British Sixth Rate ship 'Deal Castle' (1756)

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Deal Castle

3832
Nominal Guns20BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered30.10.1754BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down9.1.1755BWAS-1714
Named26.11.1754BWAS-1714
Launched20.1.1756BWAS-1714
First Commissioned26.1.1756BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardDeptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
Ship ClassSquirrel ClassBWAS-1714
Constructor Adam Hayes (d.1785)BWAS-1714
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip BWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Foundered11.10.1780BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck107' 3"Imperial Feet32.6245 
Length of Keel88' 6 ½"Imperial Feet26.8351 
Breadth29' 2"Imperial Feet8.8448 
Depth in Hold9' 2"Imperial Feet2.794 
Burthen400 61⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


20.1.1756Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1754160Design Complement

13 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
26.1.1756 - 20.8.1756Captain Edward Hughes (1720-1794) ADM 6/18/229BWAS-171420.8.1756 - 23.8.1756Captain Stephen Colby (c.1720-1779) Transfered ADM 6/18/302ADM 6/1823.8.1756 - 18.10.1758Captain Henry Angel (c.1714-1777) Transfered ADM 6/18/303BWAS-171418.10.1758 - 2.2.1763Captain George Tindall (d.1777) ADM 6/18/548BWAS-171410.5.1763 - 24.7.1766Captain Digby Dent (1739-1817) ADM 6/19/495B0511.3.1768 - 30.7.1772Captain Maximilian Jacobs (c.1731-1780) ADM 6/20/197BWAS-171430.7.1772 - 25.7.1775Captain James Cumming (1738-1808) ADM 6/20/452BWAS-171425.7.1775 - 18.10.1775Captain James Chads (c.1724-1781) ADM 6/21/107ADM 6/2118.10.1775 - 12.12.1776Captain James Worth (c.1722-?) ADM 6/21/126BWAS-171415.9.1777 - 24.10.1777Captain Samuel Graves ADM 6/21/312ADM 6/2124.10.1777 - 27.7.1779Captain William Parker (1740/41-1802) Transfered ADM 6/21/327BWAS-171414.5.1779 - 18.4.1780Captain William Fooks (d.1798) Transfered ADM 6/22/53
Issued by John Byron (1723-1786), North America
Confirmed 26.11.1779BWAS-171420.4.1780 - 11.10.1780Captain James Hawkins-Whitshed (1762-1849) ADM 6/22/306BWAS-1714

2 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
5.4.1756 - 1.5.1757Midshipman William Martin (c.1739-?) Transfered ADM 107/5/130ADM 107/524.10.1772 - 23.9.1775Midshipman Charles Cotton (1753-1812)ref:616

Service History


DateEventSource
9.1.1755Began building at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
20.1.1756Completed building at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £9403.4.10dBWAS-1714
20.1.1756Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
5.3.1756Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
18.7.1760Took the Privateer Le Faucon in the North Sea
10.4.1762Sailed with a troop convoy for SenegalBWAS-1714
2.2.1763

Paid off

ADM 51
13.3.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
5.1763RecommissionedBWAS-1714
23.9.1763Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
24.7.1766

Paid off

ADM 51
1.10.1766SurveyedBWAS-1714
7.1767Began middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
3.1768RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1768Completed middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £6482.7.6dBWAS-1714
7.6.1768Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
7.1772RecommissionedBWAS-1714
24.7.1772

Paid off

ADM 51
9.1772Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
11.1772Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £3341.4.4dBWAS-1714
27.4.1773Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1775Ordered homeBWAS-1714
1776Commissioned for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
11.1776Began middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
2.12.1776Paid offADM 51
9.1777RecommissionedBWAS-1714
11.1777Completed middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £9933.17.6dBWAS-1714
8.12.1777Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
17.4.1780Battle of Martinique
11.10.1780Wrecked in a hurricane on Puerto Rico, losing 3 drownedBWAS-1714

 
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Posted by Linda Fair on Friday 16th of February 2018 17:07

I have the last will and testament of an Alexander Keith who was one of my ancestors. It says that he was on the Deal Castle in 1756. Please could you tell me if you have any further details on him?

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