British storeship 'Medway' (1756)
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Medway
5340
Nominal Guns
6
BWAS-1714
Nationality
Great Britain
Operator
Royal Navy
Purchased
10.11.1756
BWAS-1714
Shipyard
Unknown
BWAS-1714
Category
Unrated
BWAS-1714
Ship Type
Storeship
Sold
17.4.1764
BWAS-1714
Dimensions
Dimension
Measurement
Type
Metric Equivalent
BWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck
64' 10"
Imperial Feet
19.5072
Length of Keel
55' 5"
Imperial Feet
16.7894
Breadth
16' 9 ½"
Imperial Feet
4.8895
Depth in Hold
9' 0"
Imperial Feet
2.7432
Burthen
83
10
⁄
94
Tons BM
Armament
11.1756
Broadside Weight = 12 Imperial Pound ( 5.442 kg)
BWAS-1714
Gun Deck
6 British 4-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date
# of Men
Notes
Source
11.1756
45
BWAS-1714
5 Commanding Officers
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
15.11.1756
-
25.1.1757
Commander
John Wilson (c.1728-1795)
ADM 6/18/325
ADM 6/18
25.1.1757
-
18.10.1758
Commander
Charles Lucas (d.1773)
ADM 6/18/348
BWAS-1714
18.10.1758
-
18.4.1759
Commander
Basil Keith (c.1734-1777)
ADM 6/18/549
ADM 6/18
18.4.1759
-
4.10.1759
Commander
Hugh Dalrymple (c.1730-1784)
ADM 6/19/58
BWAS-1714
4.10.1759
-
15.2.1760
Commander
John Martin (c.1724-1775)
ADM 6/19/100
ADM 6/19
Service History
Date
Event
Source
10.11.1756
Purchased at Unknown at a cost of £400.0.0d
BWAS-1714
15.11.1756
Commissioned for the Downs
BWAS-1714
22.11.1756
Began fitting at
Deptford Dockyard -
Deptford
BWAS-1714
2.3.1757
Completed fitting at
Deptford Dockyard -
Deptford
at a cost of £1051.18.2d
BWAS-1714
15.2.1760
Paid off
ADM 51
3.1.1764
Ordered to be sold
BWAS-1714
17.4.1764
Sold at Sheerness for £132
BWAS-1714
Notes on Ship
Origin
BWAS-1714
Mercantile fishing buss purchased from The Society for Fre British Fishery
Sources
ID
Description
Author
Type
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792
Rif Winfield
Book
ADM 6/18
ADM 6/18 Commission and Warrant Book 1751 May-1758 Oct.
Archive
ADM 6/19
ADM 6/19 Commission and Warrant Book 1758 Nov.-1763
Archive
ADM 51
ADM 51 1669-1853 Admiralty: Captains' Logs
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