British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Newcastle' (1750)

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Newcastle
Nominal Guns	50	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	11.12.1745	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	17.6.1746	BWAS-1714
Launched	4.12.1750	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	11.3.1755	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1745 Establishment 50-Gunner (1745)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Peirson LockBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1716-1755	BWAS-1714
Category	Fourth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Foundered	1.1.1761	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck144' 0"Imperial Feet43.8912
Length of Keel117' 8 ½"Imperial Feet35.6743
Breadth41' 0"Imperial Feet12.4968
Depth in Hold17' 8"Imperial Feet5.2106
Burthen1,052 ⁴⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

4.12.1750Broadside 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
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1745350Design Complement

7 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
11.3.1755 - 27.1.1757Captain ADM 6/18/146BWAS-171427.1.1757 - 25.3.1758Captain Discharged Dead ADM 6/18/349BWAS-171425.3.1758 - 30.4.1758Captain ADM 6/19/163
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 6.5.1760BWAS-171417.10.1758 - 22.2.1759Captain TransferedBWAS-171423.2.1759 - 10.9.1759Captain† Discharged Dead ADM 6/19/208
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 17.11.1760BWAS-171411.9.1759 - 1.1.1760Captain Transfered ADM 6/19/423
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 14.7.1762BWAS-17141.1.1760 - 1.1.1761Captain ADM 6/20/85
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 7.8.1765BWAS-1714

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
8.2.1757 - 17.3.1760Third Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/18/353ADM 6/18

Service History

DateEventSource
4.12.1750building at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £18159.18.7dBWAS-1714
7.1756Sailed to meet the East India shipBWAS-1714
10.3.1757Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
29.4.1758Battle of Cuddalore
3.8.1758Battle of Negapatam
10.9.1759Battle of Pondicherry
1.1.1761Wrecked in a cyclone off PondicherryBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/18 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Cy on Thursday 13th of June 2019 15:57

You are quite correct. the armament list with carronades is erroneous. No idea where it came from, but not the quoted source for certain. I have removed and replaced with the correct class armament.

Posted by Tom Jensen on Thursday 13th of June 2019 10:54

Was this ship really armed with Carronades in 1750? Wikipedia says the Carronade wasn't invented until 1759 /

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