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Nominal Guns74BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered22.11.1760BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down2.6.1761BWAS-1714
Named22.12.1760BWAS-1714
Launched20.7.1765BWAS-1714
First Commissioned10.1776BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardDeptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
Ship ClassRamillies Class (1760)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Sir Thomas SladeBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1744-1783
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Adam HayesBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1748-1785
BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up3.1813BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck168' 5"Imperial Feet51.2083 
Length of Keel138' 2 ¾"Imperial Feet42.0815 
Breadth46' 10"Imperial Feet14.0208 
Depth in Hold19' 9"Imperial Feet5.8166 
Draught Forward12' 6"Imperial Feet3.7338 
Draught Aft17' 6"Imperial Feet5.2034 
Burthen1,612 6594Tons BM 

Armament


20.7.1765Broadside 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
25.4.1760550Design Complement

18 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
29.10.1776 - 8.12.1778Captain
Joshua RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1787
ADM 6/21/225
BWAS-1714
8.12.1778 - 20.9.1780Captain
Adam DuncanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1849
ADM 6/21/485
BWAS-1714
20.9.1780 - 29.6.1783Captain
Lord Francis ReynoldsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1787
ADM 6/22/173
BWAS-1714
16.6.1790 - 3.12.1792Captain
Peter RainierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1768-1805
ADM 6/24/41
BWAS-1714
3.12.1792 - 11.12.1793Captain
Sir James WallaceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1799
: on board from 10.12.1792 ADM 6/24/182
BWAS-1714
11.12.1793 - 4.1795Captain
Frank SotheronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1814
ADM 6/24/290
BWAS-1714
23.6.1794 - 1795Captain
John CookeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1794
ref:616
4.1795 - 8.1797Captain
John ElphinstoneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1795
BWAS-1714
8.1797 - 10.1798Captain
Edward O'BryenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1808
BWAS-1714
10.1798 - 5.1799Captain
Samuel SuttonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1805
BWAS-1714
5.1799 - 6.1799Captain
Archibald Collingwood DicksonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1816
BWAS-1714
6.1799 - 7.1801Captain
James Robert MosseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1765-1801
BWAS-1714
7.1801 - 11.1801Captain
Thomas PeytonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1801
BWAS-1714
11.1801Captain
Peter PugetBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1808
BWAS-1714
5.1803 - 1805Captain
John Clarke SearleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1811
BWAS-1714
2.1806 - 7.1806Captain
John Clarke SearleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1811
BWAS-1714
7.1806 - 12.8.1812Captain
Richard LeeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1814
BWAS-1714
9.1812 - 12.1812Captain
Francis NewcombeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1825
BWAS-1714

5 Flag Officers


DatesRankNameSource
12.4.1794 - 4.1795Rear-Admiral of the White
Sir James WallaceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1799
BWAS-1714
14.3.1795 - 1797Rear-Admiral of the White
George Keith ElphinstoneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1815
ADM 6/25/146
BWAS-1714
9.1797 - 1798Vice-Admiral of the Red
Sir Richard Onslow (1st Baronet of Althain)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1805
BWAS-1714
5.1799 - 6.1799Vice-Admiral of the Red
Archibald DicksonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1802
BWAS-1714
5.1803 - 1804Admiral of the Blue
Lord George Keith Elphinstone (Baron Keith)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1815
BWAS-1714

11 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
21.5.1778 - 8.12.1778Lieutenant
Thomas HoarBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1773-1825
Transfered
ref:616
16.6.1790 - 1793First Lieutenant
Joseph BullenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1841
ADM 6/24/41
ADM 6/24
23.12.1790 - 1790Fifth Lieutenant
William WallisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790
ADM 6/24/96
ADM 6/24
6.11.1793 - 29.1.1795Lieutenant
John AyscoughBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1849
: on board from 9.11.1793 Transfered ADM 196/3/4
NBD1849
1795 - 24.7.1796Lieutenant
Peter RibouleauBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1846
NBD1849
10.1795 - 8.1795Lieutenant
Patrick CampbellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1788-1830
ref:616
2.1796 - 6.1796First Lieutenant
James BrisbaneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1802
ref:616
4.1.1798 - 3.1.1801Lieutenant
Charles Philip Butler BatemanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1910
Discharged ADM 196/3/80
ADM 196
1801 - 2.4.1801Lieutenant
William MinchinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1821
BG
6.1803 - 22.1.1806Lieutenant
Hew StewartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1816
BG
8.6.1804 - 3.8.1805Lieutenant
Colin MacDonaldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1846
NBD1849

3 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
24.3.1795 - 5.9.1799Chaplain
Samuel ColeBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1790-1802
ADM 29-1
25.3.1795 - 8.9.1798Boatswain
William IrelandBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1776-1824
ADM 29/8
1801 - 2.4.1801Boatswain
William JoyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801
BG

11 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
10.1777 - 1777Midshipman
Philip BeaverBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1791
W033
4.11.1779 - 13.10.1780Midshipman
William Gordon RutherfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1807
NAO
21.8.1796 - 23.8.1796Midshipman
Parkins PrynnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1807
NAO
24.8.1796 - 13.7.1797Master's Mate
Parkins PrynnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1807
NAO
1801 - 2.4.1801Midshipman
Philip Le VesconteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801
BG
1801 - 2.4.1801Midshipman
George MorganBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801
BG
1801 - 2.4.1801Midshipman
Thomas HarlowBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801
BG
1801 - 2.4.1801Midshipman
W J BowesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801
BG
1801 - 2.4.1801Midshipman
Henry SwymmerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801
BG
25.5.1803 - 5.1804Midshipman
James AtkinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1814
NBD1849
8.6.1807 - 1.1812Midshipman
Grosvenor BunsterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1806-1815
NBD1849

6 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
8.12.1778 - 1.6.1779Captain's Servant
William Gordon RutherfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1807
NAO
2.6.1779 - 3.11.1779Able Seaman
William Gordon RutherfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1807
NAO
3.1797 - 17981st Class Volunteer
Thomas BennettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1838
NBD1849
8.2.1804 - 8.18041st Class Volunteer
Edwin Ludlow RichBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1804-1841
NBD1849
4.12.1804 - 8.18051st Class Volunteer
John HayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1804-1843
NBD1849
18.4.1806 - 8.6.1807Landman
Grosvenor BunsterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1806-1815
NBD1849

2 Marines


DatesRankNameSource
1801 - 2.4.1801Lieutenant
James DennisBritish
Marine
Soldier
Service 1796-1801
BG
1801 - 2.4.1801Lieutenant of Marines
James MarrieBritish
Marine
Service 1798-1801
BG

Service History


DateEventSource
24.9.1765Completed at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £34407.19.10dBWAS-1714
7.1773Began middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
4.1774Completed middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £8559.18.8dBWAS-1714
6.1777fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
10.1777fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £9677.1.8dBWAS-1714
27.7.17781st Battle of Ushant
8.1.1780Attack on Caraccas shipsBWAS-1714
8.1.1780Attack on the Caracas Convoy
16.1.1780Battle of Cape St. Vincent
19.1.1780Sailed to the Relief of GibraltarBWAS-1714
5.1780Completed at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £9203.2.9dBWAS-1714
26.10.1780Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
3.2.1781At St EustatiusBWAS-1714
4.2.1781Took the Ship of the Line
Mars (68) 1763-1781
Dutch 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
off St Eustatius

29.4.1781Battle of Fort Royal
8.1781Sailed to North AmericaBWAS-1714
5.9.1781Battle of the Chesapeake
25.1.1782Battle of Saint Kitts
12.4.1782Battle of the Saintes
19.4.1782Battle of the Mona Passage
9.1782Sailed to North AmericaBWAS-1714
29.6.1783Paid offADM 51
8.1787Began great repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
1.1790Completed great repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £36469.14.1dBWAS-1714
6.1790RecommissionedBWAS-1714
7.1790fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £5550.11.4dBWAS-1714
17.9.1791

Paid off

BWAS-1714
12.1792RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1.1793fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
24.3.1793Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
4.1795Sailed for the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1714
5.1795Capture of the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1714
17.8.1796Capture of Lucas's squadron in Saldanha BayBWAS-1714
8.1797fitting at Portsmouth - Hampshire at a cost of £11821.0.0dBWAS-1714
11.10.1797Battle of Camperdown
10.1798In the North SeaBWAS-1714
2.4.1801Battle of Copenhagen
8.1801repairs at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £17054.0.0dBWAS-1714
7.1803fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £10128.0.0dBWAS-1714
1.8.1804In attempt on invasion craft at BoulogneBWAS-1714
9.1805Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
4.1806Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
15.7.1806Boat attack on the GirondeBWAS-1714
25.9.1806Action off Rochefort
11.1807At Lisbon, then escort to the Portugese Royal family on voyage to BrazilBWAS-1714
28.7.1809Expedition to the Scheldt
8.1.1812

Paid off

BWAS-1714
3.1813Broken up at ChathamBWAS-1714

 

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