British Fifth Rate ship 'Dover' (1740)

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Dover	3963
Nominal Guns	44	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Launched	7.1.1739/40	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	1.1741	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Bronsdon's Yard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1733 Establishment 44-Gunner (1733)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Peter BronsdonBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	6.10.1763	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck124' 5"Imperial Feet37.8005
Length of Keel101' 4 ⅜"Imperial Feet30.7943
Breadth35' 10 ¼"Imperial Feet10.6744
Depth in Hold14' 6"Imperial Feet4.3053
Depth in Hold14' 5 ½"Imperial Feet4.2799
Burthen693 ⁹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

7.1.1739/40Broadside Weight = 222 Imperial Pound ( 100.677 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20 British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1733250Design Complement

12 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
10.1.1740/41 - 27.1.1742/43Captain Transfered ADM 6/16/368BWAS-171428.1.1742/43 - 27.9.1744Captain Transfered ADM 6/16/140BWAS-17142.10.1744 - 24.1.1746/47Captain ADM 6/16/368ADM 6/1624.1.1746/47 - 5.12.1747Captain ADM 6/17/193BWAS-17145.12.1747 - 17.8.1748Captain ADM 6/17/291BWAS-171428.10.1755 - 23.4.1757Captain ADM 6/18/204BWAS-171423.4.1757 - 18.10.1758Captain Transfered ADM 6/18/389BWAS-171417.10.1758 - 27.10.1759Captain Transfered ADM 6/18/548BWAS-171411.4.1760 - 21.7.1760Captain Transfered ADM 6/19/157BWAS-171421.7.1760 - 29.3.1762Captain Transfered ADM 6/19/182BWAS-171429.3.1762 - 29.6.1762Captain Transfered ADM 6/19/487
Issued by
Confirmed 22.4.1763BWAS-17142.7.1762 - 26.2.1763Captain ADM 6/19/487
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 22.4.1763BWAS-1714

21 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
20.1.1740/41 - 4.2.1740/41Second Lieutenant ADM 6/15/371ADM 6/155.2.1740/41 - 6.11.1744First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/15/378ADM 6/155.2.1740/41 - 20.2.1740/41Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/15/378ADM 6/1521.2.1740/41 - 27.1.1742/43Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/16/388ADM 6/1521.2.1740/41 - 27.1.1742/43Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms Transfered ADM 6/16/388ADM 6/1511.5.1744 - 6.11.1744Second Lieutenant ADM 6/16/307ADM 6/164.6.1744 - 6.11.1744Third Lt. & Lt. at ArmsADM3547.11.1744 - 14.7.1747First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/16/381ADM 6/167.11.1744 - bef.21.4.1746Second Lieutenant Discharged Dead ADM 6/16/381ADM 6/1621.4.1746 - 14.1.1746/47Second Lieutenant ADM 6/17/188
Issued by , The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 9.1.1746/47ADM 6/1721.4.1746 - 15.1.1746/47Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/17/197
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 2.5.1747ADM 6/1719.1.1746/47 - 17.8.1748First Lieutenant ADM 6/17/192ADM 6/1718.6.1756 - 23.4.1757Third Lieutenant ADM 6/18/316ADM 6/1823.4.1757 - 4.8.1757Second Lieutenant ADM 6/18/389ADM 6/184.8.1757 - 1.2.1758Second Lieutenant ADM 6/18/426ADM 6/181.2.1758 - 7.11.1759First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/18/481ADM 6/1815.7.1758 - 19.7.1758Third Lieutenant ADM 6/18/526ADM 6/1819.7.1758 - 24.1.1759Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/18/526ADM 6/181.2.1759 - 7.11.1759Third Lieutenant ADM 6/19/29ADM 6/197.11.1759 - 23.3.1761Second Lieutenant ADM 6/19/110ADM 6/1923.3.1761 - 26.2.1763First Lieutenant ADM 6/19/301ADM 6/19

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
3.5.1746 - 5.2.1747/48Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/4/371ADM 107/417.9.1746 - 4.2.1749Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/4/351ADM 107/4

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
14.8.1744 - 2.5.1746Able Seaman ADM 107/4/371ADM 107/4

Service History

DateEventSource
7.1.1739/40building at Deptford - London at a cost of £7119.0.0dBWAS-1714
7.1.1739/40Began Completed at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
5.4.1741Completed Completed at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £4403.6.4dBWAS-1714
10.1743In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1744In the North Sea and ChannelBWAS-1714
11.1745Sailed with a convoy to AmericaBWAS-1714
1.1746Began small repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
3.1745/46Completed small repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £3382.9.8dBWAS-1714
4.1746At LouisbourgBWAS-1714
14.6.1747Took the Privateer BWAS-1714
27.9.1747Took the Frigate in the Channel
16.11.1747Took the Ship and carried in FalmouthBG
17.8.1748

Paid off

ADM 33
12.1749Began small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
5.1750Completed small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £3823.2.5dBWAS-1714
29.7.1755

Ordered to be fitted for sea

BWAS-1714
10.1755RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1757In home watersBWAS-1714
12.1757Took the East Indiaman
18.4.1761

Sailed for North America

BWAS-1714
12.1761Sailed to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
7.1.1762Operations against Martinique
24.2.1762

At St Lucia

BWAS-1714
24.2.1762Capture of Saint Lucia
3.1762In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
4.1762Blockade of Cap FrancoisBWAS-1714
6.6.1762Operations against Havana
26.2.1763

Paid off

ADM 33
29.3.1763

Surveyed and an estimate for a large repair of £6,063 pounds given

BWAS-1714
30.8.1763

Ordered to be sold

BWAS-1714
6.10.1763

Sold at Chatham for £500

BWAS-1714

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1746-1746	British Fleet at Louisbourg	Isaac TownsendBritish Naval Sailor Service 1696-1746

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Albert Parker on Sunday 8th of September 2019 02:01

Dover arrived at Louisbourg on 21 Apr./3 May 1746 with two other 44s, Torrington and Fowey, and the troops from Gibraltar via the Chesapeake, where they, their transports, and their escorts had wintered. The ships then scattered, as follows:
• Dover to England on 9/20 Nov. with Louisbourg, fireship (local purchase), Kingston (58), Pembroke (60), Kinsale (44), Hinchinbrook (10), and Hampshire (50)
• Torrington to Newfoundland Banks for fisheries protection on 5/16 July, then to Englad
• Fowey to West Indies on 28 Nov./9 Dec. with Vice-Adm. Isaac Townsend and Norwich (50), Canterbury (60)
Source: W.A.B. Douglas, "Nova Scotia and the Royal Navy, 1713-1766," Ph.D. diss., Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ont., 1973, pp. 113-39. (PDF downloaded from Internet but originally on microfilm and perhaps at some research institutions in that format)

Posted by Cy on Sunday 1st of September 2019 21:54

Albert
I've added Richard Collins who was the missing captain.

There are some letters in the National Archives ADM 106/1026 from the Elizabeth River, Virginia dated 18 March 1745/6, by 26 October 1746 she is in Louisbourg.

Posted by Albert Parker on Sunday 1st of September 2019 20:52

Dover went to America in the fall of 1745 with reinforcements for the Louisbourg garrison, too late to deliver them, and had to remain in Virginia until the spring, when they could finally be taken to their destination. The ship was at Louisbourg during the summer, sailing for England on 9/20 Nov. I have not been able to find a captain for her between Rogers and Shirley.

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