British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Coventry' (1695)

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Coventry

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Nominal Guns54BWAS-1603
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered16.11.1693BWAS-1603
Launched20.4.1695BWAS-1603
First Commissioned15.3.1695ADM 6/3
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1603
ShipyardDeptford Dockyard - Deptford B028
Ship Class1694 Programme 54-GunnerB028
Constructor Fisher Harding (d.1705)BWAS-1603
CategoryFourth RateBWAS-1603
Ship TypeShip of the Line B028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Captured24.7.1704BWAS-1603
BecomesFrench Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Le Coventry' (1704) (50)

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel106' 0"Imperial Feet32.3088 
Breadth34' 5"Imperial Feet10.395 
Depth in Hold13' 6"Imperial Feet4.0132 
Burthen670Tons BM 

Armament


1695Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck22 British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
11.1693280Design Complement

8 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
15.3.1694/95 - 12.1696Captain George Mister (d.1696)† ADM 6/3/41ADM 6/331.3.1697 - 3.4.1697Captain George Delavall (c.1667-1723) ADM 6/4/86BWAS-160321.11.1698 - 5.1699Captain George Smith (d.1704)BWAS-16037.5.1699 - 18.9.1699Captain Robert Bokenham (d.1708)BWAS-160319.9.1699 - 20.2.1700/1Captain Charles Strickland (d.1724) Transfered ADM 6/6/20
Confirmed 8.1.1699/1700ADM 6/63.4.1701 - 13.1.1701/2Captain Thomas Hardy (1666-1732) Transfered ADM 6/6/83ADM 6/614.1.1701/2 - 26.3.1704Captain Kerrit Roffey (d.1716) ADM 6/6/130BWAS-160327.3.1704 - 24.7.1704Captain Henry Lawrence ADM 6/8/66BWAS-1603

9 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
12.2.1694/95 - 3.4.1697First Lieutenant Abraham Murcott ADM 6/3/35ADM 6/315.3.1694/95 - 3.4.1697Second Lieutenant Edward Dixon (c.1661-?) ADM 6/3/40ADM 6/36.5.1699 - 4.4.1701First Lieutenant Edward Dixon (c.1661-?) ADM 6/6/17
Confirmed 14.11.1699ADM 6/66.5.1699 - 3.3.1700/1Second Lieutenant James Moneypenny (d.1723) Transfered ADM 6/6/17
Confirmed 14.11.1699ADM 6/64.4.1701 - 15.1.1701/2First Lieutenant George Saunders (c.1671-1734) Transfered ADM 6/6/83ADM 6/64.4.1701 - 18.2.1701/2Second Lieutenant William Eden (d.1710) ADM 6/6/84ADM 6/619.1.1701/2 - 24.7.1704Second Lieutenant Lionel Ley ADM 6/7/19ADM 6/719.2.1701/2 - 4.11.1702First Lieutenant William Eden (d.1710) ADM 6/7/11ADM 6/716.11.1702 - 2.5.1704First Lieutenant Nicholas Eaton (d.c.1729) Transfered ADM 6/7/60ADM 6/7

3 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
2.1.1694/95 - 1695Cook Richard Webb ADM 6/3/25ADM 6/32.1.1694/95 - 1695Cook Richard BrabbADM 6/313.3.1694/95 - 1695Chaplain Hyet Edmondson ADM 6/3/40ADM 6/3

Service History


DateEventSource
1695Commissioned for the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
1695Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
3.4.1697Paid offADM 51
7.1697Sailed home for a refitBWAS-1603
1702Sailed with a Virginia convoy and then to BarbadosBWAS-1603
1704In the ChannelBWAS-1603
24.7.1704

Taken by a squadron for French privateers off the

Isles of Scilly BWAS-1603

 
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