20.6.1694 - 2.1.1695/96Second Lieutenant David Erskin ADM 6/3/89ADM 6/318.2.1695/96 - 2.6.1697Second Lieutenant Michael Lovell ADM 6/3/130ADM 6/325.7.1697 - 28.6.1699Second Lieutenant Richard Thornton ADM 6/4/127
Commission confirmed 26.11.1697ADM 6/46.8.1697 - 28.6.1699First Lieutenant Hewett Holloway (c.1671-?) ADM 6/4/127
Commission confirmed 26.11.1697ADM 6/412.2.1700/1 - 23.9.1701First Lieutenant John Gullin (c.1671-?) ADM 6/6/55ADM 6/612.2.1700/1 - 23.9.1701Second Lieutenant Gilbert Talbot ADM 6/6/55ADM 6/61.1.1701/2 - 18.2.1701/2Second Lieutenant John Foxley (c.1663-c.1703) ADM 6/6/128ADM 6/619.2.1701/2 - 11.5.1703First Lieutenant John Foxley (c.1663-c.1703) ADM 6/7/12ADM 6/719.2.1701/2 - 26.8.1702Second Lieutenant William Davenport (d.1707) ADM 6/7/11ADM 6/712.8.1702 - 12.5.1704Second Lieutenant Christopher Allenby ADM 6/7/47ADM 6/712.5.1703 - 12.5.1704First Lieutenant Peter Horroy (c.1668-1750) ADM 6/8/29
Commission confirmed 27.11.1703ADM 6/82.1.1704/5 - 31.1.1704/5Second Lieutenant Ralph Eaglesfield ADM 6/8/132ADM 6/81.2.1704/5 - 3.4.1706First Lieutenant Ralph Eaglesfield ADM 6/8/147ADM 6/814.2.1704/5 - 18.3.1707/8Second Lieutenant Walter Ross ADM 6/8/151ADM 6/84.4.1706 - 18.3.1707/8First Lieutenant Thomas Whitney (d.1741) ADM 6/8/246ADM 6/818.5.1708 - 23.11.1709First Lieutenant Thomas Whitney (d.1741) ADM 6/9/164ADM 6/918.5.1708 - 9.3.1708/9Second Lieutenant Walter Ross ADM 6/9/164ADM 6/910.3.1708/9 - 4.7.1709Second Lieutenant Dalby Thomas ADM 6/10/41ADM 6/105.7.1709 - 26.1.1709/10Second Lieutenant James Rosse ADM 6/10/74ADM 6/1024.11.1709 - 31.1.1712/13First Lieutenant James Aylett ADM 6/11/7ADM 6/1127.1.1709/10 - 27.7.1711Second Lieutenant James Dore ADM 6/11/22ADM 6/1128.7.1711 - 31.1.1712/13Second Lieutenant Charles Garrard ADM 6/11/170
Commission confirmed 19.10.1711ADM 6/11

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
18.7.1709 - 11.11.1710Able Seaman George Conduit ADM 107/3/40ADM107/3

Service History

DateEventSource
3.1693/94Completed at Southampton - Hampshire at a cost of £9088.5.3dBWAS-1603
2.1697

Commissioned for the West Indies

BWAS-1603
28.6.1699Paid offADM33
15.2.1700/1

Commissioned for the Dunkirk squadron

BWAS-1603
23.9.1701Paid offADM33
1704In the Channel and Bay of BiscayBWAS-1603
15.5.1704Paid offADM33
1706Sailed to JamiacaBWAS-1603
1706Sailed to JamaicaBWAS-1603
1708In the North SeaBWAS-1603
18.3.1707/8Paid offADM33
1709In the ChannelBWAS-1603
1710In the Soundings, then to St Helena and the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1603
1711In the Saint LawrenceBWAS-1603
31.1.1712/13

Paid off

ADM33
11.1715Refitted as a Hulk
11.1715Renamed Sunderland HulkBWAS-1714
1737Scuttled as a foundation at Sheerness 1737 but alternatively reported fitted as hospital ship with 100 men and 20 guns in June 1741 until condemned at Port Mahon 1744/03/10BWAS-1603

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
29.4.1711-9.10.1711	British Fleet For North America	Sir Hovenden Walker (1666-1725)

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 106 Document

ADM 6/4 Archive

ADM 6/6 Archive

ADM 6/8 Archive

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

ADM 6/3 Archive

ADM 6/7 Archive

ADM 6/9 Archive

ADM 6/10 Archive

ADM 6/11 Archive

ADM107/3 Archive

ADM33 Archive

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