British Third Rate ship of the line 'Defence' (1762)

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Defence

322
Nominal Guns74BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered13.12.1758BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down14.5.1759BWAS-1714
Named19.4.1759BWAS-1714
Launched31.3.1762BWAS-1714
First Commissioned22.2.1770
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardPlymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
Ship ClassBellona Class
Designed bySir Thomas Slade (1703-1771)BWAS-1714
ConstructorIsrael Pownoll (d.1779)BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the Line
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Wrecked24.12.1811BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck168' 0"Imperial Feet51.2064 
Length of Keel138' 0"Imperial Feet42.0624 
Breadth46' 9"Imperial Feet14.0589 
Depth in Hold19' 9"Imperial Feet5.8166 
Draught Forward12' 4"Imperial Feet3.7084 
Draught Aft18' 0"Imperial Feet5.4864 
Burthen1,603 8⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


31.3.1762Broadside Weight = 781 Imperial Pound ( 354.1835 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
31.1.1758550Design Complement

16 Commanding Officers


DatesRankNameSource
22.2.1770 - 29.5.1771CaptainJohn Reynolds (d.1788) ADM 6/20/271BWAS-171412.6.1778 - 8.1.1782CaptainJames Cranston (c.1733-1790) ADM 6/21/423BWAS-17148.1.1782 - 23.12.1783CaptainThomas Newnham (d.1795) ADM 6/22/395BWAS-171423.12.1783 - 18.11.1784CaptainThomas Troubridge (1758-1807) ADM 6/23/287
Issued by Edward Hughes (1720-1794), East Indies - Asia
Commission confirmed 5.7.1785BWAS-171411.1784 - 1.1786CaptainChristopher Halliday (d.1790)BWAS-171418.11.1784 - 1784CaptainAndrew Mitchell (1757-1806) ADM 6/23/492
Issued by Edward Hughes (1720-1794), East Indies - Asia
Commission confirmed 2.12.1788ADM 6/2328.8.1790 - 14.12.1790CaptainThe Hon. George Murray (1741-1797) ADM 6/24/63ADM 6/246.5.1793 - 23.9.1794CaptainJames Gambier (1756-1833) ADM 6/24/236BWAS-171423.9.1794 - 1797CaptainThomas Wells (1759-1811) ADM 6/25/88BWAS-17143.1798 - 5.1798CaptainWilliam BrownBWAS-17145.1798 - 11.1798CaptainJohn PeytonBWAS-171411.1798 - 2.1799CommanderThomas StephensonBWAS-17142.1799 - 3.7.1802CaptainHenry Paulet (1767-1832)BWAS-171427.5.1803 - 12.1805CaptainGeorge Johnstone Hope (1767-1818)NAO11.1806 - 2.1811CaptainCharles EkinsBWAS-17142.1811 - 24.12.1811CaptainDavid Atkins (d.1811)†BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
10.1794 - 1794Rear-Admiral of the BlueRobert Man (1745-1813)BWAS-1714

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
16.10.1779 - 3.4.1780Acting CarpenterRichard BryantADM29-1

8 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1794MidshipmanCharles Sibthorp John HawtayneADM 171/81794MidshipmanWilliam Henry Dillon (d.1857)ADM 171/81794MidshipmanThomas ConsittADM 171/81794Master's MateJohn Cook CarpenterADM 171/81794MidshipmanWilliam RattrayADM 171/83.12.1799 - 8.1802MidshipmanJames BrasierNBD18496.1803 - 24.12.1805Master's MateWilliam Buchanan (1777-?)NBD18491804 - 20.2.1805MidshipmanGeorge Guy BurtonNBD1849

14 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
1794Ordinary SeamanJohn GarrettADM 171/81794LandmanWilliam SkuceADM 171/81794LandmanStephen GaleADM 171/81794Ordinary SeamanAndrew ScotlandADM 171/81794LandmanHenry EdwardsADM 171/81794LandmanWilliam RidettADM 171/81794LandmanMatthias DwyerADM 171/81794LandmanWilliam HoughtonADM 171/81794Able SeamanRobert DelamaineADM 171/81794Captain's ServantJames HamshireADM 171/81794Able SeamanRobert ChallenorADM 171/81794Quarter GunnerGeorge GoodenoughADM 171/81794Ordinary SeamanJohn WilliamsADM 171/81794LandmanJosiah BellADM 171/8

Service History


DateEventSource
1770Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
3.1770Commissioned as a guardship at PlymouthBWAS-1714
19.10.1770Completed at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £27690.3.4dBWAS-1714
19.10.1770Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £11208.17.11dBWAS-1714
29.5.1771

Paid off

BWAS-1714
6.1778RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1779Channel fleetBWAS-1714
4.1779Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
5.1779Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £4714.17.6dBWAS-1714
8.1.1780Attack on the Caracas Convoy
16.1.1780Battle of Cape St. Vincent
12.4.1781Arrived at Gibraltar as part of the relief fleetBWAS-1714
6.2.1782Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
20.6.17832nd Battle of Cuddalore
31.1.1786

Paid off

BWAS-1714
14.12.1790

Paid off

BWAS-1714
5.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1.6.1794Glorious 1st of June
23.5.1795Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
13.7.1795Battle of Hyeres
1.8.1798Battle of the Nile
2.12.1798

Arrived at Gibraltar.

TNC
11.6.1800Her boats took Nochette and other gunboats off QuiberonBWAS-1714
11.6.1800Destroyed, with others, the Therese in Bourgheuf BayBWAS-1714
2.4.1801Battle of Copenhagen
28.9.1801Took the privateer Enfant du Carnaval off the Portugese coastBWAS-1714
28.9.1801Took the Privateer L'Enfant du Carnaval (14)
3.7.1802

Paid off

BWAS-1714
5.1803RecommissionedBWAS-1714
7.1803Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
31.7.1803Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £10505.0.0dBWAS-1714
21.10.1805Battle of Trafalgar
12.1805Paid offBWAS-1714
4.1806Began large repair at Chatham - Kent BWAS-1714
1.1807Completed large repair at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £24535.0.0dBWAS-1714
8.1807Copenhagen expeditionBWAS-1714
15.8.1807Second Battle of Copenhagen
12.1807Blockade of CadizBWAS-1714
24.12.1811Wrecked on Laland Island off Jutland, 5 survivors out of 530BWAS-1714

Fleets
FromUntilFleetFleet CommanderSource
1798/08/141798Saumarez's Squadron 1798Sir James Saumarez (1757-1836)
 
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