British Sixth Rate ship 'Lively' (1740)

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Lively
Nominal Guns	20	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	3.9.1739	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	22.9.1739	BWAS-1714
Launched	10.6.1740	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	12.5.1740	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1733 Establishment 20-Gunner (1733)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	The SurveyorsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1739-1741	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John QuallettBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	17.7.1750	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck106' 10"Imperial Feet32.3088
Length of Keel87' 6 ¾"Imperial Feet26.5367
Breadth30' 8 ⅝"Imperial Feet9.1599
Depth in Hold9' 5"Imperial Feet2.8702
Burthen439 ⁵⁰⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

16.6.1740Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

1745Broadside 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

11 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
12.5.1740 - 17.7.1740Captain Transfered ADM 6/15/290BWAS-171418.7.1740 - 21.1.1740/41Captain Transfered ADM 6/15/312BWAS-171422.1.1740/41 - 10.5.1742Captain ADM 6/15/372BWAS-171410.5.1742 - 24.10.1742Commander TransferedBWAS-171424.10.1742 - 14.2.1742/43Commander TransferedBWAS-171428.3.1743 - 2.8.1743Captain† Discharged Dead ADM 107/2/163BWAS-171430.9.1743 - 9.6.1744Captain ADM 6/16/222ADM 6/165.10.1744 - 26.6.1745Captain† Discharged Dead ADM 6/16/369BWAS-171421.7.1745 - 1.2.1745/46Captain ADM 6/17/147
Confirmed 29.8.1746BWAS-17141.2.1745/46 - 24.3.1747/48Captain ADM 6/17/532
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 20.9.1750BWAS-171424.3.1747/48 - 22.8.1749Captain ADM 6/17/488BWAS-1714

3 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
12.1.1740/41 - 4.1741Lieutenant† Discharged Dead ADM 6/15/368ADM 6/156.1742 - 19.2.1742/43Acting LieutenantADM35421.7.1745 - 21.8.1749Lieutenant ADM 6/17/288
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 30.11.1747ADM 6/17

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
10.6.1740 - 6.1742PurserADM354

Service History

DateEventSource
10.6.1740building at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey at a cost of £3771.5.0dBWAS-1714
10.6.1740Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
18.7.1740Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £2996.12.0dBWAS-1714
1.1741Commissioned for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
12.4.1742Action of 12th April 1742
18.2.1742/43Attack on La Guaira
15.4.1743Attack on Porto Cabello
6.1744Began small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
9.6.1744

Paid off

BWAS-1714
9.1744RecommissionedBWAS-1714
10.1744Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
10.1744Completed small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £4530.15.7dBWAS-1714
1745Refitted as a 24 gun Sixth Rate Ship
25.6.17461st Battle of Negapatam
7.1749Returned to EnglandBWAS-1714
22.8.1749

Paid off

ADM 51
6.9.1749

Surveyed

BWAS-1714
23.10.1749

Ordered to be sold

BWAS-1714
17.7.1750

Sold at Deptford for £288

BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 6/15 Archive

ADM354 Document

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 51 Archive

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