British Third Rate ship of the line 'Alcide' (1755)

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Alcide	2967
Nominal Guns	64	B028
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Alcide' (1743) (64)
Captured	8.6.1755	B028
First Commissioned	4.4.1757	B028
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Mars Class	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Joseph-Louis Ollivier	NNF-1715
Category	Third Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Sold	27.5.1772	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck159' 0"Imperial Feet48.4632
Length of Keel128' 4 ½"Imperial Feet39.0271
Breadth44' 10 ¼"Imperial Feet13.4176
Depth in Hold18' 2 ⅜"Imperial Feet5.4959
Burthen1,373 ⁷⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

4.1757Broadside Weight = 510 Imperial Pound ( 231.285 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.1757500EstablishmentBWAS-1714

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
4.4.1757 - 22.9.1759Captain James Douglas (1703-1787) ADM 6/18/378BWAS-171422.9.1759 - 7.9.1763Captain Thomas Hankerson (c.1712-1780) ADM 6/19/270
Issued by Charles Saunders (1713-1775), North America
Confirmed 27.1.1760BWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
20.2.1757

Arrived in Portsmouth

BWAS-1714
26.3.1757Purchased at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £23325.5.0dBWAS-1714
7.1757fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £10202.4.9dBWAS-1714
5.6.1758Raid on Saint-Malo
15.9.1758Took the Flûte Le Robuste (24) , 20 leagues to the Westward of Cape FinisterreBG
7.1.1762Operations against Martinique
6.6.1762Operations against Havana
7.9.1763Paid offADM 51
7.1764

Surveyed but not repaired

BWAS-1714
27.5.1772

Sold at Portsmouth for £1,510

BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

BGOfficial, Web Site

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