British Fifth Rate frigate 'Looe' (1707)

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Looe

5163
Nominal Guns42B028
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Named26.3.1707BWAS-1603
Acquired7.4.1707BWAS-1603
First Commissioned4.4.1707B028
ShipyardBlackwall - London B028
Constructor William JohnsonB028
CategoryFifth RateB028
Ship TypeFrigate B028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Sunk as Breakwater7.1737B028

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck119' 7 ½"Imperial Feet36.2839 
Length of Keel98' 6"Imperial Feet29.8895 
Breadth32' 6"Imperial Feet9.8298 
Depth in Hold13' 6 ½"Imperial Feet3.9751 
Burthen553 38⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


7.4.1707Broadside Weight = 153 Imperial Pound ( 69.3855 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck18 British 9-Pounder
Lower Gun Deck20 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder

1714Broadside Weight = 150 Imperial Pound ( 68.025 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Lower Gun Deck20 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1706190Design Complement

11 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
4.4.1707 - 29.9.1709Captain Robert Harland (1685-1751) ADM 6/9/59BWAS-160330.9.1709 - 13.12.1709Captain James Herbert (d.bef.1718) ADM 6/10/91BWAS-160314.12.1709 - 11.10.1714Captain Beaumont Waldron (d.1719/20) ADM 6/11/13BWAS-160314.12.1714 - 11.3.1716/17Captain Beaumont Waldron (d.1719/20) Transfered ADM 6/12/11ADM 6/1212.3.1716/17 - 25.3.1718Commander Timothy Splaine ADM 6/12/94BWAS-160326.3.1718 - 3.12.1718Captain George Protheroe (c.1674-?) Transfered ADM 6/12/125
Confirmed 25.9.1722BWAS-16034.12.1718 - 20.9.1722Captain George Protheroe (c.1674-?) ADM 6/13/44ADM 6/1313.1.1727/28 - 24.10.1728Captain Thomas Waterhouse (d.1743) Transfered ADM 6/13/188BWAS-160325.10.1728 - 1.4.1729CaptainThe Hon. Fitzroy Henry Lee (1698/99-1751) ADM 6/14/3BWAS-16032.4.1729 - 8.5.1732Captain William Berkeley (d.1732/33) ADM 6/14/20BWAS-16035.5.1735 - 9.5.1737Commander John Best (d.1751) ADM 6/14/211BWAS-1603

12 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
27.3.1705 - 11.2.1706/7Lieutenant Charles Prescott Transfered ADM 6/8/167ADM 6/84.4.1707 - 8.4.1711Lieutenant Mathew Nesbitt ADM 6/9/60ADM 6/99.4.1711 - 11.10.1714Lieutenant Samuel Hill (d.c.1729) ADM 6/11/127ADM 6/1114.12.1714 - 6.10.1715Lieutenant Samuel Hill (d.c.1729) Transfered ADM 6/12/11ADM 6/124.12.1718 - 20.9.1722Lieutenant Curtis Barnet (d.1746) ADM 6/13/44
Confirmed 11.9.1722ADM 6/1313.1.1727/28 - 6.5.1728Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms Francis Crosswick ADM 6/13/188ADM 6/1318.1.1727/28 - 15.7.1728First Lieutenant Nathaniel Cooper (c.1667-?) ADM 6/13/189ADM 6/1318.1.1727/28 - 21.2.1728/29Second Lieutenant George Withers ADM 6/14/189ADM 6/1323.7.1728 - 1.4.1729First Lieutenant Humphrey Haycocke Transfered ADM 6/14/209ADM 6/132.4.1729 - 1.5.1732First Lieutenant Robert Harrison (d.1739) Transfered ADM 6/14/20ADM 6/142.4.1729 - 1.5.1732Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms Richard Pocock (d.c.1735) Transfered ADM 6/14/20ADM 6/1411.4.1729 - 1.5.1732Second Lieutenant William Henry Bruce (d.1742) ADM 6/14/22ADM 6/14

2 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
5.10.1707 - 20.4.1710Midshipman Samuel Gower ADM 107/2/267ADM 107/212.11.1721 - 20.9.1722Midshipman Ordinary George Pocock (1705/6-1792) ADM 107/3/152ODNB

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
1.9.1729 - 8.10.1729Lieutenant's Servant John Gordon (c.1718-c.1744) Transfered ADM 107/3/216ADM 107/3

Service History


DateEventSource
28.1.1706/7Purchased from the builder whilst still on the stocksBWAS-1603
1.4.1707Established as a 42-gun Fifth RateBWAS-1603
7.1707Sailed to ArchangelBWAS-1603
1708Sailed to NewfoundlandBWAS-1603
1711Russian convoyBWAS-1603
1712In the ChannelBWAS-1603
1714Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
11.10.1714

Arrived at Sheerness and paid off

BWAS-1603
1717Began small repair at Sheerness - Kent BWAS-1603
4.1717Completed small repair at Sheerness - Kent at a cost of £2574.1.1dBWAS-1603
3.1717/18Recommissioned as a Hospital ship for the BalticBWAS-1603
11.8.1718Battle of Cape Passaro
28.6.1719Took a Spanish privateer near CapriBWAS-1603
20.9.1722

Paid off

BWAS-1603
10.1722Began middling repair at Woolwich - London BWAS-1603
2.1724Completed middling repair at Woolwich - London at a cost of £5824.1.11dBWAS-1603
1730Sailed to Gibraltar and then to SaleeBWAS-1603
1731Sailed for HomeBWAS-1603
3.1730/31Began small repair at Sheerness - Kent BWAS-1603
5.1731Completed small repair at Sheerness - Kent at a cost of £673.7.10dBWAS-1603
8.5.1732Paid offADM 51
4.1735Began refitting at Sheerness - Kent BWAS-1603
5.1735RecommissionedBWAS-1603
6.1735Completed refitting at Sheerness - Kent at a cost of £1171.12.9dBWAS-1603
1736Off the TagusBWAS-1603
9.5.1737Paid offBWAS-1603
7.1737Sunk as breakwater at SheernessBWAS-1603

 
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