British Fifth Rate frigate 'Lyme' (1695)

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Lyme	5192
Nominal Guns	32	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	16.2.1693/94	BWAS-1603
Acquired	20.4.1695	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	Plymouth - Devon	BWAS-1603
Ship Class	1694 Group 32-Gunner (1694)	B028
Constructor	FlintBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1603
Category	Fifth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Frigate	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Broken Up to Rebuild	2.1720	B028
Becomes	British Sixth Rate frigate 'Lyme' (1720) (20) 1720-1739 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck109' 0"Imperial Feet33.2232
Length of Keel88' 0"Imperial Feet26.8224
Breadth28' 8"Imperial Feet8.5598
Depth in Hold10' 6"Imperial Feet3.2004
Burthen384 ²⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

20.4.1695Broadside Weight = 96 Imperial Pound ( 43.536 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck4 British Demi-Culverin
Upper Gun Deck22 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1694145Design Complement

16 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
15.3.1694/95 - 4.5.1695Captain Transfered ADM 6/3/41ADM 6/39.5.1695 - 6.1695Captain ADM 6/3/56BWAS-16036.1695 - 9.7.1695CaptainBWAS-16039.7.1695 - 1.9.1695Captain Transfered ADM 6/3/70
Issued by
Confirmed 20.7.1695ADM 6/322.8.1695 - 1695Commander ADM 6/3/72ADM 6/34.3.1696/97 - 11.8.1697Captain ADM 6/4/80BWAS-160311.8.1697 - 1.1701Captain ADM 6/4/125
Confirmed 17.11.1697BWAS-16031.1701 - 16.2.1700/1CaptainBWAS-160317.2.1700/1 - 25.5.1701Captain ADM 6/6/56ADM 6/612.11.1701 - 15.1.1703/4Captain ADM 6/6/120BWAS-160319.1.1703/4 - 23.3.1704/5Captain†BWAS-160323.3.1704/5 - 24.9.1705CommanderBWAS-16033.4.1706 - 13.1.1705/6Captain ADM 6/8/245BWAS-160314.1.1707/8 - 8.8.1708Captain Transfered ADM 6/9/140BWAS-160322.12.1708 - 13.10.1713Captain ADM 6/10/14BWAS-160319.2.1716/17 - 14.8.1719Captain ADM 6/12/91BWAS-1603

9 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
20.9.1695 - 1695Lieutenant ADM 6/3/79ADM 6/312.11.1701 - 13.9.1702Lieutenant ADM 6/6/120ADM 6/614.9.1702 - 27.10.1703Lieutenant ADM 6/7/120
Confirmed 20.4.1703ADM 6/727.10.1703 - 16.3.1706/7Lieutenant ADM 6/8/32
Confirmed 10.12.1703ADM 6/817.3.1706/7 - 19.3.1706/7Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/9/57ADM 6/920.12.1708 - 6.12.1709Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/10/15ADM 6/107.12.1709 - 25.6.1711Lieutenant ADM 6/11/12ADM 6/1126.6.1711 - 13.10.1713Lieutenant ADM 6/11/175
Confirmed 7.11.1711ADM 6/1119.2.1716/17 - 14.8.1719Lieutenant ADM 3/12/91ADM 6/12

10 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
12.3.1694/95 - 27.2.1695/96Purser Transfered ADM 6/3/40ADM 6/38.4.1695 - 10.9.1695Boatswain Transfered ADM 6/3/44ADM 6/39.4.1695 - 1695Carpenter ADM 6/3/44ADM 6/326.4.1695 - 28.1.1695/96Gunner Transfered ADM 6/3/52ADM 6/316.10.1695 - 1696Cook ADM 6/4/34
Issued by
Confirmed 10.10.1696ADM 6/425.11.1695 - 1696Carpenter ADM 6/4/33
Issued by
Confirmed 2.10.1696ADM 6/425.11.1695 - 1696Boatswain ADM 6/4/33
Issued by
Confirmed 2.10.1696ADM 6/428.2.1695/96 - 1696Gunner ADM 6/4/33
Issued by
Confirmed 2.10.1696ADM 6/414.5.1696 - 1696Purser ADM 6/3/158ADM 6/36.3.1696/97 - 1697Purser ADM 6/4/80ADM 6/4

8 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
12.4.1695 - 9.1.1695/96Volunteer Transfered ADM 6/3/48ADM 6/316.4.1695 - 1695Volunteer ADM 6/3/49ADM 6/37.8.1695 - 1695Volunteer: on board from 10.10.1695 ADM 6/3/159ADM 6/328.1.1695/96 - 25.3.1696Volunteer Transfered ADM 6/3/121ADM 6/330.10.1696 - 1696Volunteer ADM 6/4/41ADM 6/431.3.1697 - 1697Volunteer ADM 6/4/86ADM 6/417.12.1699 - 15.1.1700/1Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/1/355ADM 107/123.12.1701 - 14.12.1703Midshipman ADM 107/2/4ADM 107/2

Service History

DateEventSource
1695Stationed in the ChannelBWAS-1603
1696Stationed in the ChannelBWAS-1603
1697Sailed to NewfoundlandBWAS-1603
7.3.1697Paid offADM 51
1698In North AmericaBWAS-1603
1700Sailed to SaleeBWAS-1603
9.7.1702Took the Privateer BWAS-1603
22.8.1703Took the Privateer BWAS-1603
15.1.1703/4Action against a 46-gun privateer off Dodman Head, losing 36 killed and wounded including the captainBWAS-1603
19.1.1703/4Commissioned for the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
1708With Byng's fleet in the North SeaBWAS-1603
12.1708In the BalticBWAS-1603
1710Sailed from Milford with a Newfoundland convoyBWAS-1603
1711In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
13.10.1713Paid offADM 51
7.1714Began middling repair at Deptford - London BWAS-1603
11.1714Completed middling repair at Deptford - London at a cost of £1624.4.1dBWAS-1603
2.1717Began refitting at Deptford - London BWAS-1603
23.2.1716/17Ordered reduced to a Sixth RateBWAS-1603
3.1716/17Completed refitting at Deptford - London at a cost of £925.5.1dBWAS-1603
14.1719Paid offADM 51
2.1720Broken up at Deptford to be rebuiltBWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/3 Archive

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Lyme
Lime
Nominal Guns	32	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	16.2.1693/94	BWAS-1603
Acquired	20.4.1695	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	Plymouth - Devon	BWAS-1603
Ship Class	1694 Group 32-Gunner (1694)	B028
Constructor	FlintBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1603
Category	Fifth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Frigate	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Broken Up to Rebuild	2.1720	B028
Becomes	British Sixth Rate frigate 'Lyme' (1720) (20) 1720-1739 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Frigate