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

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Sutherland	584
Nominal Guns	50	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	28.4.1740	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	1.7.1740	BWAS-1714
Launched	14.10.1741	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	2.10.1742	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1733 Establishment 50-Gunner	BWAS-1714
Constructor	James Taylor	BWAS-1714
Category	Fourth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	5.6.1770	BWAS-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 - 19.2.1741/42Captain Robert 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 - 9.1747Captain George Pocock (1705/6-1792) ADM 6/16/166BWAS-17149.1747 - 6.5.1748Captain Hugh Palliser (1721/22-1796)BWAS-17146.5.1748 - 9.9.1748Captain George Pocock (1705/6-1792) ADM 6/17/390
Issued by Henry Osborne (1694-1771)
Commission confirmed 18.10.1748ADM 6/178.10.1755 - 12.5.1758Captain Edward Falkingham (d.1783) ADM 6/18/199BWAS-171412.5.1758 - 3.4.1760Captain John Rous (d.1760)† ADM 6/19/146
Issued by The Hon. Edward Boscawen (1711-1761), North America
Commission confirmed 12.3.1760BWAS-171414.4.1760 - 1.10.1760Captain Benjamin Clive (d.1764) ADM 6/19/158BWAS-17141.10.1760 - 14.3.1762Captain Julian Legge (d.1762) ADM 6/19/555
Issued by Lord Alexander Colville (7^th Viscount Colville of Culross) (1717-1770), North America
Commission confirmed 13.12.1763BWAS-17143.3.1762 - 24.2.1763Captain Michael Everitt (1716-bef.1776) ADM 6/19/467
Issued by George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 3.3.1763BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
6.1757Rear-Admiral of the BlueSir Charles Hardy (1716-1780) ADM 107/1/204BWAS-1714

8 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
9.4.1743 - 10.11.1743Second LieutenantThe Hon. John Bermingham (c.1718-1746) ADM 6/16/168ADM 6/1611.11.1743 - 15.10.1744First LieutenantThe Hon. John Bermingham (c.1718-1746) ADM 6/16/239ADM 6/1611.11.1743 - 6.11.1744Second Lieutenant Samuel Pitchford (c.1721-1756) ADM 6/16/239ADM 6/1629.10.1744 - 10.4.1747Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms Walter Davies (d.1746) ADM 6/16/376ADM 6/167.11.1744 - 4.4.1747First Lieutenant Samuel Pitchford (c.1721-1756) ADM 6/16/381ADM 6/165.5.1746 - 10.4.1747Second Lieutenant George 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 Lieutenant William Roberts ADM 6/17/388
Issued by The Hon. Fitzroy Henry Lee (1698/99-1751), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 4.10.1748ADM 6/1710.4.1747 - 5.5.1748Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms Hugh Robertson ADM 6/17/442
Issued by The Hon. Fitzroy Henry Lee (1698/99-1751), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 14.2.1748/49ADM 6/17

Service History

DateEventSource
14.10.1741Completed at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey at a cost of £10449.5.0dBWAS-1714
14.10.1741Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
13.1.1741/42Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford 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 - Woolwich at a cost of £19091.9.11dBWAS-1714
3.1755Began great repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich 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
6.6.1758The Siege of Louisbourg
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
3.6.1761Occupation of Dominica
7.1.1762Operations against Martinique
4.1762At JamaicaBWAS-1714
6.6.1762Operations against Havana
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

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/15 Archive

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 6/18 Archive

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