British Third Rate ship of the line 'Orford' (1713)

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Orford

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Nominal Guns70B028
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
PreviouslyBritish Third Rate ship of the line 'Orford' (1698) (70)
Ordered26.2.1708/9BWAS-1603
Keel Laid Down23.8.1709BWAS-1603
Launched17.3.1712/13BWAS-1603
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1603
ShipyardDeptford - London BWAS-1603
Ship Class1706 Establishment 70-GunnerB028
ConstructorGeorge FowlerBWAS-1603
CategoryThird RateB028
Ship TypeShip of the Line B028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Wrecked13.2.1744/45BWAS-1603

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck151' 1 ½"Imperial Feet46.0375 
Length of Keel121' 2"Imperial Feet36.8832 
Breadth41' 3 ½"Imperial Feet12.5095 
Depth in Hold17' 5"Imperial Feet5.1997 
Burthen1,098 81⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


17.3.1712/13Broadside Weight = 459 Imperial Pound ( 208.1565 kg)BWAS-1603
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
4.1706440Design Complement
1715110as a guardshipBWAS-1603

14 Commanding Officers


DatesRankNameSource
26.7.1715 - 27.9.1715CaptainRupert Billingsley (d.1720) ADM 6/12/47ADM 6/128.11.1715 - 3.4.1716CaptainRupert Billingsley (d.1720) ADM 6/12/56ADM 6/124.4.1716 - 28.2.1715/16CaptainFrancis Dove (d.1724/25) ADM 6/12/66BWAS-160311.9.1716 - 23.1.1717/18CaptainJohn Balchen (1669/70-1744) ADM 6/12/77ADM 6/1214.3.1717/18 - 4.6.1720CaptainEdward Falkingham (c.1679-1757) ADM 6/12/118BWAS-160320.6.1720 - 12.2.1726/27CaptainJohn Mighells (d.1746) ADM 6/12/218
Commission confirmed 18.11.1720ADM 6/1213.2.1726/27 - 15.7.1728CaptainCharles Browne (c.1678-1753) ADM 6/13/133BWAS-160319.5.1731 - 6.6.1731CaptainCharles Browne (c.1678-1753) ADM 6/14/76ADM 6/1429.11.1733 - 21.7.1736CaptainRobert Man (1675-1745) ADM 6/14/156BWAS-160313.6.1739 - 27.2.1739/40CaptainRichard Thomas Girlington (d.1743) ADM 6/15/186BWAS-160328.2.1739/40 - 28.5.1741CaptainLord Augustus Fitzroy (1716-1741) ADM 6/15/250BWAS-16035.6.1741 - 16.7.1742CaptainPerry Mayne (c.1697-1761) ADM 6/16/37
Commission confirmed 30.3.1742BWAS-160313.8.1742 - bef.28.10.1742CaptainCharles Dennison (d.1742) ADM 6/16/85ADM 6/1629.10.1742 - 13.2.1744/45CaptainPerry Mayne (c.1697-1761) ADM 6/16/112ADM 6/16

50 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
27.7.1715 - 13.2.1716/17First LieutenantGeorge Protheroe ADM 6/12/47ADM 6/1227.7.1715 - 26.3.1716Second LieutenantSamuel Braithwaite (d.1749) ADM 6/12/47ADM 6/1227.7.1715 - 30.11.1715Third LieutenantThomas Trefusis (1687-1754) ADM 6/12/47ADM 6/121.12.1715 - 18.4.1716Third LieutenantChristopher Simons (d.1728) ADM 6/12/58ADM 6/1212.4.1716 - 20.2.1716/17Second LieutenantWilliam Fearnly ADM 6/12/67ADM 6/1219.4.1716 - 29.11.1716Third LieutenantEdward Mansfield ADM 6/12/67ADM 6/1230.11.1716 - 16.3.1717/18Third LieutenantBusby Mansell (d.bef.1734) ADM 6/12/81ADM 6/1221.2.1716/17 - 16.3.1717/18First LieutenantWilliam Fearnly ADM 6/12/91ADM 6/1221.2.1716/17 - 16.3.1717/18Second LieutenantSamuel Hill (d.c.1729) ADM 6/12/91ADM 6/1217.3.1717/18 - 13.2.1726/27First LieutenantSamuel Toft ADM 6/12/119ADM 6/1217.3.1717/18 - 13.2.1726/27Second LieutenantJeremiah Catlyne ADM 6/12/119ADM 6/1217.3.1717/18 - 27.10.1718Third LieutenantJames Howard ADM 6/12/119ADM 6/1213.5.1720 - 22.5.1721Fourth LieutenantBarrett Collier ADM 6/12/217
Commission confirmed 11.11.1720ADM 6/1214.2.1726/27 - 20.11.1727First LieutenantEdmund Williams (d.1751/52) ADM 6/13/134ADM 6/1314.2.1726/27 - 1729Second LieutenantFrancis Robinson (d.1729)† ADM 6/14/134ADM 6/1314.2.1726/27 - 20.11.1727Third LieutenantPeter Peters (d.1754) ADM 6/13/134ADM 6/135.5.1727 - 31.7.1728Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsGeorge Murray (d.1785) ADM 6/13/142ADM 6/1319.5.1731 - 6.6.1731First LieutenantWilliam Carey (d.1742) ADM 6/14/77ADM 6/1419.5.1731 - 6.6.1731Second LieutenantJames Scott ADM 6/14/77ADM 6/1419.5.1731 - 7.6.1731Third LieutenantThomas Dove (d.1767) ADM 6/14/77ADM 6/1419.5.1731 - 6.6.1731Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsJacob Cornwall ADM 6/14/77ADM 6/1423.11.1733 - 15.5.1738First LieutenantIsaac Barnard (d.1758) ADM 6/15/155ADM 6/1423.11.1733 - 30.1.1733/34Second LieutenantOrmond Thomson (d.1753) ADM 6/14/155ADM 6/1431.1.1733/34 - 23.12.1737Second LieutenantOrmond Thomson (d.1753) ADM 6/15/162ADM 6/1431.1.1733/34 - 29.3.1734Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsHenry Stewart (d.1746) ADM 6/14/162ADM 6/1430.3.1734 - 15.7.1739Third LieutenantHenry Stewart (d.1746) ADM 6/15/180ADM 6/1430.3.1734 - 28.7.1738Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsCharles Knowler (d.1789) ADM 6/15/180ADM 6/1413.6.1739 - 13.9.1739Third LieutenantAlexander A'Court (c.1710-1742) ADM 6/15/186ADM 6/1513.6.1739 - 13.9.1739Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsEdward Bradston (1708-1742) ADM 6/15/186ADM 6/1514.9.1739 - 3.3.1739/40Second LieutenantAlexander A'Court (c.1710-1742) ADM 6/15/222ADM 6/1514.9.1739 - 3.3.1739/40Third LieutenantRobert Watkins (d.1746) ADM 6/15/221ADM 6/1518.9.1739 - 3.3.1739/40Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsBowles Seymour (d.1747) ADM 6/15/222ADM 6/154.3.1739/40 - 12.3.1739/40First LieutenantAlexander A'Court (c.1710-1742) ADM 6/15/255ADM 6/154.3.1739/40 - 12.3.1739/40Second LieutenantRobert Watkins (d.1746) ADM 6/15/255ADM 6/154.3.1739/40 - 12.3.1739/40Third LieutenantBowles Seymour (d.1747) ADM 6/15/255ADM 6/154.3.1739/40 - 12.3.1739/40Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsCharles Greenwood (d.1749) ADM 6/15/255ADM 6/1513.3.1739/40 - 26.9.1740First LieutenantRobert Watkins (d.1746) ADM 6/15/260ADM 6/1513.3.1739/40 - 13.1.1740/41Second LieutenantBowles Seymour (d.1747) ADM 6/15/260ADM 6/1513.3.1739/40 - 7.6.1741Third LieutenantCharles Greenwood (d.1749) ADM 6/15/260ADM 6/1513.3.1739/40 - 31.5.1741Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsRobert Taylor (c.1714-?) ADM 6/16/260ADM 6/1527.9.1740 - 7.6.1741First LieutenantJohn Robinson ADM 6/16/338ADM 6/1514.1.1740/41 - 8.6.1741Second LieutenantGeorge Ireland (c.1718-1750) ADM 6/15/462
Commission confirmed 28.9.1741ADM 6/158.6.1741 - 21.7.1742First LieutenantHenry Rice ADM 6/16/56
Commission confirmed 20.5.1742ADM 6/1617.12.1742 - 13.2.1744/45First LieutenantHenry Rice ADM 6/16/124ADM 6/167.3.1742/43 - 27.12.1743Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsHenry Prettie (1708-1768) ADM 6/16/154ADM 6/1628.12.1743 - 17.4.1744Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsCharles Hardy (d.bef.1750) ADM 6/17/99
Issued by Sir Chaloner Ogle (1681-1750)
Commission confirmed 1.5.1746ADM 6/1719.4.1744 - 10.5.1744Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsFrancis Nicholls ADM 6/16/493
Commission confirmed 13.6.1745ADM 6/1611.5.1744 - 12.5.1744Third LieutenantFrancis Nicholls ADM 6/16/493
Commission confirmed 13.6.1745ADM 6/1613.5.1744 - 13.2.1744/45Second LieutenantFrancis Nicholls ADM 6/16/493
Commission confirmed 13.6.1745ADM 6/1631.5.1744 - 13.2.1744/45Third LieutenantJoseph Willis (d.1749) ADM 6/16/528
Issued by Sir Chaloner Ogle (1681-1750)
Commission confirmed 13.8.1745ADM 6/16

6 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
15.3.1725/26 - 18.6.1727Midshipman OrdinaryThomas Dias ADM 107/3/187ADM107/319.6.1727 - 10.7.1728MidshipmanThomas Dias ADM 107/3/187ADM107/310.7.1739 - 25.3.1740MidshipmanFrancis Davis (c.1720-1770) ADM 107/3/455ADM107/37.7.1740 - 25.6.1741MidshipmanWilliam Cook (c.1720-?) ADM 107/3/482ADM107/325.6.1741 - 21.9.1742Master's MateWilliam Cook (c.1720-?) ADM 107/3/482ADM107/310.6.1743 - 16.8.1743Master's MateRichard Manley (d.1759) ADM 6/86/88ADM 6/86

Service History


DateEventSource
17.3.1712/13Completed at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1603
1715Guardship at ChathamBWAS-1603
1717In the BalticBWAS-1603
1718fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £1096.8.2dBWAS-1603
11.8.1718Battle of Cape Passaro
12.1720Began great repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1603
4.1722Completed great repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £12580.7.4dBWAS-1603
1727At the NoreBWAS-1603
1731small repair at UnknownBWAS-1603
1733Began fitting at UnknownBWAS-1603
1734RecommissionedBWAS-1603
1734Completed fittingBWAS-1603
1735In the TagusBWAS-1603
21.7.1736Paid offBWAS-1603
7.1737Began great repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1603
1739RecommissionedBWAS-1603
7.1739Completed great repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £20725.18.7dBWAS-1603
8.4.1740Capture of the Princesa
8.4.1740Took the Ship of the Line Princesa (70) off Cape Finisterre
7.1740Off FerrolBWAS-1603
26.10.1740Sailed for the West IndiesBWAS-1603
7.1.1740/41Action of January 7 1741
3.1740/41In operations against CartagenaBWAS-1603
3.1741/42At Porto BelloBWAS-1603
13.2.1744/45Bilged on Hogsties Reef off Great Inagua Island in the BahamasBWAS-1603

 
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Posted by Albert Parker on Saturday 16th of November 2019 03:52

On October 6/17, 1744, French ships of the line /Neptune/, 74, and /Fleuron/, 64, patrolling off Cape Tiburon (SW tip of Hispaniola) while waiting for French merchantmen from the south shore of Saint-Domingue to work around to join a convoy at Petit Goâve, happened upon /Orford/ "and in a short engagement damaged some of the British ship's yards and rigging. The /Orford/ headed back to Port Royal." This cleared the way for the south shore merchantmen. /Source/: John Charles Martin Ogelsby, "War at Sea in the West Indies, 1739-1748 (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington, 1963), pp. 183-84.

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