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DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck184' 0"Imperial Feet56.0832
Length of Keel152' 6 ⅝"Imperial Feet46.3455
Breadth51' 7 ½"Imperial Feet15.5575
Depth in Hold21' 6"Imperial Feet6.5532
Burthen2,162 53⁄94Tons BM
1765Broadside Weight = 1182 Imperial Pound ( 536.037 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck 30 British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 28 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 10 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 6-Pounder
5.1778Broadside Weight = 1032 Imperial Pound ( 468.012 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck 30 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 28 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 10 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 6-Pounder
4.1779Broadside Weight = 1230 Imperial Pound ( 557.805 kg)W009
Lower Gun Deck 30 British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 28 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 10 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse 8 British 12-Pound Carronade
1780Broadside Weight = 1182 Imperial Pound ( 536.037 kg)W009
Lower Gun Deck 30 British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 28 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 10 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 6-Pounder
1781Broadside Weight = 1292 Imperial Pound ( 585.922 kg)W009
Lower Gun Deck 30 British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 28 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 10 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle 2 British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse 2 British 24-Pound Carronade
Roundhouse 6 British 18-Pound Carronade
1783Broadside Weight = 1328 Imperial Pound ( 602.248 kg)W009
Lower Gun Deck 30 British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 28 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 10 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle 2 British 12-Pounder
Roundhouse 2 British 24-Pound Carronade
Roundhouse 6 British 18-Pound Carronade
1793Broadside Weight = 1250 Imperial Pound ( 566.875 kg)W009
Lower Gun Deck 30 British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 28 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 10 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle 2 British 12-Pounder
1803Broadside Weight = 1112 Imperial Pound ( 504.292 kg)W009
Lower Gun Deck 30 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 28 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 12 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle 2 British 12-Pounder
1805Broadside Weight = 1148 Imperial Pound ( 520.618 kg)W009
Lower Gun Deck 30 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 28 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 12 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 68-Pound Carronade
Forecastle 2 British 12-Pounder
DatesRankNameSource
9.3.1778 - 28.5.1778CaptainSir John Lindsay (1737-1788) ADM 6/21/376W00913.5.1778 - 30.5.1780CaptainJonathon Faulknor (c.1729-1795): on board from 28.5.1778 ADM 6/21/404W00920.3.1779 - 27.4.1780CaptainHenry Colins (d.1791) ADM 6/21/527ADM 6/2124.3.1779 - 5.5.1780First CaptainRichard Kempenfelt (1715-1782) ADM 6/21/530ADM 6/215.5.1780 - 17.4.1781CaptainSamuel Wittewronge Clayton (1734-1795): on board from 13.5.1780 ADM 6/22/125W00922.5.1780 - 8.9.1780First CaptainRichard Kempenfelt (1715-1782) ADM 6/22/134ADM 6/224.4.1781 - 23.11.1781CaptainJohn Howorth (c.1729-1801): on board from 17.4.1781 ADM 6/22/272ADM 6/2214.11.1781 - 4.4.1782CaptainHenry Cromwell (c.1739-1814): on board from 23.11.1781 ADM 6/22/364W0099.4.1782 - 19.4.1782CaptainJohn Bourmaster (1736-1807)W00910.4.1782 - 14.11.1782First CaptainThe Hon. John Leveson Gower (1740-1792) ADM 6/22/447ADM 6/2210.4.1782 - 6.12.1782CaptainHenry Duncan (1735-1814): on board from 19.4.1782 ADM 6/22/449W0096.12.1782 - 9.12.1782CaptainSir Roger Curtis (1746-1816)W00917.1.1783 - 5.10.1787CaptainThomas Byard (d.1798) ADM 6/23/11ADM 6/231.10.1787 - 10.5.1790CaptainCharles Hope (d.1808) ADM 6/23/421W00913.5.1790 - 4.12.1795CaptainJohn Knight (1747-1831) ADM 6/24/29W00916.1.1791 - 7.6.1792CaptainJohn Knight (1747-1831) ADM 6/24/102ADM 6/2423.3.1791 - 1.2.1793First CaptainSir Hyde Parker (1739-1807) ADM 6/24/113ADM 6/2429.12.1792 - 1792CaptainJohn Knight (1747-1831) ADM 6/24/188ADM 6/242.10.1795 - 4.12.1795First CaptainRobert Calder (1745-1818) ADM 6/25/221ADM 6/252.10.1795 - 1.4.1797CaptainGeorge Grey (d.1828): on board from 4.12.1795 ADM 6/25/221ADM 6/251.4.1797 - 21.6.1797CaptainThomas SothebyW00921.6.1797 - 9.4.1803CaptainWilliam CumingW0099.4.1803 - 31.7.1803CaptainSamuel SuttonW00931.7.1803 - 13.1.1806CaptainThomas Masterman Hardy (1769-1839)W00928.1.1808 - 23.3.1808CaptainJohn Clarke SearleW00923.3.1808 - 20.11.1808CaptainPhilip Dumaresq (d.1819)W00920.11.1808 - 20.3.1809CaptainJohn Clarke SearleW00920.3.1809 - 18.12.1812CaptainPhilip Dumaresq (d.1819)W00919.12.1831 - 2.1833CaptainHyde Parker (1784-1854)W02519.9.1839 - 9.1841CaptainFrancis Erskine Loch (1788-1868)W0251844 - 23.9.1844Captain Richard Arthur (1779-1854)NBD18493.12.1850 - 3.9.1851CaptainFrancis Price Blackwood (1809-1854)W02520.12.1853 - 19.3.1854Captain Thomas Maitland (1803-1878)W02520.3.1855 - 7.3.1856CaptainGeorge Thomas GordonW0257.3.1856 - 2.12.1856CaptainJames Robert Drummond (1812-1895)W02521.8.1856 - 19.3.1859CaptainGeorge Henry Seymour (1818-1869)W025
DatesRankNameSource
9.3.1778 - 16.5.1778AdmiralAugustus Keppel (1725-1786)W00916.5.1778 - 18.10.1778Captain of the FleetJohn Campbell (1719-1790) ADM 6/21/411ref:67619.3.1779 - 14.5.1780Admiral of the WhiteSir Charles Hardy (1716-1780)W00924.5.1780 - 27.8.1780Admiral of the WhiteFrancis Geary (1709-1796)W00926.9.1780 - 29.12.1780Vice-Admiral of the BlueFrancis William Drake (1724-1787)W00921.3.1781 - 31.5.1781Vice-Admiral of the BlueHyde Parker (1713/14-1783)W00919.7.1781 - 8.1781CommodoreJohn Elliot (1732-1808)W00910.9.1781 - 11.3.1782Rear-Admiral of the BlueRichard Kempenfelt (1715-1782)W00920.4.1782 - 14.11.1782Admiral of the BlueLord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe) (1725/26-1799)W00923.3.1791 - 1791Admiral of the WhiteLord Richard Howe (1st Earl Howe) (1725/26-1799) ADM 6/24/113ADM 6/246.5.1793 - 15.12.1794Vice-Admiral of the Red Alexander Arthur Hood (1726-1814)W0091795 - 10.1795Rear-Admiral of the WhiteRobert Man (1745-1813)EWIKI10.1795 - 11.1795Vice-Admiral of the WhiteRobert Linzee (c.1740-1805)W0093.12.1795 - 30.3.1797Admiral of the Blue John Jervis (1734/35-1823)W0098.5.1803 - 23.5.1803Vice-Admiral of the BlueLord Horatio Nelson (1st Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough) (1758-1805)W00930.7.1803 - 23.4.1804Vice-Admiral of the BlueLord Horatio Nelson (1st Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough) (1758-1805)W00923.4.1804 - 21.10.1805Vice-Admiral of the WhiteLord Horatio Nelson (1st Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough) (1758-1805)†NAO18.3.1808 - 9.12.1808AdmiralSir James Saumarez (1st Baronet) (1757-1836)W0098.4.1809 - 12.1809AdmiralSir James Saumarez (1st Baronet) (1757-1836)W00911.3.1810 - 3.12.1810AdmiralSir James Saumarez (1st Baronet) (1757-1836)W00912.1810 - 3.1811Rear-AdmiralSir Joseph Sydney Yorke (1768-1831)W0092.4.1811 - 25.12.1811AdmiralSir James Saumarez (1st Baronet) (1757-1836)W00914.4.1812 - 15.10.1812AdmiralSir James Saumarez (1st Baronet) (1757-1836)W0097.1837 - 7.1842Rear-Admiral of the BlueDuncombe Pleydall Bouverie (1780-?)NBD1849
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17.9.1778 - 16.2.1779Sixth LieutenantLord Robert Manners (1758-1782) ADM 6/21/453ODNB16.2.1779 - 23.3.1779Fifth LieutenantLord Robert Manners (1758-1782) ADM 6/21/510ODNB13.5.1790 - 28.12.1790LieutenantWilliam Robert Broughton (1762-1821)ref:6161793 - 12.4.1794LieutenantEdward Cooke (1772-1799)ODNB10.8.1793 - 12.1793LieutenantPeter Ribouleau (d.1847)NBD184911.9.1793 - 20.11.1793LieutenantJoseph Bullen (1761-1857)ref:6161794 - 19.8.1794LieutenantJames Moutray (d.1794)†ref:60710.1794 - 3.1797Second LieutenantHugh Downman (1765-1858)WWNH10.4.1803 - 3.11.1805First LieutenantJohn Quilliam (1771-1829)NAO15.4.1803 - 1.1.1806LieutenantAndrew King (1774-1835)NAO1804 - 21.10.1805LieutenantGeorge Miller Bligh (1780-1834)EWIKI1.8.1804 - 18.10.1804Acting LieutenantGeorge Brown (1784-?)NBD184918.10.1804 - 1806LieutenantGeorge Brown (1784-?)NBD184919.1.1805 - 29.12.1805LieutenantAlexander Hills (1780-1809)NAO22.10.1805 - 25.2.1806LieutenantWilliam Chasman (d.1848)NBD18491808 - 13.8.1812LieutenantGeorge BrineNBD184929.1.1808 - 27.3.1808LieutenantJames Brown Boydref:55917.2.1808 - 2.4.1808LieutenantThe Hon. Arthur Richard Turnour (1787-1853)NBD184918.2.1808 - 6.4.1808LieutenantHenry Weekes (d.1812)ref:5591.4.1808 - 5.4.1809LieutenantWilliam Barnesref:5596.7.1811 - 1812LieutenantJohn Adamson (d.1874)NBD18491.1824 - 28.8.1828LieutenantJohn Frederick Appleby (1795-1878)NBD184912.10.1825 - 18.1.1828LieutenantJames BurneyNBD184912.6.1829 - 10.8.1829LieutenantHenry John Codrington (1808-1877)W03317.11.1834 - 17.4.1835LieutenantHenry ByngNBD184928.2.1837 - 1837Third LieutenantWilliam Case Burbidge (1789-?)NBD184926.6.1837 - 2.1840LieutenantJohn BowdenNBD184929.8.1837 - 9.12.1839Flag LieutenantRichard Hanmer Bunbury (1813-?)NBD18491.8.1839 - 18.9.1841LieutenantJohn BarnesNBD18498.9.1841 - 7.3.1842Flag LieutenantFrederick William Pleydell Bouverie (1816-?)NBD18492.6.1846 - 1848LieutenantThomas BrydgesNBD1849
DatesRatingNameSource
7.8.1765 - 1765PurserWilliam Davis ADM 6/20/84ADM 6/2020.12.1765 - 1765BoatswainJohn Bagwill ADM 6/20/100ADM 6/201781 - 8.1.1781CarpenterDaniel Scarwell ADM 6/22/225ADM 6/221781 - 29.1.1781MasterJohn Madgshon ADM 6/22/240ADM 6/221783 - 8.1.1783SurgeonWilliam Thompsonref:91831.5.1790 - 25.1.1812GunnerWilliam Rivers (1755-?)NAO9.4.1803 - 15.3.1805CarpenterWilliam Bunce (1750-1832)NAO14.4.1803 - 15.1.1806MasterThomas Atkinson (1767-1836)NAO31.12.1804 - 15.1.1806PhysicianWilliam Beatty (1773-?)NAO29.3.1805 - 15.1.1705/6BoatswainWilliam WillmettNAO1.9.1805 - 26.9.1806CarpenterWilliam Bunce (1750-1832)NAO
DatesRatingNameSource
27.10.1787 - 11.1787MidshipmanEdward Brace (1770-1843)WWNH12.1790 - 3.1791MidshipmanGeorge Ralph Collier (1774-1824)ref:6161795 - 3.7.1796Master's MateThomas Staines (1776-1830)ODNB2.1795 - 16.1.1796MidshipmanGeorge BarnardNBD18491796 - 6.4.1804MidshipmanArden Adderley (1783-1864)NBD184929.5.1797 - 1797MidshipmanGeorge BarnardNBD18491803 - 1804MidshipmanJohn Bingham (1785-?)NBD18495.1803 - 1804MidshipmanWilliam BranderNBD18495.1803 - 21.10.1805Master's MateWilliam Chasman (d.1848)NBD184931.7.1803 - 1.8.1804MidshipmanGeorge Brown (1784-?)NBD18491.6.1804 - 5.1.1806CoxswainRobert Buckless (1776-?)NAO28.8.1804Master's MateAlexander Hills (1780-1809)NAO1805 - 10.1805MidshipmanJohn BarclayT-ROLL8.1806 - 13.6.1808Master's MateJames BanceNBD18493.1808 - 5.1809MidshipmanAlexander Buchanan (1793-?)NBD18494.1808 - 1.5.1812MidshipmanCharles Burrard (1793-1870)NBD18494.1809 - 12.1810MidshipmanAndrew Barclay (1793-1848)NBD18491810 - 6.7.1811Master's MateJohn Adamson (d.1874)NBD18491810 - 28.11.1811MidshipmanWilliam Edward Curlewis (1789-1847)NBD18493.1810 - 1811MidshipmanGeorge ButlerNBD18491811 - 20.11.1812MidshipmanSackville BurroughsNBD184999.99.1819 - 4.1826MidshipmanJonas Archer AbbottCSORN1824MidshipmanJohn Elliot BinghamNBD184911.1824MidshipmanEdward Harris Butterfield (1808-1851)NBD18491.1826 - 1826MidshipmanThomas Bourmaster Brown (1806-?)NBD18491829 - 1830MidshipmanGeorge Augustus Bedford (1809-?)NBD18491831 - 1832Master's MateJohn Elliot BinghamNBD184911.1833 - 17.11.1834MidshipmanHenry ByngNBD1849
DatesRatingNameSource
11.5.1803 - 31.5.1804Able SeamanRobert Buckless (1776-?)NAO19.1.1804 - 27.8.1804Able SeamanAlexander Hills (1780-1809)NAO14.9.1805 - 18051st Class VolunteerHenry Lancaster (1791-?)NBD1849
DatesRankNameSource
14.4.1803 - 21.10.1805Captain of MarinesCharles William Adair (d.1805)†W0091805Lieutenant of MarinesJames Goodwin Peakeref:716
DateEventSource
7.5.1765Floated out of dock and placed in ordinary until 1778BWAS-1714
1769Completed at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £57748.1.7dBWAS-1714
1778Began fitting at Chatham - Kent BWAS-1714
12.3.1778First CommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1778Completed fitting at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £13296.0.0dBWAS-1714
13.4.1778BWAS-1714
27.7.17781st Battle of Ushant
12.12.17812nd Battle of Ushant
20.10.1782Battle of Cape Spartel
17.2.1783
10.1787RecommissionedBWAS-1793
12.1787
12.1787Began large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
4.1788Completed large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £37523.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.1788Began refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
1789Completed refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £6451.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.1790RecommissionedBWAS-1793
1.1791Paid offBWAS-1714
1.1791RecommissionedBWAS-1714
9.1791Paid offBWAS-1714
12.1792RecommissionedBWAS-1714
22.5.1793
13.7.1795Battle of Hyeres
14.2.17972nd Battle of Cape St Vincent
11.1797Paid offBWAS-1714
12.1797RecommissionedBWAS-1714
12.1797
10.1799Paid offBWAS-1714
2.1800Began middling repair at Chatham - Kent BWAS-1714
4.1803RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1803Completed middling repair at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £70933.0.0dBWAS-1714
25.5.1803
28.5.1803Took the Fifth Rate Frigate L'Embuscade (32)
21.10.1805Battle of Trafalgar
1.1806Paid offBWAS-1714
13.1.1806
3.1806Began repairs at Chatham - Kent BWAS-1714
5.1806Completed repairs at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £9936.0.0dBWAS-1714
1.1808Recommissioned as a Second RateBWAS-1714
1.1808Refitted as a 98 gun Second Rate Ship of the Line BWAS-1793
1809
11.1812Paid offBWAS-1714
1813
3.1814Began large repair at Portsmouth - Hampshire BWAS-1714
1.1816Completed large repair at Portsmouth - Hampshire at a cost of £79772.0.0dBWAS-1714
2.1817Refitted as a 100 gun First Rate Ship of the Line BWAS-1793
6.1823Recommissioned as a guardshipBWAS-1714
1.1824Port commanders flagshipBWAS-1714
4.1830Paid off into ordinaryBWAS-1714
The Battle of Trafalgar MusterW009
IDDescriptionAuthorType
Victory | 17 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 100 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | Royal Navy | ||
| Ordered | 13.12.1758 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Keel Laid Down | 23.7.1759 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Named | 30.10.1760 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Launched | 7.5.1765 | BWAS-1714 | |
| First Commissioned | 9.3.1778 | BWAS-1714 | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | BWAS-1714 | |
| Shipyard | Chatham Dockyard - Chatham | BWAS-1714 | |
| Designed by | Sir Thomas Slade (1703-1771) | BWAS-1714 | |
| Constructor | Edward Allin (d.1795) | BWAS-1714 | |
| Category | First Rate | BWAS-1714 | |
| Ship Type | Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | BWAS-1714 | |
| Still in Existance | 2019 | BWAS-1714 | |
Dimensions
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck184' 0"Imperial Feet56.0832
Length of Keel152' 6 ⅝"Imperial Feet46.3455
Breadth51' 7 ½"Imperial Feet15.5575
Depth in Hold21' 6"Imperial Feet6.5532
Burthen2,162 53⁄94Tons BM
Armament
1765Broadside Weight = 1182 Imperial Pound ( 536.037 kg)
5.1778Broadside Weight = 1032 Imperial Pound ( 468.012 kg)
4.1779Broadside Weight = 1230 Imperial Pound ( 557.805 kg)
1780Broadside Weight = 1182 Imperial Pound ( 536.037 kg)
1781Broadside Weight = 1292 Imperial Pound ( 585.922 kg)
1783Broadside Weight = 1328 Imperial Pound ( 602.248 kg)
1793Broadside Weight = 1250 Imperial Pound ( 566.875 kg)
1803Broadside Weight = 1112 Imperial Pound ( 504.292 kg)
1805Broadside Weight = 1148 Imperial Pound ( 520.618 kg)
36 Commanding Officers
DatesRankNameSource
9.3.1778 - 28.5.1778CaptainSir John Lindsay (1737-1788) ADM 6/21/376W00913.5.1778 - 30.5.1780CaptainJonathon Faulknor (c.1729-1795): on board from 28.5.1778 ADM 6/21/404W00920.3.1779 - 27.4.1780CaptainHenry Colins (d.1791) ADM 6/21/527ADM 6/2124.3.1779 - 5.5.1780First CaptainRichard Kempenfelt (1715-1782) ADM 6/21/530ADM 6/215.5.1780 - 17.4.1781CaptainSamuel Wittewronge Clayton (1734-1795): on board from 13.5.1780 ADM 6/22/125W00922.5.1780 - 8.9.1780First CaptainRichard Kempenfelt (1715-1782) ADM 6/22/134ADM 6/224.4.1781 - 23.11.1781CaptainJohn Howorth (c.1729-1801): on board from 17.4.1781 ADM 6/22/272ADM 6/2214.11.1781 - 4.4.1782CaptainHenry Cromwell (c.1739-1814): on board from 23.11.1781 ADM 6/22/364W0099.4.1782 - 19.4.1782CaptainJohn Bourmaster (1736-1807)W00910.4.1782 - 14.11.1782First CaptainThe Hon. John Leveson Gower (1740-1792) ADM 6/22/447ADM 6/2210.4.1782 - 6.12.1782CaptainHenry Duncan (1735-1814): on board from 19.4.1782 ADM 6/22/449W0096.12.1782 - 9.12.1782CaptainSir Roger Curtis (1746-1816)W00917.1.1783 - 5.10.1787CaptainThomas Byard (d.1798) ADM 6/23/11ADM 6/231.10.1787 - 10.5.1790CaptainCharles Hope (d.1808) ADM 6/23/421W00913.5.1790 - 4.12.1795CaptainJohn Knight (1747-1831) ADM 6/24/29W00916.1.1791 - 7.6.1792CaptainJohn Knight (1747-1831) ADM 6/24/102ADM 6/2423.3.1791 - 1.2.1793First CaptainSir Hyde Parker (1739-1807) ADM 6/24/113ADM 6/2429.12.1792 - 1792CaptainJohn Knight (1747-1831) ADM 6/24/188ADM 6/242.10.1795 - 4.12.1795First CaptainRobert Calder (1745-1818) ADM 6/25/221ADM 6/252.10.1795 - 1.4.1797CaptainGeorge Grey (d.1828): on board from 4.12.1795 ADM 6/25/221ADM 6/251.4.1797 - 21.6.1797CaptainThomas SothebyW00921.6.1797 - 9.4.1803CaptainWilliam CumingW0099.4.1803 - 31.7.1803CaptainSamuel SuttonW00931.7.1803 - 13.1.1806CaptainThomas Masterman Hardy (1769-1839)W00928.1.1808 - 23.3.1808CaptainJohn Clarke SearleW00923.3.1808 - 20.11.1808CaptainPhilip Dumaresq (d.1819)W00920.11.1808 - 20.3.1809CaptainJohn Clarke SearleW00920.3.1809 - 18.12.1812CaptainPhilip Dumaresq (d.1819)W00919.12.1831 - 2.1833CaptainHyde Parker (1784-1854)W02519.9.1839 - 9.1841CaptainFrancis Erskine Loch (1788-1868)W0251844 - 23.9.1844Captain Richard Arthur (1779-1854)NBD18493.12.1850 - 3.9.1851CaptainFrancis Price Blackwood (1809-1854)W02520.12.1853 - 19.3.1854Captain Thomas Maitland (1803-1878)W02520.3.1855 - 7.3.1856CaptainGeorge Thomas GordonW0257.3.1856 - 2.12.1856CaptainJames Robert Drummond (1812-1895)W02521.8.1856 - 19.3.1859CaptainGeorge Henry Seymour (1818-1869)W025
24 Flag Officers
DatesRankNameSource
9.3.1778 - 16.5.1778AdmiralAugustus Keppel (1725-1786)W00916.5.1778 - 18.10.1778Captain of the FleetJohn Campbell (1719-1790) ADM 6/21/411ref:67619.3.1779 - 14.5.1780Admiral of the WhiteSir Charles Hardy (1716-1780)W00924.5.1780 - 27.8.1780Admiral of the WhiteFrancis Geary (1709-1796)W00926.9.1780 - 29.12.1780Vice-Admiral of the BlueFrancis William Drake (1724-1787)W00921.3.1781 - 31.5.1781Vice-Admiral of the BlueHyde Parker (1713/14-1783)W00919.7.1781 - 8.1781CommodoreJohn Elliot (1732-1808)W00910.9.1781 - 11.3.1782Rear-Admiral of the BlueRichard Kempenfelt (1715-1782)W00920.4.1782 - 14.11.1782Admiral of the BlueLord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe) (1725/26-1799)W00923.3.1791 - 1791Admiral of the WhiteLord Richard Howe (1st Earl Howe) (1725/26-1799) ADM 6/24/113ADM 6/246.5.1793 - 15.12.1794Vice-Admiral of the Red Alexander Arthur Hood (1726-1814)W0091795 - 10.1795Rear-Admiral of the WhiteRobert Man (1745-1813)EWIKI10.1795 - 11.1795Vice-Admiral of the WhiteRobert Linzee (c.1740-1805)W0093.12.1795 - 30.3.1797Admiral of the Blue John Jervis (1734/35-1823)W0098.5.1803 - 23.5.1803Vice-Admiral of the BlueLord Horatio Nelson (1st Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough) (1758-1805)W00930.7.1803 - 23.4.1804Vice-Admiral of the BlueLord Horatio Nelson (1st Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough) (1758-1805)W00923.4.1804 - 21.10.1805Vice-Admiral of the WhiteLord Horatio Nelson (1st Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough) (1758-1805)†NAO18.3.1808 - 9.12.1808AdmiralSir James Saumarez (1st Baronet) (1757-1836)W0098.4.1809 - 12.1809AdmiralSir James Saumarez (1st Baronet) (1757-1836)W00911.3.1810 - 3.12.1810AdmiralSir James Saumarez (1st Baronet) (1757-1836)W00912.1810 - 3.1811Rear-AdmiralSir Joseph Sydney Yorke (1768-1831)W0092.4.1811 - 25.12.1811AdmiralSir James Saumarez (1st Baronet) (1757-1836)W00914.4.1812 - 15.10.1812AdmiralSir James Saumarez (1st Baronet) (1757-1836)W0097.1837 - 7.1842Rear-Admiral of the BlueDuncombe Pleydall Bouverie (1780-?)NBD1849
31 Commissioned Officers
DatesRankNameSource
17.9.1778 - 16.2.1779Sixth LieutenantLord Robert Manners (1758-1782) ADM 6/21/453ODNB16.2.1779 - 23.3.1779Fifth LieutenantLord Robert Manners (1758-1782) ADM 6/21/510ODNB13.5.1790 - 28.12.1790LieutenantWilliam Robert Broughton (1762-1821)ref:6161793 - 12.4.1794LieutenantEdward Cooke (1772-1799)ODNB10.8.1793 - 12.1793LieutenantPeter Ribouleau (d.1847)NBD184911.9.1793 - 20.11.1793LieutenantJoseph Bullen (1761-1857)ref:6161794 - 19.8.1794LieutenantJames Moutray (d.1794)†ref:60710.1794 - 3.1797Second LieutenantHugh Downman (1765-1858)WWNH10.4.1803 - 3.11.1805First LieutenantJohn Quilliam (1771-1829)NAO15.4.1803 - 1.1.1806LieutenantAndrew King (1774-1835)NAO1804 - 21.10.1805LieutenantGeorge Miller Bligh (1780-1834)EWIKI1.8.1804 - 18.10.1804Acting LieutenantGeorge Brown (1784-?)NBD184918.10.1804 - 1806LieutenantGeorge Brown (1784-?)NBD184919.1.1805 - 29.12.1805LieutenantAlexander Hills (1780-1809)NAO22.10.1805 - 25.2.1806LieutenantWilliam Chasman (d.1848)NBD18491808 - 13.8.1812LieutenantGeorge BrineNBD184929.1.1808 - 27.3.1808LieutenantJames Brown Boydref:55917.2.1808 - 2.4.1808LieutenantThe Hon. Arthur Richard Turnour (1787-1853)NBD184918.2.1808 - 6.4.1808LieutenantHenry Weekes (d.1812)ref:5591.4.1808 - 5.4.1809LieutenantWilliam Barnesref:5596.7.1811 - 1812LieutenantJohn Adamson (d.1874)NBD18491.1824 - 28.8.1828LieutenantJohn Frederick Appleby (1795-1878)NBD184912.10.1825 - 18.1.1828LieutenantJames BurneyNBD184912.6.1829 - 10.8.1829LieutenantHenry John Codrington (1808-1877)W03317.11.1834 - 17.4.1835LieutenantHenry ByngNBD184928.2.1837 - 1837Third LieutenantWilliam Case Burbidge (1789-?)NBD184926.6.1837 - 2.1840LieutenantJohn BowdenNBD184929.8.1837 - 9.12.1839Flag LieutenantRichard Hanmer Bunbury (1813-?)NBD18491.8.1839 - 18.9.1841LieutenantJohn BarnesNBD18498.9.1841 - 7.3.1842Flag LieutenantFrederick William Pleydell Bouverie (1816-?)NBD18492.6.1846 - 1848LieutenantThomas BrydgesNBD1849
11 Warrant Officers
DatesRatingNameSource
7.8.1765 - 1765PurserWilliam Davis ADM 6/20/84ADM 6/2020.12.1765 - 1765BoatswainJohn Bagwill ADM 6/20/100ADM 6/201781 - 8.1.1781CarpenterDaniel Scarwell ADM 6/22/225ADM 6/221781 - 29.1.1781MasterJohn Madgshon ADM 6/22/240ADM 6/221783 - 8.1.1783SurgeonWilliam Thompsonref:91831.5.1790 - 25.1.1812GunnerWilliam Rivers (1755-?)NAO9.4.1803 - 15.3.1805CarpenterWilliam Bunce (1750-1832)NAO14.4.1803 - 15.1.1806MasterThomas Atkinson (1767-1836)NAO31.12.1804 - 15.1.1806PhysicianWilliam Beatty (1773-?)NAO29.3.1805 - 15.1.1705/6BoatswainWilliam WillmettNAO1.9.1805 - 26.9.1806CarpenterWilliam Bunce (1750-1832)NAO
28 Petty Officers
DatesRatingNameSource
27.10.1787 - 11.1787MidshipmanEdward Brace (1770-1843)WWNH12.1790 - 3.1791MidshipmanGeorge Ralph Collier (1774-1824)ref:6161795 - 3.7.1796Master's MateThomas Staines (1776-1830)ODNB2.1795 - 16.1.1796MidshipmanGeorge BarnardNBD18491796 - 6.4.1804MidshipmanArden Adderley (1783-1864)NBD184929.5.1797 - 1797MidshipmanGeorge BarnardNBD18491803 - 1804MidshipmanJohn Bingham (1785-?)NBD18495.1803 - 1804MidshipmanWilliam BranderNBD18495.1803 - 21.10.1805Master's MateWilliam Chasman (d.1848)NBD184931.7.1803 - 1.8.1804MidshipmanGeorge Brown (1784-?)NBD18491.6.1804 - 5.1.1806CoxswainRobert Buckless (1776-?)NAO28.8.1804Master's MateAlexander Hills (1780-1809)NAO1805 - 10.1805MidshipmanJohn BarclayT-ROLL8.1806 - 13.6.1808Master's MateJames BanceNBD18493.1808 - 5.1809MidshipmanAlexander Buchanan (1793-?)NBD18494.1808 - 1.5.1812MidshipmanCharles Burrard (1793-1870)NBD18494.1809 - 12.1810MidshipmanAndrew Barclay (1793-1848)NBD18491810 - 6.7.1811Master's MateJohn Adamson (d.1874)NBD18491810 - 28.11.1811MidshipmanWilliam Edward Curlewis (1789-1847)NBD18493.1810 - 1811MidshipmanGeorge ButlerNBD18491811 - 20.11.1812MidshipmanSackville BurroughsNBD184999.99.1819 - 4.1826MidshipmanJonas Archer AbbottCSORN1824MidshipmanJohn Elliot BinghamNBD184911.1824MidshipmanEdward Harris Butterfield (1808-1851)NBD18491.1826 - 1826MidshipmanThomas Bourmaster Brown (1806-?)NBD18491829 - 1830MidshipmanGeorge Augustus Bedford (1809-?)NBD18491831 - 1832Master's MateJohn Elliot BinghamNBD184911.1833 - 17.11.1834MidshipmanHenry ByngNBD1849
3 Crewmen
DatesRatingNameSource
11.5.1803 - 31.5.1804Able SeamanRobert Buckless (1776-?)NAO19.1.1804 - 27.8.1804Able SeamanAlexander Hills (1780-1809)NAO14.9.1805 - 18051st Class VolunteerHenry Lancaster (1791-?)NBD1849
2 Marines
DatesRankNameSource
14.4.1803 - 21.10.1805Captain of MarinesCharles William Adair (d.1805)†W0091805Lieutenant of MarinesJames Goodwin Peakeref:716
Service History
DateEventSource
7.5.1765Floated out of dock and placed in ordinary until 1778BWAS-1714
1769Completed at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £57748.1.7dBWAS-1714
1778Began fitting at Chatham - Kent BWAS-1714
12.3.1778First CommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1778Completed fitting at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £13296.0.0dBWAS-1714
13.4.1778BWAS-1714
27.7.17781st Battle of Ushant
12.12.17812nd Battle of Ushant
20.10.1782Battle of Cape Spartel
17.2.1783
Paid off at Portsmouth - Hampshire .
W00910.1787RecommissionedBWAS-1793
12.1787
Paid off at Portsmouth - Virginia
BWAS-179312.1787Began large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
4.1788Completed large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £37523.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.1788Began refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
1789Completed refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £6451.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.1790RecommissionedBWAS-1793
1.1791Paid offBWAS-1714
1.1791RecommissionedBWAS-1714
9.1791Paid offBWAS-1714
12.1792RecommissionedBWAS-1714
22.5.1793
Sailed for The Mediterranean Sea
BWAS-171413.7.1795Battle of Hyeres
14.2.17972nd Battle of Cape St Vincent
11.1797Paid offBWAS-1714
12.1797RecommissionedBWAS-1714
12.1797
Recommissioned as a Hospital ship at Chatham - Connecticut
BWAS-171410.1799Paid offBWAS-1714
2.1800Began middling repair at Chatham - Kent BWAS-1714
4.1803RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1803Completed middling repair at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £70933.0.0dBWAS-1714
25.5.1803
Sailed for The Mediterranean Sea
BWAS-171428.5.1803Took the Fifth Rate Frigate L'Embuscade (32)
21.10.1805Battle of Trafalgar
1.1806Paid offBWAS-1714
13.1.1806
Paid off at Chatham - Connecticut
W0093.1806Began repairs at Chatham - Kent BWAS-1714
5.1806Completed repairs at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £9936.0.0dBWAS-1714
1.1808Recommissioned as a Second RateBWAS-1714
1.1808Refitted as a 98 gun Second Rate Ship of the Line BWAS-1793
1809
Evacuation of La Coruña - Spain
BWAS-171411.1812Paid offBWAS-1714
1813
Placed in ordinary at Portsmouth - Virginia
BWAS-17143.1814Began large repair at Portsmouth - Hampshire BWAS-1714
1.1816Completed large repair at Portsmouth - Hampshire at a cost of £79772.0.0dBWAS-1714
2.1817Refitted as a 100 gun First Rate Ship of the Line BWAS-1793
6.1823Recommissioned as a guardshipBWAS-1714
1.1824Port commanders flagshipBWAS-1714
4.1830Paid off into ordinaryBWAS-1714
| Fleets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Fleet | Fleet Commander | Source | 1782/09 | 1782/12 | Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782 | Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe) (1725/26-1799) |
Notes on Ship
The Battle of Trafalgar MusterW009
HMS Victory had a crew of 820 men commanded by Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy. There were 9 Commissioned Officers, 21 Midshipmen and 77 Non-commissioned Warrant and Petty Officers, the rest of the crew comprised of Able and Ordinary Seaman, Landsmen, Supernumeries and 31 boys.
Also within this complement was a detachment of 146 Royal Marines from the Chatham Division, commanded by Captain Charles Adair
Apart from the 700 English, Irish, Scots and Welsh, 18 different nationalities were represented on the Victory, at the Battle of Trafalgar.
She suffered some of the worst casualties of the Allied Fleet at the battle with 57 of her crew killed or dying of their wounds a few days later, and a further 102 wounded.
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