British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Hampshire' (1741)

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Hampshire	582
Nominal Guns	50	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	28.4.1740	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	11.6.1740	BWAS-1714
Launched	13.11.1741	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	16.10.1741
How acquired	Built by Contract	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	St Clement's Yard	ref:717
Ship Class	1733 Establishment 50-Gunner
Constructor	John Barnard (1705-1784)	BWAS-1714
Category	Fourth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Broken Up	22.12.1766	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck134' 2"Imperial Feet40.8447
Length of Keel108' 2"Imperial Feet32.9248
Breadth38' 6 ½Imperial Feet11.5951
Depth in Hold15' 9"Imperial Feet4.6177
Burthen854 ⁶¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

10.1741Broadside Weight = 315 Imperial Pound ( 142.8525 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck22 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

1743Broadside Weight = 414 Imperial Pound ( 187.749 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck22 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
10.1741300EstablishmentBWAS-1714

7 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
16.10.1741 - 5.6.1743CaptainThomas Limeburner (d.1750) ADM 6/15/468BWAS-17146.6.1743 - 5.10.1743CaptainEdward Legge (d.1747) ADM 6/16/186BWAS-17146.10.1743 - 28.5.1745CaptainGeorge Murray (d.1785) ADM 6/16/226BWAS-171428.5.1745 - 6.2.1745/46CaptainGiles Richard Vanbrugh (d.1745/46)†BWAS-171431.7.1755 - 6.1.1761CaptainConingsby Norbury (d.1786) ADM 6/18/184BWAS-17146.1.1761 - 22.1.1761CaptainWilliam Goostrey (d.1762) ADM 6/19/461
Issued by Charles Holmes (1711-1761), Jamaica
Commission confirmed 24.1.1763ADM 6/1922.1.1761 - 1.4.1763CaptainArthur Usher (d.1763) ADM 6/19/338BWAS-1714

8 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
16.10.1741 - 23.1.1743/44First LieutenantBowles Seymour (d.1747) ADM 6/15/468ADM 6/1516.10.1741 - 29.10.1744Third Lt. & Lt. at ArmsJames Simpson (d.1750) ADM 6/15/468ADM 6/1519.3.1743/44 - 28.10.1744First LieutenantCharles Balfour (d.1750) ADM 6/16/280ADM 6/1629.10.1744 - bef.7.4.1748First LieutenantJames Wager (d.c.1748) ADM 6/17/184
Issued by William Rowley (1690-1768), The Mediterranean Sea
Commission confirmed 29.12.1746ADM 6/176.2.1744/45 - 6.4.1748Second LieutenantJohn Bastard (d.1776) ADM 6/17/192
Issued by William Rowley (1690-1768), The Mediterranean Sea
Commission confirmed 19.1.1746/47ADM 6/1726.1.1745/46 - 11.9.1746Third Lt. & Lt. at ArmsJohn Candler (c.1720-1772) ADM 6/17/184
Issued by Isaac Townsend (1684-1765), North America
Commission confirmed 29.12.1746ADM 6/1712.9.1746 - 6.4.1748Third Lt. & Lt. at ArmsJohn Leaky ADM 6/17/151ADM 6/1710.3.1757 - 18.3.1758Third LieutenantHenry Harvey (1737-1810) ADM 3/18/369ODNB

Service History

DateEventSource
13.11.1741Completed at Ipswich at a cost of £10236.0.0dBWAS-1714
25.11.1741Began fitting at Harwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
1742In the Bay of BiscayBWAS-1714
22.1.1741/42Took the Privateer Perla Biscayna Bay of Biscay
17.2.1741/42Completed fitting at Harwich Dockyard at a cost of £4166.3.10dBWAS-1714
30.3.1742Took the Privateer Brig Galgo (8) in the Channel
1743In the Bay of BiscayBWAS-1714
22.4.1743Took the Privateer Nuestra Señora del Carmen Bay of Biscay
10.12.1743Took the Privateer Nuestra Señora del Rosario Bay of Biscay
1744In the ChannelBWAS-1714
1745In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
7.1745Sailed to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1746Sailed to Louisbourg and then to homeBWAS-1714
6.10.1747Took the Privateer La Tourterelle (14) off Ireland
22.11.1747Took the Privateer L'Heureux (16) in the soundingsBG
3.12.1747Took the Privateer L'Héroine (16)
2.8.1748Paid off at Sheerness Dockyard ADM 106
5.7.1749SurveyedBWAS-1714
9.1750Began middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard BWAS-1714
10.10.1750SurveyedBWAS-1714
25.10.1750Ordered by the Admiralty to be repairedBWAS-1714
2.1752Completed middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard at a cost of £8229.6.3dBWAS-1714
7.1755RecommissionedBWAS-1714
12.5.1756Sailed to meet the East Indies shipsBWAS-1714
23.1.1759Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
18.10.1760Action off Cuba
5.6.1761Took the Third Rate Ship of the Line Sainte Anne (64) on the Jamaica station
6.6.1762Operations against Havana
1.4.1763

Paid off

ADM 51
10.5.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
8.1766SurveyedBWAS-1714
26.8.1766Ordered to be borken up for £270.7.6dBWAS-1714
22.12.1766Break up completed at SheernessBWAS-1714

Fleets
From	Until	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1746	1746	British Fleet at Louisbourg	Isaac Townsend (1684-1765)

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif WinfieldBook

ref:717John E BarnardDigital Book

ADM 6/19 Archive

ADM 6/15 Archive

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 6/17 Archive

ODNBOxford University PressWeb Site

BGOfficialWeb Site

ADM 106 Document

ADM 51 Archive

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