British Sixth Rate ship 'Echo' (1758)

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Echo	4039
Nominal Guns	24
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'Le Echo' (1757) (28)
Named	9.1.1759
Captured	5.1758
First Commissioned	26.7.1758
Shipyard	Nantes	NNF-1715
Category	Sixth Rate
Ship Type	Ship
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sold	5.6.1770

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck118' 2"Imperial Feet35.9692
Length of Keel96' 9 ¾"Imperial Feet29.2799
Breadth32' 4 ½"Imperial Feet9.7663
Depth in Hold9' 11 ½"Imperial Feet2.7559
Burthen539 ⁵⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

7.1758Broadside Weight = 108 Imperial Pound ( 48.978 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck24 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
7.1758160 BWAS-1714

5 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
26.7.1758 - 7.2.1762CaptainJohn Laforey (1729-1796) ADM 6/19/21BWAS-17147.2.1762 - 19.2.1762CaptainJames Campbell (c.1714-?) ADM 6/20/76
Issued by George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792), Barbados
Commission confirmed 19.6.1765ADM 6/2019.2.1762 - 4.1762CaptainJohn Lendrick (c.1724-1780) ADM 6/19/387BWAS-171420.8.1762 - 5.6.1763CaptainJohn Brisbane (d.1807)BWAS-171426.5.1768 - 1.3.1770CaptainJames Hawker (c.1731-1787) ADM 6/20/203ADM 6/20

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
28.4.1759 - 15.8.1759Acting LieutenantSkeffington Lutwidge (1737-1814)ref:559

Service History

DateEventSource
26.7.1758Commissioned in North AmericaBWAS-1714
1.1759Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
5.1.1759Purchased at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £4070.10.9dBWAS-1714
3.1759Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £4077.1.2dBWAS-1714
28.4.1759Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
1760Sailed to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
6.3.1760Took the Privateer Le Fier
19.4.1760Took the Privateer Le Superbe
8.7.1760Took the Privateer La Syren
7.1.1762Operations against Martinique
28.5.1762Took the Sixth Rate Frigate Fénix (22)
3.6.1762Took the Sixth Rate Thetis (22)
6.6.1762Operations against Havanna
5.6.1763Paid offADM 51
1.5.1764SurveyedBWAS-1714
9.3.1770SurveyedBWAS-1714
2.5.1770Ordered to be soldBWAS-1714
5.6.1770Sold at ChathamBWAS-1714

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

NNF-1715Alain DemerliacBook

BWAS-1714Rif WinfieldBook

ADM 6/20 Archive

ref:559Marion PurnellWeb Site

ADM 51 Archive

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