British Sixth Rate ship 'Bideford' (1756)

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Bideford
Biddeford
Nominal Guns	20	B028
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	30.10.1754	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	9.1.1755	BWAS-1714
Named	26.11.1754	BWAS-1714
Launched	2.3.1756	B028
First Commissioned	11.2.1756	B028
How acquired	Purpose built	B028
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	B028
Designed by	Sir Thomas SladeBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1744-1756	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Adam HayesBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1748-1785	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Wrecked	31.12.1761	B028

Armament

2.1756Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
2.1756160EstablishmentBWAS-1714

6 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
11.2.1756 - 15.11.1756Captain ADM 6/18/235BWAS-171415.11.1756 - 11.3.1757Captain Transfered ADM 6/18/324ADM 6/1814.6.1757 - 7.2.1758Captain Transfered ADM 6/18/409BWAS-17147.2.1758 - 4.4.1760Captain† Discharged Dead ADM 6/18/485BWAS-17141.7.1760 - 10.9.1761Captain Transfered ADM 6/19/178BWAS-171410.9.1761 - 31.12.1761Captain† ADM 6/19/347BWAS-1714

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
1758 - 7.8.1758Unknown Transfered ADM 36/4801/118ADM 36

Service History

DateEventSource
25.4.1756Completed at a cost of £9,950.15.0d including fittingBWAS-1714
7.1756Based in the DownsBWAS-1714
1757With Hawke's fleetBWAS-1714
30.7.1757Took the Schooner
30.9.1757Took the Privateer BWAS-1714
26.8.1758Took the Privateer
4.4.1760Action of 4 April 1760
14.3.1761Took the Sloop BG
14.4.1761Took the Privateer
3.5.1761Took the Privateer
31.12.1761Wrecked off Hazeborough Sands (North Norfolk)BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/18 Archive

ADM 36 Archive

BGOfficial, Web Site

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