British Sixth Rate ship 'Flamborough' (1756)

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Flamborough
Nominal Guns	20	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	11.4.1755	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	27.5.1755	BWAS-1714
Named	17.5.1755	BWAS-1714
Launched	14.5.1756	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Batson's Yard - Limehouse Hole	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Gibraltar Class (1753)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Sir Thomas SladeBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1744-1783	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Robert BatsonBritish Ship Builder Service 1751-1800	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	23.9.1772	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck108' 5 ½"Imperial Feet32.9311
Length of Keel88' 11"Imperial Feet26.8256
Breadth30' 4"Imperial Feet9.2456
Depth in Hold9' 8 ½"Imperial Feet2.7559
Burthen435 ¹⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

5.1756Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
5.1756160EstablishmentBWAS-1714

9 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
12.5.1756 - 3.3.1758Captain ADM 6/18/264BWAS-17143.3.1758 - 30.6.1760Captain Transfered ADM 6/18/491BWAS-171430.6.1760 - 23.8.1760Captain Transfered ADM 6/19/178BWAS-171427.8.1760 - 4.11.1760Captain ADM 6/19/193BWAS-17144.11.1760 - 6.1.1763Captain ADM 6/19/206BWAS-171413.4.1763 - 10.4.1765Captain ADM 6/19/482BWAS-171410.4.1765 - 6.8.1765Captain ADM 6/20/71BWAS-171426.5.1768 - 10.1.1771Captain Transfered ADM 6/20/203ADM 6/2010.1.1771 - 1.6.1772Captain ADM 6/20/333ADM 6/20

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
13.4.1763 - 6.8.1765Master: on board from 19.4.1763IPC

Service History

DateEventSource
27.5.1755Began building at Limehouse - London BWAS-1714
14.5.1756Completed building at Limehouse - London at a cost of £3779.0.9dBWAS-1714
14.5.1756Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
3.6.1756

Lieutenant Burdon of the Flamborough at Deptford Dockyard got in her masts last Thursday and has frequently applied to the master Attendant for Riggers and men to put in the Ballast but none has yet been sent.

ADM354
8.7.1756Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £3166.5.10dBWAS-1714
14.4.1757Took the Brig
1758In Howe's squadronBWAS-1714
25.1.1758Took the Privateer
6.1758In operations against St Malo, Cherbourg and St Cas until SeptemberBWAS-1714
5.6.1758Raid on Saint-Malo
5.9.1759In attack on batteries at ConcaleBWAS-1714
21.11.1759Took the Privateer
20.1.1760Sailed for the Lisbon stationBWAS-1714
4.4.1760Action of 4 April 1760
9.8.1760Took the Privateer
10.3.1761Sailed for TenerifeBWAS-1714
29.3.1761Expedition against Belle-Isle
6.1.1763

Paid off

ADM 33
2.1763Began repairs at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
8.3.1763Underwent a surveyBWAS-1714
6.1763Completed repairs at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £2633.13.2dBWAS-1714
14.8.1763Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
4.1765Began refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
5.1765Completed refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
6.8.1765

Paid off

ADM 33
1.9.1769Underwent a surveyBWAS-1714
9.3.1770Underwent a surveyBWAS-1714
23.9.1772Sold at Deptford for £445BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 33 Archive

ADM 6/20 Archive

ADM354 Document

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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Previous comments on this page

Posted by Robert Hubler on Saturday 4th of February 2023 05:07

Philip Carteret apparently did not command Flamborough. In 10.1.1771 he was posted captain but did secure employment until being appointed to Endymion 44 in 7.1779. The Admiralty seems not to had a high regard for him.

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