British Third Rate ship of the line 'Revenge' (1699)

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Revenge ➡ 1711 Buckingham

184
Nominal Guns70B028
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered24.12.1695BWAS-1714
Launched4.4.1699B028
How acquiredPurpose builtB028
ShipyardDeptford Dockyard - Deptford B028
Constructor
Samuel MillerBritish
Naval Sailor
Ship Builder
Service 1695
B065
CategoryThird RateB028
Ship TypeShip of the LineB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Sunk as Breakwater18.5.1745B028

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB065
Length of Gundeck150' 2"Imperial Feet45.721 
Length of Keel123' 8"Imperial Feet37.4992 
Breadth40' 4"Imperial Feet12.2936 
Depth in Hold16' 9"Imperial Feet4.9149 
Burthen1,065Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck150' 2"Imperial Feet45.721 
Length of Keel123' 8"Imperial Feet37.4992 
Depth in Hold17' 1 ½"Imperial Feet5.1943 
Burthen1,065 64⁄94Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck150' 2"Imperial Feet45.721 
Length of Keel123' 8"Imperial Feet37.4992 
Breadth40' 3"Imperial Feet12.2682 
Depth in Hold17' 1 ½"Imperial Feet5.1943 
Burthen1,065 64⁄95Tons BM 

Armament


1703Broadside Weight = 459 Imperial Pound ( 208.1565 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck24 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck12 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse4 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1703460 BWAS-1714

10 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1.3.1698/99 - 1.5.1699Captain
William WrightBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1703
ADM 6/5/42ADM 6/52.5.1699 - 29.2.1699/1700Captain
Thomas LeyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1678-1703
ADM 6/5/45BWAS-17141.3.1699/1700 - 25.2.1700/1Captain
Thomas JenningsBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Dockyard Staff
Service 1688-1706
ADM 6/6/24BWAS-171426.2.1700/1 - 13.1.1701/2Captain
Thomas LeyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1678-1703
ADM 6/6/62BWAS-171414.1.1701/2 - 10.12.1704Captain
William KerrBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1720
Transfered ADM 6/6/130BWAS-171411.12.1704 - 18.1.1707/8Captain
Gerard EllwesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1711
Transfered ADM 6/8/117BWAS-171419.1.1707/8 - 1711Captain
Thomas CleasbeyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1705
ADM 6/9/125BWAS-17148.1.1717/18 - 30.3.1718Captain
Charles StricklandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1724
Transfered ADM 6/12/109ADM 6/1231.3.1718 - 27.2.1718/19Captain
Robert TrevorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1741
Transfered ADM 6/12/127BWAS-171411.1.1719/20 - 5.11.1721Captain
Robert ColemanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1739
ADM 6/12/188BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1705 - 12.12.1706Rear-Admiral of the Red
Sir Thomas DilkesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1687-1697
† Discharged Dead ADM 107/1/301BWAS-1714

43 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
9.5.1699 - 14.3.1699/1700First Lieutenant
Richard HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1689-1754
ADM 6/5/49ADM 6/59.5.1699 - 13.3.1699/1700Second Lieutenant
Philip BrowneBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1691-1702
ADM 6/5/49ADM 6/59.5.1699 - 13.3.1699/1700Third Lieutenant
Robert HarwardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1721
ADM 6/5/49ADM 6/514.3.1699/1700 - 5.3.1700/1First Lieutenant
Richard CottonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672-1705
ADM 6/6/25ADM 6/614.3.1699/1700 - 26.2.1700/1Second Lieutenant
John ChilleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1689-1722
Transfered ADM 6/6/25ADM 6/614.3.1699/1700 - 27.2.1700/1Third Lieutenant
Robert JacksonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1682-1715
ADM 6/6/25ADM 6/628.2.1700/1 - 20.5.1702Third Lieutenant
William HewittBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1710
ADM 6/6/64ADM 6/65.3.1700/1 - 21.5.1702First Lieutenant
Joseph MighellsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1707
ADM 6/6/68ADM 6/65.3.1700/1 - 23.4.1702Second Lieutenant
Robert JacksonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1682-1715
ADM 6/6/68ADM 6/624.4.1702 - 21.6.1702Second Lieutenant
John CokerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1703
ADM 6/7/30ADM 6/721.6.1702 - 19.5.1704Third Lieutenant
Christopher ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1747
Transfered ADM 6/7/44ADM 6/722.6.1702 - 19.5.1703First Lieutenant
John CokerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1703
ADM 6/7/44
Confirmed 1.7.1702ADM 6/72.2.1702/3 - 18.5.1703Second Lieutenant
Thomas WeedonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1706
Transfered ADM 6/7/83ADM 6/719.5.1703 - 10.12.1704First Lieutenant
Thomas WeedonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1706
Transfered ADM 6/7/128ADM 6/721.7.1704 - 10.12.1704Second Lieutenant
Benjamin WilshawBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1711
Transfered ADM 6/8/86ADM 6/822.7.1704 - 10.12.1704Third Lieutenant
John RedmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1715
Transfered ADM 6/8/86ADM 6/813.12.1704 - 15.12.1704First Lieutenant
John HagarBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1736
ADM 6/8/118ADM 6/816.12.1704 - 6.2.1707/8First Lieutenant
Edward FalkinghamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1746
Transfered ADM 6/8/120ADM 6/816.12.1704 - 25.1.1707/8Second Lieutenant
Edward MansellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1712
Transfered ADM 6/8/120ADM 6/826.1.1707/8 - 29.3.1709Second Lieutenant
Joseph HeleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1712
ADM 6/9/130ADM 6/97.2.1707/8 - 26.9.1708First Lieutenant
Jacob HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1709
Transfered ADM 6/9/135ADM 6/927.9.1708 - 1.2.1710/11First Lieutenant
John CrewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1717
Transfered ADM 6/9/186ADM 6/930.3.1709 - 1.3.1710/11Second Lieutenant
John RedmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1715
Transfered ADM 6/10/49ADM 6/1030.3.1709 - 1.2.1710/11Third Lieutenant
Joseph HeleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1712
Transfered ADM 6/10/49ADM 6/108.1.1717/18 - 6.4.1718First Lieutenant
Francis DansaysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1754
Transfered ADM 6/12/109ADM 6/1210.1.1717/18 - 6.4.1718Second Lieutenant
Robert SharpeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1723
Transfered ADM 6/12/109ADM 6/1210.1.1717/18 - 6.4.1718Third Lieutenant
Duncomb DrakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1710-1720
Transfered ADM 6/12/109ADM 6/127.4.1718 - 27.2.1718/19First Lieutenant
Thomas BillopBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1732
Transfered ADM 6/12/130ADM 6/127.4.1718 - 27.2.1718/19Second Lieutenant
Francis FarndaleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1734
Transfered ADM 6/12/130ADM 6/127.4.1718 - 18.4.1718Third Lieutenant
Pelham WinnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1729
ADM 6/12/130ADM 6/1219.4.1718 - 16.2.1718/19Third Lieutenant
Thomas JolleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1740
Transfered ADM 6/12/131ADM 6/1211.1.1719/20 - 19.1.1720/21First Lieutenant
Edmund WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1750
Transfered ADM 6/12/188ADM 6/1211.1.1719/20 - 4.4.1720Second Lieutenant
Henry SwayslandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1756
ADM 6/12/188ADM 6/1211.1.1719/20 - 3.4.1720Third Lieutenant
Edward SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1743
Transfered ADM 6/12/188ADM 6/124.4.1720 - 19.1.1720/21Fourth Lieutenant
Arthur DavisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712-1738
ADM 6/12/201ADM 6/125.4.1720 - 19.1.1720/21Second Lieutenant
Francis RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1729
ADM 6/12/202ADM 6/125.4.1720 - 19.1.1720/21Third Lieutenant
Henry SwayslandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1756
ADM 6/12/202ADM 6/1220.1.1720/21 - 13.8.1721First Lieutenant
Francis DansaysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1754
ADM 6/12/230ADM 6/1220.1.1720/21 - 9.4.1721Second Lieutenant
Edmund WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1750
Transfered ADM 6/12/230ADM 6/1220.1.1720/21 - 5.11.1721Third Lieutenant
Francis RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1729
ADM 6/12/230ADM 6/1220.1.1720/21 - 20.5.1721Fourth Lieutenant
Henry SwayslandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1756
ADM 6/12/230ADM 6/1221.5.1721 - 14.7.1721Fourth Lieutenant
Mathew NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1738
Transfered ADM 6/13/20
Confirmed 24.10.1721ADM 6/1315.7.1721 - 5.11.1721Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Edward NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1742
ADM 6/13/21
Confirmed 27.10.1721ADM 6/13

7 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
18.11.1696 - 21.2.1697/98Boatswain
Peter TisdellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1698
Transfered ADM 6/4/46ADM 6/431.5.1697 - 1697Gunner
Arthur CapeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1697
ADM 6/4/101ADM 6/428.2.1698/99 - 1699Boatswain
Moses BowlesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
Transfered ADM 6/5/42ADM/A16.5.1699 - 1699Chaplain
John WrennBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1699
ADM 6/5/53ADM 6/522.5.1700 - 16.1.1700/1Midshipman Extra
Alexander EkinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1707
ADM 6/6/41ADM 6/624.1.1717/18 - 23.3.1717/18Midshipman Extra
Moses PetersonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1720
Transfered ADM 6/12/112ADM 6/121722 - 2.12.1722Carpenter
Robert HayesBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1722-1731
ADM 6/13/47ADM 6/13

10 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
5.5.1699 - 4.5.1699Volunteer
John GoreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
ADM 6/5/46ADM 6/55.5.1699 - 23.2.1699/1700Volunteer-per-order
William PooleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1720
Transfered ADM 107/2/139ADM 107/229.1.1699/1700 - 15.11.1700Midshipman
Peter AndersonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1686-1727
Transfered ADM 107/1/303ADM 107/126.1.1701/2 - 12.2.1703/4Midshipman
George RawlingsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1739
ADM 107/2/12ADM 107/24.5.1702 - 8.1.1702/3Midshipman
Peter AndersonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1686-1727
ADM 107/1/303ADM 107/12.7.1702 - 13.6.1703Midshipman
Charles ConstableBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1716
Transfered ADM 107/2/30ADM 107/27.3.1717/18 - 9.4.1718Midshipman
John DraperBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1715-1738
Transfered ADM 107/3/100ADM 107/328.2.1719/20 - 13.2.1720/21Midshipman
Charles MasonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1740
ADM 107/3/104ADM 107/35.6.1722 - 1.12.1722Volunteer-per-order
John WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1722-1755
ADM 107/3/194ADM 107/328.6.1734 - 23.10.1736Midshipman
Paul LovelaceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1757
ADM 107/3/305ADM 107/3

4 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
8.1.1717/18 - 30.3.1718Captain's Servant
Charles KnowlesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1770
Transfered ADM 6/16/33ODNB3.12.1719 - 20.1.1720/21Able Seaman
Richard DavisBritish
Naval Sailor
Transfered ADM 107/3/175ADM 107/33.5.1732 - 9.3.1735/36Captain's Servant
Henry CowellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1765
ADM 107/3/473ADM 107/310.3.1735/36 - 14.11.1736Clerk
Henry CowellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1765
Transfered ADM 107/3/473ADM 107/3

Service History


DateEventSource
1700Guardship at ChathamBWAS-1714
1704In the ChannelBWAS-1714
10.3.1704/5Battle of Marbella
1706In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
7.1706At AlicanteBWAS-1714
1707In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
10.1708At LisbonBWAS-1714
1709Returned to the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
31.7.1710

Paid off

BWAS-1714
16.6.1711Renamed BuckinghamBWAS-1714
1712Fitted for ordinary at ChathamBWAS-1714
1720Fitted for the BalticBWAS-1714
5.11.1721Paid offADM 51
28.10.1727Ordered converted to a hulk at SheernessBWAS-1714
18.5.1745Sunk as a breakwater at SheernessBWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
28.4.1718-10.1718British Baltic Fleet 1718
Sir John NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1740
 
13.4.1721-20.10.1721British Baltic Fleet 1721
Sir John NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1740
 
 
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