British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Chatham' (1758)

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Chatham -> 1810 Tilbury	3583
Nominal Guns	50	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	20.10.1752	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	14.12.1752	BWAS-1714
Named	22.11.1752	BWAS-1714
Launched	25.4.1758	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	13.1.1758	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Joseph Allin (d.1759)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Edward Allin (d.1795)	BWAS-1714
Category	Fourth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	5.1814	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck147' 0"Imperial Feet44.8056
Length of Keel123' 0 ¼"Imperial Feet37.4968
Breadth40' 3"Imperial Feet12.2682
Depth in Hold17' 8"Imperial Feet5.2106
Burthen1,067 ³⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

25.4.1758Broadside Weight = 414 Imperial Pound ( 187.749 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck22 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1745350Design Complement

20 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
13.1.1758 - 5.3.1760CaptainJohn Lockhart (1721-1790) ADM 6/18/470BWAS-17149.4.1760 - 31.7.1764CaptainThomas Lynn (d.1781) ADM 6/19/156BWAS-17142.4.1766 - 16.8.1766CaptainJohn Falkingham (d.1777) ADM 6/20/113BWAS-171416.8.1766 - 3.8.1768CaptainCharles Buckner (1736-c.1811) ADM 6/20/188
Issued by Thomas Pye (1713-1785), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 23.12.1767BWAS-17143.8.1768 - 20.3.1769CaptainWilliam Garner (d.1787) ADM 6/20/210ADM 6/2020.3.1769 - 28.8.1769CaptainRobert Gregory (c.1734-1774) ADM 6/20/269
Issued by Thomas Pye (1713-1785), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 1.2.1770BWAS-17147.3.1772 - 2.11.1772CaptainCharles Thompson (1740-1799) ADM 6/20/433BWAS-17142.11.1772 - 26.7.1775CaptainJames Worth (c.1722-?) ADM 6/20/497
Issued by William Parry (c.1699-1779), Leeward Islands - Lesser Antilles - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 1.6.1773BWAS-171426.7.1775 - 6.9.1776CaptainJohn Raynor (c.1730-1784) ADM 6/21/107BWAS-17146.9.1776 - 25.12.1777CaptainTobias Caulfield (c.1739-1781)BWAS-171425.12.1777 - 16.5.1778CaptainThe Hon. William Cornwallis (1744-1819) ADM 6/21/417
Issued by Lord Richard Howe (4^th Viscount Howe) (1725/26-1799), North America
Commission confirmed 1.6.1778BWAS-171416.5.1778 - 11.10.1780CaptainWilliam Allen (1728-1804) ADM 6/21/406BWAS-171411.10.1780 - 2.7.1781CaptainSir John Orde (1751-1824) ADM 6/22/181BWAS-17142.7.1781 - 14.4.1783CaptainAndrew Snape Douglas (1761-1797) ADM 6/23/74
Issued by Marriot Arbuthnot (1711-1794), North America
Commission confirmed 23.5.1783BWAS-171415.4.1783 - 27.5.1783CaptainEdward Shepherd (d.1791) ADM 6/23/150
Issued by Robert Digby (1732-1815), North America
Commission confirmed 8.10.1783ADM 6/2327.5.1783 - 1783CaptainWilliam Knell (d.1798) ADM 6/23/169
Issued by Robert Digby (1732-1815), North America
Commission confirmed 3.12.1783ADM 6/2325.10.1790 - 1790LieutenantEdmund Elliston (c.1734-1804) ADM 6/24/82ADM 6/247.1793 - 1800LieutenantLionel Hill (c.1733-1800)†BWAS-17141800 - 3.1802LieutenantJames MandersonBWAS-17142.1800 - 28.5.1800LieutenantPhilip Browne (1772-?)NBD1849

6 Flag Officers

DatesRankNameSource
8.1767 - 8.1769Vice-Admiral of the BlueThomas Pye (1713-1785)BWAS-17143.1772 - 7.1775Vice-Admiral of the BlueWilliam Parry (c.1699-1779)BWAS-17149.1775 - 5.2.1776Rear-Admiral of the WhiteMolyneaux Shuldham (1717-1798)BWAS-17145.2.1776 - 6.9.1776Vice-Admiral of the BlueMolyneaux Shuldham (1717-1798)BWAS-17146.9.1776 - 28.4.1777CommodoreSir Peter Parker (1715-1811)BWAS-171428.4.1777 - 1778Rear-Admiral of the BlueSir Peter Parker (1715-1811)BWAS-1714

5 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
30.3.1759 - 18.1.1761Third LieutenantEdmund Elliston (c.1734-1804) ADM 6/19/52ref:84918.1.1761 - 18.7.1763Third LieutenantJohn Webb (d.1786) ADM 6/20/54
Issued by Charles Steevens (1705-1761)
Commission confirmed 16.10.1764ref:84918.7.1763 - 31.7.1764Second LieutenantJohn Webb (d.1786) ADM 6/20/54
Issued by Samuel Cornish (1715-1770), East Indies - Asia
Commission confirmed 16.10.1764ref:84926.7.1775 - 11.7.1776Second LieutenantRoger Curtis (1746-1816) ADM 6/21/107ref:61611.1775 - 1.6.1777Acting LieutenantPhilip D'Auvergne (1754-1816)ref:616

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1772MidshipmanJames Gambier (1756-1833)ref:6761776MidshipmanManley Dixon (1757-1838)ref:616

Service History

DateEventSource
23.5.1758building at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £24580.9.9dBWAS-1714
18.5.1759Took the Frigate Aréthuse (32)
6.1759In the ChannelBWAS-1714
3.7.1759Bombardment of Le Havre
20.11.1759Battle of Quiberon Bay
8.6.1760Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
31.7.1764

Returned home and paid off

BWAS-1714
1.1766Began small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
2.1766RecommissionedBWAS-1714
6.1766Completed small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £10240.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.7.1766Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1767Flagship in the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
28.8.1769

Returned home and paid off

BWAS-1714
3.1770Began middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
3.1772RecommissionedBWAS-1714
6.1772Completed middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £17739.9.9dBWAS-1714
12.6.1772Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
7.1775Returned home and paid offBWAS-1714
9.1775RecommissionedBWAS-1714
30.10.1775Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
2.7.1776Staten Island Landings
12.1776At Rhode IslandBWAS-1714
6.12.1776Occupation of Rhode Island
1778Returned homeBWAS-1714
4.1778Began small repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
5.1778RecommissionedBWAS-1714
9.1778Completed small repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £8181.8.11dBWAS-1714
27.3.1779Sailed to meet East India shipsBWAS-1714
1.1780Began coppering at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
4.1780Completed coppering at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £5828.4.0dBWAS-1714
18.5.1780Took the Privateer L'Alexandrine (10)
1.12.1780Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
1781In Chesapeake operationsBWAS-1714
9.6.1781Took the Privateer General Washington
2.9.1781Took the Frigate Magicienne (32) Off Boston
5.10.1781Took the Privateer General Starke
31.10.1781Took the Privateer Hyder Ali
21.12.1781Took the Brig Active (8) Twenty five leagues from the Capes of Delaware
31.7.1783

Paid off

BWAS-1714
11.1783fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
1791Sheer hulk at ChathamBWAS-1714
1791Refitted as a Other Vessels Sheer Hulk
3.1793fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £804.0.0dBWAS-1714
1.1797Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
4.1797Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £5238.0.0dBWAS-1714
1800Receiving ship at FalmouthBWAS-1714
1800Refitted as a Other Vessels Receiving Ship
27.5.1802

Paid off

BWAS-1714
12.1805Refitted as a Other Vessels Powder Depot
12.1805fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
29.6.1810Renamed TilburyBWAS-1714
5.1814Broken up at ChathamBWAS-1714

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Posted by Brian Stephens on Friday 2nd of May 2014 01:07

The Gentleman's magazine. v. 51 (1781).
An official account has been received from the commissioner of his Majesty's Navy at Halifax, of the capture of the Magicienne French frigate of 32 guns 280 men, by the Chatham man of war of 64 guns. The frigate engaged the man of war half an hour, had 32 men killed and 54 wounded, the Chatham, Capt. Douglas, had only 2 men killed and 4 wounded.

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