British Sixth Rate ship 'Experiment' (1740)

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Experiment

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Nominal Guns20BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
PreviouslyBritish Sixth Rate frigate 'Experiment' (1727) (20)
Ordered3.9.1739BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down21.9.1739BWAS-1714
Launched18.4.1740BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardPlymouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
Ship Class1719 Establishment 20-Gunner
Designed bySurveyors TheBWAS-1714
ConstructorHenry BirdBWAS-1714
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Sold15.3.1763BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck106' 7"Imperial Feet32.3384 
Length of Keel87' 6 ⅜"Imperial Feet26.5271 
Breadth30' 11"Imperial Feet9.1694 
Depth in Hold9' 4 ¼"Imperial Feet2.7496 
Burthen445 3⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


18.4.1740Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

1746Broadside Weight = 102 Imperial Pound ( 46.257 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1733140Design Complement

12 Commanding Officers


DatesRankNameSource
17.4.1740 - 3.6.1741CaptainJames Rentone (1702-1747/48)BWAS-17146.6.1741 - 3.3.1744/45CaptainHenry Dennis (d.1757) ADM 6/17/70BWAS-17144.3.1744/45 - 8.7.1745CaptainCharles Colby (c.1701-1771) ADM 6/16/527
Commission confirmed 13.8.1745BWAS-171412.7.1746 - 14.1.1746/47CaptainHenry Huish (d.1763) ADM 6/17/127ADM 6/1715.1.1746/47 - 1.11.1748CaptainWilliam Farmor (d.1758) ADM 6/17/191BWAS-17144.12.1753 - 18.7.1755CaptainJohn Evans (1717-1794) ADM 6/18/83BWAS-171418.7.1755 - 26.6.1756CaptainJames Gilchrist (d.1777) ADM 6/18/180BWAS-171426.6.1756 - 4.7.1756CaptainWilliam Gough (d.1760) ADM 6/18/357
Issued by The Hon. John Byng (1704-1757)
Commission confirmed 15.2.1757BWAS-17144.7.1756 - 9.9.1756CaptainJohn Bladen Tinker (d.1767) ADM 6/18/381
Issued by Edward Hawke (1704/5-1781)
Commission confirmed 5.4.1757BWAS-17149.9.1756 - 29.11.1756CaptainJohn Strachan (d.1777) ADM 6/18/479
Issued by Edward Hawke (1704/5-1781)
Commission confirmed 30.1.1758BWAS-171429.11.1756 - 21.3.1758CaptainJohn Strachan (d.1777) ADM 6/19/24
Issued by Edward Hawke (1704/5-1781)
Commission confirmed 22.1.1759ADM 6/1921.3.1758 - 23.5.1759CaptainJohn Carter Allen (1724-1800) ADM 6/18/496BWAS-1714

5 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
17.4.1740 - 25.7.1744LieutenantThomas Cleland (d.1759) ADM 6/15/278ADM 6/1516.7.1746 - 31.5.1748LieutenantJohn Boyd (c.1722-1762) ADM 6/17/129ADM 6/1731.5.1748 - 28.10.1748LieutenantWilliam Skyes (d.1752) ADM 3/17/359ADM 6/1728.10.1748 - 1.11.1748LieutenantJames Stevens ADM 6/17/395ADM 6/174.7.1756 - 17.7.1758LieutenantWilliam Locker (1731-1800) ADM 6/18/489
Issued by Edward Hawke (1704/5-1781)
Commission confirmed 23.2.1758ODNB

Service History


DateEventSource
18.4.1740building at Rotherhithe at a cost of £3771.5.0dBWAS-1714
18.4.1740Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
14.6.1740Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £3052.13.0dBWAS-1714
4.3.1740/41Operations against Cartagena
7.1741Operations against Santiago
20.10.1744Stranded in a hurricane but savedBWAS-1714
8.7.1745

Paid off

BWAS-1714
8.1745Began large repair at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
1746Refitted as a 24 gun Sixth Rate Ship
7.1746RecommissionedBWAS-1714
9.1746Completed large repair at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £6514.19.1dBWAS-1714
1748Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
4.11.1748

Paid off at Portsmouth Dockyard

ADM 6/18
28.1.1748/49SurveyedBWAS-1714
4.1753Began small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
7.1753Completed small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £3423.8.8dBWAS-1714
12.1753RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1755Stationed in the Bristol ChannelBWAS-1714
3.12.1755Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
20.5.1756Battle of Minorca
1757In action against a Barbary roverBWAS-1714
19.6.1757Took the Privateer Frigate Le Télémaque (20)
14.7.1757Took the Unrated Sloop Hazard (8)
29.12.1758Capture of Goree
23.5.1759Paid offADM 51
8.12.1762SurveyedBWAS-1714
15.12.1762Ordered to be soldBWAS-1714
15.3.1763Sold at Portsmouth for £400BWAS-1714

Fleets
FromUntilFleetFleet CommanderSource
1744/10/201744/10/21Jamaica Hurricane, 1744 
1758/10/161759/03/01Expedition against Île de GoréeAugustus Keppel (1725-1786)

Sources


IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
ADM 6/17ADM 6/17 Commission and Warrant Book 1745 18 Sep.-1751 Apr.  Archive
ADM 6/19ADM 6/19 Commission and Warrant Book 1758 Nov.-1763 Archive
ADM 6/15ADM 6/15 Commission and Warrant Book 1735 26 Dec.-1742 4 Jan. Archive
ODNBOxford Dictionary of National BiographyOxford University PressWeb Site
ADM 6/18ADM 6/18 Commission and Warrant Book 1751 May-1758 Oct.  Archive
ADM 51ADM 51 1669-1853 Admiralty: Captains' Logs Archive
 
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Posted by Tim Oakley on Thursday 25th of October 2018 10:12

16 Mar 1757 Experiment20 temporary commander lieutenant John Jervis after an indecisive engagement with a large French privateer returned to the Culloden,

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