British Sixth Rate ship 'Mercury' (1756)

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Mercury

5362
Nominal Guns20BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered12.6.1755BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down1.7.1755BWAS-1714
Named17.7.1755BWAS-1714
Launched2.3.1756BWAS-1714
First Commissioned11.2.1756BWAS-1714
How acquiredBuilt by ContractBWAS-1714
ShipyardKing's Yard - Harwich BWAS-1714
Ship ClassGibraltar ClassBWAS-1714
Designed bySir Thomas Slade (1703-1771)BWAS-1714
Constructor John Barnard (1705-1784)BWAS-1714
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip BWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Wrecked24.12.1777BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck107' 8"Imperial Feet32.6426 
Length of Keel88' 6"Imperial Feet26.8415 
Breadth30' 4"Imperial Feet9.2456 
Depth in Hold9' 8"Imperial Feet2.9464 
Draught Forward6' 9"Imperial Feet2.0574 
Draught Aft13' 3"Imperial Feet3.9878 
Burthen433 16⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


2.3.1756Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
8.1753160Design Complement

9 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
11.2.1756 - 23.3.1757Captain Vincent Pearce (d.1759) Transfered ADM 6/18/235BWAS-171423.3.1757 - 9.7.1759Captain Edmund Affleck (1725-1788) Transfered ADM 6/18/373BWAS-17149.7.1759 - 5.11.1761Captain Jonathon Faulknor (c.1729-1795) ADM 6/19/76BWAS-17145.11.1761 - 13.1.1762Captain John Houlton (c.1728-1791) Transfered ADM 6/19/362ADM 6/1913.1.1762 - 30.3.1764Captain Samuel Granston Goodall (d.1801) ADM 6/19/380BWAS-171426.5.1768 - 22.8.1770Captain William Locker (1731-1800) ADM 6/20/203ADM 6/2022.8.1770 - 2.10.1773Captain Robert Keeler (c.1735-c.1811) ADM 6/20/288BWAS-171410.1.1774 - 14.11.1775Captain John Macartney (c.1730-1781) ADM 6/21/3BWAS-171414.11.1775 - 24.12.1777Captain James Montagu (1752-1794) ADM 6/21/136BWAS-1714

Service History


DateEventSource
1.7.1755Began building at Harwich Dockyard - Harwich BWAS-1714
2.3.1756Completed building at Harwich Dockyard - Harwich at a cost of £3529.19.9dBWAS-1714
4.7.1756Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
24.7.1756Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £871.12.10dBWAS-1714
17.9.1757Sailed for New York and the West IndiesBWAS-1714
1759At LisbonBWAS-1714
4.1759In the DownsBWAS-1714
20.6.1761Sailed for the West IndiesBWAS-1714
6.6.1762Operations against Havana
1763In South CarolinaBWAS-1714
30.3.1764

Paid off

BWAS-1714
25.8.1764SurveyedBWAS-1714
1770Began great repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
14.4.1770SurveyedBWAS-1714
8.1770RecommissionedBWAS-1714
9.1770Completed great repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £7662.15.10dBWAS-1714
20.10.1770Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
2.10.1773

Paid off

BWAS-1714
11.1773Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
1.1774RecommissionedBWAS-1714
2.1774Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £649.6.4dBWAS-1714
15.3.1774Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
6.12.1776Occupation of Rhode Island
2.1777Began refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
4.1777Completed refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £3446.5.4dBWAS-1714
24.12.1777Wrecked near New YorkBWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
1.1.1775-1.1.1775North American Squadron on the 1st of January 1775 Samuel Graves (1713-1787) 
 
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