British Sixth Rate ship 'Port Mahon' (1740)

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Port Mahon	5884
Nominal Guns	20	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	4.10.1739	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	17.10.1739	BWAS-1714
Launched	26.8.1740	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	15.7.1740
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Deptford - London	BWAS-1714
Designed by	The Surveyors	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John Buxton	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sold	29.6.1763	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck106' 4"Imperial Feet32.3257
Length of Keel87' 5 ¼"Imperial Feet26.524
Breadth30' 8"Imperial Feet9.3472
Depth in Hold9' 4"Imperial Feet2.8448
Burthen437 ³⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

26.8.1740Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

6.1747Broadside Weight = 102 Imperial Pound ( 46.257 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1733140Design Complement

15 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
15.7.1740 - 29.7.1741CaptainHarry Powlett (1720-1794) ADM 6/15/309BWAS-171418.9.1741 - 4.6.1744CaptainHenry Aylmer (1718-1766) ADM 6/15/458BWAS-17145.6.1744 - 11.7.1745CaptainThomas Harrison (d.1749) ADM 6/16/317B05112.7.1745 - 11.4.1746CaptainRoger Adams (d.1749) ADM 6/16/508ADM 6/1612.4.1746 - 19.8.1747CaptainAndrew Jelfe (d.1765) ADM 6/17/87BWAS-171421.8.1747 - 27.12.1748CaptainRobert Askew (d.1756) ADM 6/17/260BWAS-171423.1.1753 - 24.1.1754CaptainJohn Montagu (1719-1795) ADM 6/18/56BWAS-171424.1.1754 - 9.4.1756CaptainRobert Hughes (d.1774) ADM 6/18/88BWAS-17149.4.1756 - 4.4.1757CaptainSir William Trelawny (c.1722-1772)BWAS-17144.4.1757 - 8.4.1757CaptainAlexander Campbell (d.1758) ADM 6/18/379BWAS-17148.4.1757 - 30.9.1758CaptainSamuel Wallis (1728-1795) ADM 6/18/383BWAS-171430.9.1758 - 15.2.1759CaptainJohn Ferguson (c.1708-1767) ADM 6/19/18
Issued by The Hon. Edward Boscawen (1711-1761), North America
Commission confirmed 2.1.1759ADM 6/1930.1.1759 - 22.2.1759CommanderJohn Hinxman (c.1711-c.1764) ADM 6/19/301
Issued by Thomas Coates (1712-1767), Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Commission confirmed 23.3.1761BWAS-171422.2.1759 - 12.3.1762CaptainThomas Lempriere (d.1763) ADM 6/19/39BWAS-171412.3.1762 - 22.3.1763CaptainRichard Bickerton (1727-1792)BWAS-1714

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
10.6.1746 - 9.6.1747LieutenantJohn Hickes (c.1726-c.1764) ADM 6/17/114ADM 6/179.6.1747 - 27.12.1748LieutenantJohn Selden ADM 6/17/235ADM 6/19

Service History

DateEventSource
26.8.1740building at Deptford - London at a cost of £3879.0.0dBWAS-1714
26.8.1740Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
7.9.1740Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £3002.17.9dBWAS-1714
1741In the Bay of BiscayBWAS-1714
2.1742In the Western ApproachesBWAS-1714
30.4.1742Took the Unrated Sloop Peregrina (14)
9.6.1743Took the Privateer Santa Theresa y Jesus
10.5.1744Took the Privateer Le Lion D'Or
5.1745In the ChannelBWAS-1714
2.1746Sailed to the coast of ScotlandBWAS-1714
27.3.1746Took the Privateer Le Phelypeaux
4.1747Began small repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
6.1747Refitted as a 24 gun Sixth Rate Ship
6.1747Completed small repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £2889.19.3dBWAS-1714
19.7.1747Took the Privateer Le Lévrier Volant
1748At Annapolis RoyalBWAS-1714
23.11.1748Arrived at Plymouth - Devon ADM 106
27.12.1748

Paid off at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth

ADM 106
20.1.1748/49SurveyedBWAS-1714
6.1752Began middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
11.1752Completed middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £2946.18.1dBWAS-1714
1.1755Sailed for VirginiaBWAS-1714
4.1756In the DownsBWAS-1714
23.4.1757Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
8.1757Louisbourg Expedition
6.6.1758The Siege of Louisbourg
1759Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
6.6.1762Operations against Havana
22.3.1763

Paid off

ADM 51
3.6.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
29.6.1763Sold at Portsmouth for £1,150BWAS-1714

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif WinfieldBook

B051John CharnockDigital Book

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 106 Document

ADM 51 Archive

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