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

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Sutherland

584
Nominal Guns50BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered28.4.1740BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down1.7.1740BWAS-1714
Launched14.10.1741BWAS-1714
First Commissioned2.10.1742
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardRotherhithe BWAS-1714
Ship Class1733 Establishment 50-Gunner
ConstructorJames TaylorBWAS-1714
CategoryFourth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the Line
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Sold5.6.1770BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck134' 0"Imperial Feet40.8432 
Length of Keel108' 3"Imperial Feet32.9279 
Breadth38' 6"Imperial Feet11.6015 
Depth in Hold15' 9"Imperial Feet4.6177 
Burthen853 44⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


14.10.1741Broadside 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

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1733300Design Complement

10 Commanding Officers


DatesRankNameSource
2.10.1741 - 19.2.1741/42CaptainRobert Maynard (d.1750) ADM 6/16/463ADM 6/1520.2.1741/42 - 3.4.1743CaptainThe Hon. John Byng (1704-1757) ADM 6/16/16ODNB4.4.1743 - 9.1747CaptainGeorge Pocock (1705/6-1792) ADM 6/16/166BWAS-17149.1747 - 6.5.1748CaptainHugh Palliser (1721/22-1796)BWAS-17146.5.1748 - 9.9.1748CaptainGeorge Pocock (1705/6-1792) ADM 6/17/390
Issued by Henry Osborne (1694-1771)
Commission confirmed 18.10.1748ADM 6/178.10.1755 - 12.5.1758CaptainEdward Falkingham (d.1783) ADM 6/18/199BWAS-171412.5.1758 - 3.4.1760CaptainJohn Rous (d.1760)† ADM 6/19/146
Issued by The Hon. Edward Boscawen (1711-1761)
Commission confirmed 12.3.1760BWAS-171414.4.1760 - 1.10.1760CaptainBenjamin Clive (d.1764) ADM 6/19/158BWAS-17141.10.1760 - 14.3.1762CaptainJulian Legge (d.1762) ADM 6/19/555
Issued by Lord Alexander Colville (7th Viscount Colville of Culross) (1717-1770), North America
Commission confirmed 13.12.1763BWAS-17143.3.1762 - 24.2.1763CaptainMichael Everitt (1716-bef.1776) ADM 6/19/467
Issued by George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792), Barbados
Commission confirmed 3.3.1763BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
6.1757Rear-Admiral of the BlueSir Charles Hardy (1716-1780)BWAS-1714

8 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
9.4.1743 - 10.11.1743Second LieutenantJohn Bermingham (d.1746) ADM 6/16/168ADM 6/1611.11.1743 - 15.10.1744First LieutenantJohn Bermingham (d.1746) ADM 6/16/239ADM 6/1611.11.1743 - 6.11.1744Second LieutenantSamuel Pitchford ADM 6/16/239ADM 6/1629.10.1744 - 10.4.1747Third Lt. & Lt. at ArmsWalter Davies (d.1746) ADM 6/16/376ADM 6/167.11.1744 - 4.4.1747First LieutenantSamuel Pitchford ADM 6/16/381ADM 6/165.5.1746 - 10.4.1747Second LieutenantGeorge Peard (c.1716-?) ADM 6/17/383
Issued by Henry Osborne (1694-1771)
Commission confirmed 13.9.1748ADM 6/1710.4.1747 - 28.5.1747Second LieutenantWilliam Roberts ADM 6/17/388
Issued by The Hon. Fitzroy Henry Lee (d.1751), Barbados
Commission confirmed 4.10.1748ADM 6/1710.4.1747 - 5.5.1748Third Lt. & Lt. at ArmsHugh Robertson ADM 6/17/442
Issued by The Hon. Fitzroy Henry Lee (d.1751), Barbados
Commission confirmed 14.2.1748/49ADM 6/17

Service History


DateEventSource
14.10.1741Completed at Rotherhithe at a cost of £10449.5.0dBWAS-1714
14.10.1741Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
13.1.1741/42Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £5240.18.8dBWAS-1714
17.6.1742

Arrived at Newfoundland Colony , where the captain, John Byng became the Governor

ODNB
1743To the Western ApproachesBWAS-1714
1744In the ChannelBWAS-1714
1745Sailed to Africa and then to BarbadosBWAS-1714
1746Sailed to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
9.9.1748

Paid off at Deptford Dockyard

ADM 6/18
10.2.1748/49

Surveyed

BWAS-1714
5.9.1750SurveyedBWAS-1714
20.9.1750The Admiralty ordered that she be repairedBWAS-1714
2.1753Completed great repair at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £19091.9.11dBWAS-1714
3.1755Began great repair at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
10.1755RecommissionedBWAS-1714
7.1756Sailed to the Baltic with a convoyBWAS-1714
6.11.1756Sailed to Virginia with a convoyBWAS-1714
8.1757Louisbourg Expedition
1759At Quebec and then home at the end of the yearBWAS-1714
25.4.1760Sailed to Quebec with a convoyBWAS-1714
1761In North AmericaBWAS-1714
6.1761To the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
7.1.1762Operations against Martinique
4.1762At JamaicaBWAS-1714
6.6.1762Operations against Havanna
24.2.1763

Paid off

BWAS-1714
23.3.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
17.2.1770SurveyedBWAS-1714
27.4.1770SurveyedBWAS-1714
2.5.1770Ordered to be soldBWAS-1714
5.6.1770Sold for £600BWAS-1714


Sources


IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
ADM 6/15ADM 6/15 Commission and Warrant Book 1735 26 Dec.-1742 4 Jan. Archive
ODNBOxford Dictionary of National BiographyOxford University PressWeb Site
ADM 6/17ADM 6/17 Commission and Warrant Book 1745 18 Sep.-1751 Apr.  Archive
ADM 6/16ADM 6/16 Commission and Warrent Book 1742 Jan 4 - 1745 Sept 18 Archive
ADM 6/18ADM 6/18 Commission and Warrant Book 1751 May-1758 Oct.  Archive
 
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