British First Rate ship of the line 'Royal George' (1715)

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Royal George -> 1756 Royal Anne	6028
Nominal Guns	100	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	29.8.1706	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	3.5.1709	BWAS-1714
Named	9.9.1715	BWAS-1714
Launched	30.9.1715	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	2.2.1740/41	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Woolwich	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John Hayward	BWAS-1714
Category	First Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Broken Up	9.4.1767	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck171' 9"Imperial Feet52.124
Length of Keel139' 7"Imperial Feet42.3718
Breadth49' 3"Imperial Feet14.9437
Depth in Hold19' 6"Imperial Feet5.8081
Burthen1,800 ⁸⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1715Broadside Weight = 842 Imperial Pound ( 381.847 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1715750EstablishmentBWAS-1714

11 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
2.2.1740/41 - 2.9.1742CaptainEdward Falkingham (c.1679-1757) ADM 6/15/375BWAS-171412.6.1744 - 11.8.1745CaptainCharles Cotterel (d.1754) ADM 6/16/320BWAS-171412.8.1745 - 13.9.1745CaptainThomas Harrison (d.1749) ADM 6/16/525BWAS-171414.9.1745 - 21.2.1745/46CaptainWilliam Parry (c.1699-1779) ADM 6/16/544ADM 6/1622.2.1745/46 - 21.6.1748CaptainCharles Knowles (1704-1777) ADM 6/17/66ADM 6/1714.2.1755 - 17.1.1756CaptainRoger Martin (d.1779) ADM 6/18/137ADM 6/1817.1.1756 - 30.6.1756CaptainRoger Martin (d.1779) ADM 6/18/230ADM 6/1830.6.1756 - 19.4.1757CaptainClark Gayton (1712-1787) ADM 6/18/288BWAS-171419.4.1757 - 3.8.1757CaptainJohn Barker (d.1776) ADM 6/18/386BWAS-17143.8.1757 - 18.12.1760CaptainSir William Burnaby (1710-1776) ADM 6/18/425BWAS-171431.3.1761 - 18.12.1762LieutenantJohn Randell (c.1708-1766) ADM 6/19/304ADM 6/19

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
10.1745 - 6.1748Admiral of the BlueEdward Vernon (1684-1757)BWAS-1714

32 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
2.2.1740/41 - 19.3.1740/41Third LieutenantWilliam Parkinson (d.1747) ADM 6/15/375ADM 6/152.2.1740/41 - 19.3.1740/41Fourth LieutenantAlexander Gordon (d.1743) ADM 6/15/375ADM 6/152.2.1740/41 - 5.5.1741Fifth LieutenantThomas Williams (d.1754) ADM 6/15/375ADM 6/152.2.1740/41 - 5.5.1741Sixth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsJohn Crookshanks (1708-1795) ADM 6/15/375ADM 6/1520.3.1740/41 - 5.5.1741Second LieutenantWilliam Parkinson (d.1747) ADM 6/15/400ADM 6/1520.3.1740/41 - 5.5.1741Third LieutenantAlexander Gordon (d.1743) ADM 6/15/400ADM 6/156.5.1741 - 20.1.1741/42First LieutenantWilliam Parkinson (d.1747) ADM 6/15/415ADM 6/156.5.1741 - 16.11.1741Second LieutenantAlexander Gordon (d.1743) ADM 6/15/415ADM 6/156.5.1741 - 20.1.1741/42Fourth LieutenantThomas Williams (d.1754) ADM 6/15/415ADM 6/1521.1.1741/42 - 9.2.1741/42First LieutenantAlexander Gordon (d.1742) ADM 6/16/5ADM 6/1621.1.1741/42 - 9.2.1741/42Third LieutenantThomas Williams (d.1754) ADM 6/16/5ADM 6/1621.1.1741/42 - 9.2.1741/42Sixth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsRoger Adams (d.1749) ADM 6/16/5ADM 6/1610.2.1741/42 - 26.2.1741/42Second LieutenantThomas Williams (d.1754) ADM 6/15/13ADM 6/1610.2.1741/42 - 2.9.1742Fifth LieutenantRoger Adams (d.1749) ADM 6/16/13ADM 6/1610.2.1741/42 - 23.6.1742Sixth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsThe Hon. Daniel Sherrard (c.1721-1743/44) ADM 6/16/13ADM 6/1612.6.1744 - 11.8.1745First LieutenantJohn Pitman (d.1751/52) ADM 6/16/320ADM 6/1630.6.1744 - 11.8.1745Third LieutenantJohn Bishop ADM 6/16/331ADM 6/1623.11.1744 - 27.1.1744/45Sixth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsWilliam Ley Rooke ADM 6/16/393ADM 6/1628.1.1744/45 - 7.8.1745Fourth LieutenantWilliam Ley Rooke ADM 6/16/431ADM 6/1628.1.1744/45 - 11.8.1745Fifth LieutenantHenry Richard Dubois (1723/24-1792) ADM 6/16/431ADM 6/1615.3.1744/45 - 11.8.1745Sixth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsStuart Powell ADM 6/16/456ADM 6/1612.8.1745 - 22.1.1745/46First LieutenantFrancis Withers (d.c.1751) ADM 6/16/526ADM 6/1612.8.1745 - 21.1.1745/46Second LieutenantWilliam Cust (d.1748) ADM 6/16/526ADM 6/1612.8.1745 - 20.10.1745Third LieutenantCharles Hardy (d.bef.1750) ADM 6/16/256ADM 6/1621.10.1745 - 12.11.1745Third LieutenantJohn Sbirel (c.1714-1770) ADM 6/17/11ADM 6/1723.1.1745/46 - 5.10.1746First LieutenantJervis Maplesden (c.1705-1781) ADM 6/17/48ADM 6/1724.1.1745/46 - 5.5.1747Sixth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsJoseph Myers ADM 6/17/48ADM 6/1726.5.1746 - 5.5.1747Fourth LieutenantDavid Pryce ADM 6/17/108ADM 6/189.10.1746 - 29.10.1746Second LieutenantWilliam Williams Jun. (d.bef.1752) ADM 6/17/161ADM 6/1728.3.1747 - 25.12.1747Third LieutenantBroderick Hartwell (c.1714-1784) ADM 6/17/211ADM 6/175.5.1747 - 21.6.1748Fifth LieutenantJoseph Myers ADM 6/17/222ADM 6/1731.12.1747 - 21.6.1748Third LieutenantJohn Rankin ADM 6/17/305ADM 6/17

5 Warrant Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
bef.1721 - 3.9.1721CarpenterHenry Hagie (d.bef.1739) ADM 6/13/17ADM 6/131741 - 25.5.1741BoatswainMichael Pinfold ADM 6/15/421ADM 6/151755 - 14.1.1755CarpenterMilbourne Marsh ADM 6/18/120ADM 6/181757 - 17.5.1757SurgeonJeremiah Titcher ADM 6/18/399ADM 6/181767 - 3.1767CarpenterEdward Bailey (d.bef.1778) ADM 6/20/173ADM 6/20

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
6.1757Ordinary SeamanCuthbert Baines (1743-1810)ref:980

Service History

DateEventSource
18.10.1715Rebuild completed at a cost of £28,707.2.5³/₄dBWAS-1714
3.1734/35Started a great repairBWAS-1714
3.1736/37Completed great repair at a cost of £25,465.4.8dBWAS-1714
1741Commissioned (for the first time) for Norris' fleetBWAS-1714
8.1742

Started a repair and refit as Chatham Dockyard

BWAS-1714
7.1745Completed repair and refit (as a 90 gun ship) at a cost of £18,092.12.6dBWAS-1714
10.1745

Recommissioned as flagship in The Downs

BWAS-1714
21.6.1748Paid off at Portsmouth Dockyard ADM 106
5.1.1748/49SurveyedBWAS-1714
28.1.1748/49SurveyedBWAS-1714
2.1755RecommissionedBWAS-1714
8.11.1755

Surveyed at Sheerness

BWAS-1714
1756

Refitted at Portsmouth at a cost of £8,449.0.11d

BWAS-1714
10.1.1756Renamed Royal AnneBWAS-1714
21.9.1759Joined Hawke's fleetBWAS-1714
12.10.1760Left the fleet in distressBWAS-1714
1761Refitted as an unarmed Unrated Prison Ship ADM354
27.2.1761

His Majesty's ships Royal Anne, Saint George and Boyne are going to be made prison ships. The lease being out on Portchester Castle the prisoners are to be removed from thence on board the above ships.

ref:1199
20.10.1761

The Blenheim Hospital ship is under order to be paid off and Vice Admiral Holburne has ordered part of the men borne to be discharged into the Royal Ann prison ship to serve as a boats crew to the Lieutenant commanding her. There has never been any orders to bear a Lieutenant of men on the Royal Ann as a prison ship and ask whether we shall give orders for them to be borne

ADM354
18.12.1762

Paid off

ADM 51
10.1764SurveyedBWAS-1714
7.3.1767SurveyedBWAS-1714
10.3.1767Ordered broken up for £767.4.8dBWAS-1714
9.4.1767

Break up completed at Portsmouth

BWAS-1714

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif WinfieldBook

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 6/18 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

ADM 6/15 Archive

ADM 6/13 Archive

ADM 6/20 Archive

ref:980 Web Site

ADM 106 Document

ADM354 Document

ref:1199 Digital Book

ADM 51 Archive

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