British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Rochester' (1749)

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Rochester	612
Nominal Guns	50	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	4.3.1746/47	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	24.9.1747	BWAS-1714
Named	1.7.1749	BWAS-1714
Launched	3.8.1749	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	11.3.1755	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1741 Establishment 50-Gunner - modified	BWAS-1714
Designed by	John Holland (d.1752)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John Holland (d.1752)	BWAS-1714
Category	Fourth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	3.4.1770	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck146' 0"Imperial Feet44.5008
Length of Keel120' 6"Imperial Feet36.5836
Breadth40' 0"Imperial Feet12.192
Depth in Hold16' 10"Imperial Feet4.8768
Burthen1,021 26,94Imperial Feet1.1938

Armament

3.8.1749Broadside 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
Quarterdeck2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1742350Design Complement

5 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
11.3.1755 - 5.3.1760CaptainRobert Duff (1721-1787) ADM 6/18/145BWAS-17145.3.1760 - 1.5.1762CaptainThomas Burnett (1724-1783) ADM 6/19/143BWAS-17141.5.1762 - 8.6.1762CaptainMolyneaux Shuldham (1717-1798) ADM 6/19/538
Issued by George Pocock (1705/6-1792), East Indies - Asia
Commission confirmed 14.9.1763ADM 6/196.11.1762 - 18.1.1763CaptainJohn Carter Allen (1724-1800) ADM 6/19/449BWAS-171418.1.1763 - 2.4.1764CaptainFrancis Samuel Drake (1729-1789) ADM 6/20/29BWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
14.9.1749Completed at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £20622.15.4dBWAS-1714
7.1756In the Channel IslandsBWAS-1714
9.4.1757Took the Privateer Le Dauphin (8)
13.4.1757Took the Privateer La Victoire (26)
30.4.1757Took the Privateer La Renommée
30.4.1757Took the Privateer La Superbe
12.6.1757Took the Privateer Le Jean Baptiste (8)
15.10.1757Took the Corvette Princess de Soubise
11.5.1758Took the Snow Le Cerf Volant and carried in Plymouth the 18/05/1758BG
5.6.1758Raid on Saint-Malo
29.6.1758Took the Frigate La Guirlande (22) in the Channel
9.4.1759Took the Privateer Le Carilloneur (8) BG
20.11.1759Battle of Quiberon Bay
3.4.1760Took the Schooner La Subtile (4) off PlymouthBG
25.4.1760Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
6.1761Sailed to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1762To North America and then homeBWAS-1714
7.1.1762Operations against Martinique
18.8.1762Took the Frigate La Guirlande (26) in the Channel
25.11.1762Took the Privateer San Vincente
28.11.1762Took the Privateer Ritta
1763In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
6.1764Paid offBWAS-1714
22.8.1764SurveyedBWAS-1714
15.2.1770SurveyedBWAS-1714
3.4.1770Sold for £630BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/19 Archive

BGOfficial, Web Site

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