British Second Rate ship of the line 'Royal Katherine' (1703)

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Royal Katherine ➡ 1706 Ramillies

4980
Nominal Guns96BWAS-1714
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
British Second Rate ship of the line 'Royal Katherine' (1664) (84) 1664-1699
British 84 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
Ordered25.2.1698/99BWAS-1714
Acquired23.2.1702/3BWAS-1714
ShipyardWoolwich Dockyard - Woolwich B065
Designed by
Elias WaffeBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1688-1702
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Thomas PoddBritish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1695-1709
BWAS-1714
CategorySecond RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up to Rebuild8.1741BWAS-1714
Becomes
British Second Rate ship of the line 'Ramillies' (1749) (90) 1749-1760
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck160' 0"Imperial Feet48.768 
Length of Keel132' 6"Imperial Feet40.2384 
Breadth44' 6"Imperial Feet13.4493 
Depth in Hold18' 6"Imperial Feet5.5055 
Burthen1,395 62⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


8.1703Broadside Weight = 821 Imperial Pound ( 372.3235 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
8.1703680EstablishmentBWAS-1714

9 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
30.7.1703 - 15.8.1703Captain
Henry HaughtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1703
Transfered ADM 6/8/8BWAS-171426.8.1703 - 25.8.1703Captain
James WishartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1715
ADM 6/8/14BWAS-171426.8.1703 - 7.12.1704Captain
John FletcherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1693
Transfered ADM 6/8/14BWAS-171419.12.1705 - 15.1.1705/6Captain
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1687-1706
ADM 6/8/210ADM 6/816.1.1705/6 - 3.12.1706Captain
Archibald HamiltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1747
ADM 6/8/222BWAS-17144.12.1706 - 20.12.1706Captain
Archibald HamiltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1747
ADM 6/9/30ADM 6/921.12.1706 - 20.10.1707Captain
Archibald HamiltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1747
ADM 6/9/36ADM 6/919.1.1707/8 - 21.12.1708Captain
Hovenden WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1715
ADM 6/9/125ADM 6/922.12.1708 - 20.9.1709Captain
Jasper HicksBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1711
ADM 6/10/15ADM 6/10

2 Flag Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1.1704 - 2.1705Admiral of the Fleet
Sir George RookeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672-1705
BWAS-17148.1.1703/4 - 2.1705Rear-Admiral of the Blue
James WishartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1715
BWAS-1714

45 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
5.10.1702 - 13.11.1702Fifth Lieutenant
George DoyleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1706
Transfered ADM 6/7/54ADM 6/730.7.1703 - 26.8.1703First Lieutenant
John LowenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1711
ADM 6/8/8ADM 6/830.7.1703 - 25.8.1703Second Lieutenant
William CawleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1715
Transfered ADM 6/8/8ADM 6/830.7.1703 - 26.8.1703Third Lieutenant
James GunmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1736
Transfered ADM 6/8/8ADM 6/830.7.1703 - 25.8.1703Fourth Lieutenant
Henry SpoonerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1704
Transfered ADM 6/8/8ADM 6/830.7.1703 - 25.8.1703Fifth Lieutenant
Walter BellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1707
Transfered ADM 6/8/8ADM 6/826.8.1703 - 2.1.1703/4First Lieutenant
Edmund HicksBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1707
ADM 6/8/14ADM 6/826.8.1703 - 15.8.1704Second Lieutenant
James MoneypennyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1717
ADM 6/8/14ADM 6/826.8.1703 - 27.10.1704Third Lieutenant
Philip StanhopeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1705
ADM 6/8/14ADM 6/826.8.1703 - 6.11.1704Fourth Lieutenant
Charles StewartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1708
ADM 6/8/14ADM 6/826.8.1703 - 30.9.1703Fifth Lieutenant
John LowenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1711
ADM 6/8/14ADM 6/87.11.1704 - 7.12.1704First Lieutenant
William OckmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1684-1715
Transfered ADM 6/8/108ADM 6/87.11.1704 - 7.12.1704Second Lieutenant
Charles HowardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672-1707
Transfered ADM 6/8/108ADM 6/87.11.1704 - 7.12.1704Third Lieutenant
George LumleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1710
Transfered ADM 6/8/108ADM 6/87.11.1704 - 7.12.1704Fourth Lieutenant
Nicholas SauleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1707
Transfered ADM 6/8/108ADM 6/87.11.1704 - 18.12.1705Fifth Lieutenant
Robert CasheBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1705
ADM 6/8/108ADM 6/819.12.1705 - 13.9.1706First Lieutenant
William CollierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1736
Transfered ADM 6/8/210ADM 6/819.12.1705 - 18.2.1705/6Second Lieutenant
Thomas TeddimanBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1690-1744
ADM 6/8/210ADM 6/819.12.1705 - 13.9.1706Third Lieutenant
George ProtheroeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1733
Transfered ADM 6/8/210ADM 6/819.12.1705 - 3.12.1706Fourth Lieutenant
Alexander GordonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1706
ADM 6/8/210ADM 6/819.12.1705 - 27.9.1706Fifth Lieutenant
Thomas BeverleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1721
Transfered ADM 6/8/210ADM 6/819.2.1705/6 - 8.4.1706Second Lieutenant
Thomas EgertonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1708
ADM 6/8/230ADM 6/89.4.1706 - 13.9.1706Second Lieutenant
George ColtBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1711
Transfered ADM 6/8/249ADM 6/84.12.1706 - 18.12.1706First Lieutenant
William CollierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1736
Discharged ADM 6/9/30ADM 6/95.12.1706 - 18.12.1706Second Lieutenant
George ColtBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1711
Transfered ADM 6/9/30ADM 6/95.12.1706 - 18.12.1706Third Lieutenant
George ProtheroeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1733
ADM 6/9/30ADM 6/95.12.1706 - 18.12.1706Fourth Lieutenant
William PayneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1707
ADM 6/9/30ADM 6/921.12.1706 - 20.10.1707Second Lieutenant
George ProtheroeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1733
ADM 6/9/34ADM 6/923.12.1706 - 26.6.1707Third Lieutenant
William PayneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1707
Transfered ADM 6/9/36ADM 6/94.1.1706/7 - 19.8.1707Fourth Lieutenant
Francis IngoldsbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1708
ADM 6/9/38ADM 6/99.1.1706/7 - 20.10.1707First Lieutenant
William CollierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1736
ADM 6/9/40ADM 6/93.2.1706/7 - 19.8.1707Fifth Lieutenant
Thomas RueBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1740
ADM 6/9/45ADM 6/927.6.1707 - 18.8.1707Third Lieutenant
Henry LawsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1727
Transfered ADM 6/9/79ADM 6/920.8.1707 - 20.10.1707Third Lieutenant
Francis IngoldsbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1708
ADM 6/9/89ADM 6/920.8.1707 - 20.10.1707Fourth Lieutenant
Thomas RueBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1740
ADM 6/9/89ADM 6/920.8.1707 - 20.10.1707Fifth Lieutenant
George HitchcockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1718
ADM 6/9/89ADM 6/928.12.1708 - 20.9.1709First Lieutenant
George SquireBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1709
ADM 6/10/18ADM 6/1028.12.1708 - 20.9.1709Second Lieutenant
John BrerewoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1712
ADM 6/10/19ADM 6/1028.12.1708 - 22.2.1708/9Third Lieutenant
John FittonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1709
Transfered ADM 6/10/19ADM 6/1028.12.1708 - 30.1.1708/9Fourth Lieutenant
Robert MunfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1720
Transfered ADM 6/10/19ADM 6/1028.12.1708 - 18.3.1708/9Fifth Lieutenant
David ComptonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1719
Transfered ADM 6/10/19ADM 6/1031.1.1708/9 - 18.5.1709Fourth Lieutenant
Thomas DurellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1739
Transfered ADM 6/10/30ADM 6/1023.2.1708/9 - 20.9.1709Third Lieutenant
William ThomasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1721
ADM 6/10/35ADM 6/1019.3.1708/9 - 15.9.1709Fifth Lieutenant
Erasmus PhillipsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1709
ADM 6/10/46ADM 6/1019.5.1709 - 20.9.1709Fourth Lieutenant
Richard HarnageBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1711
ADM 6/10/61ADM 6/10

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
13.1.1708/9 - 20.9.1709Midshipman
Leonard HickesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1713
ADM 107/3/6ADM 107/3

Service History


DateEventSource
21.7.1704Capture of Gibraltar
13.8.1704Battle of Malaga
8.5.1706Paid off and placed in ordinary at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
18.12.1706Renamed RamilliesBWAS-1714
24.8.1709Placed in ordinary at ChathamBWAS-1714
18.12.1709Ordered to be paid offBWAS-1714
18.12.1709Ordered to be recommissioned, but remained in ordinaryBWAS-1603
10.1712Began large repair at Portsmouth - Hampshire BWAS-1603
11.1713Completed large repair at Portsmouth - Hampshire at a cost of £14887.2.5dBWAS-1603
1737Ordered to be rebuiltBWAS-1714
8.1741Broken up for rebuild at PortsmouthBWAS-1714

 
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