British Third Rate ship of the line 'Revenge' (1805)

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Revenge	6180
Nominal Guns	74	B028
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	26.10.1796	B028
Keel Laid Down	8.1800	B028
Acquired	13.4.1805	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	B028
Designed by	Sir John HenslowBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1761-1795	B028
Constructor	Sir Robert SeppingsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1832	B028
Category	Third Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Broken Up	10.1849	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck181' 11"Imperial Feet55.1691
Length of Keel150' 0 ½"Imperial Feet45.7327
Breadth49' 2"Imperial Feet14.9408
Depth in Hold21' 1"Imperial Feet6.4262
Burthen1,954 ³⁴⁄₉₄Imperial Feet0.0092

Armament

13.4.1805Broadside Weight = 1099 Imperial Pound ( 498.3965 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 24-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck6 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder
Roundhouse6 British 18-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
27.10.1796590Design Complement

9 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
12.4.1805 - 1.1806CaptainNAO1.1806 - 2.1806CaptainBWAS-17142.1806 - 8.1807CaptainBWAS-17938.1808 - 1.1809CaptainBWAS-179314.1.1809 - 28.2.1809CaptainBWAS-179318.10.1810 - 1812CaptainBWAS-171416.6.1812 - 30.9.1812Captain Transfered ADM 196/3/80ADM 19620.3.1823 - 4.1827CaptainNBD18499.5.1839 - 1842CaptainNBD1849

15 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
16.4.1805 - 1806LieutenantNAO11.5.1805 - 24.12.1805LieutenantNAO6.6.1805 - 1806LieutenantNAO2.7.1805 - 1806LieutenantNAO5.8.1805 - 1806LieutenantNAO1808 - 10.1810LieutenantNBD18491.5.1811 - 8.3.1813Flag LieutenantNBD18491813 - 9.1814LieutenantNBD184929.3.1814 - 31.5.1814LieutenantNBD184920.3.1823 - 1823LieutenantNBD184920.3.1823 - 17.9.1825LieutenantNBD184930.4.1823 - 25.11.1823First LieutenantNBD184917.9.1825 - 26.4.1827Flag LieutenantNBD184926.10.1830 - 21.12.1831LieutenantNBD18491.2.1831 - 27.11.1833LieutenantNBD1849

4 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
26.4.1803 - 8.1.1807BoatswainNAO21.4.1805 - 30.1.1806MasterNAO19.9.1805 - 1805BoatswainNAO1.2.1806 - 20.2.1807Master ADM 196/1/6ADM 196

7 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
18.5.1805 - 8.1807MidshipmanNBD18496.1805 - 1805MidshipmanNBD18491806 - 6.1806MidshipmanNBD18491806 - 15.7.1806MidshipmanNBD18496.1811 - 11.1812MidshipmanNBD18491824 - 1827MidshipmanNBD18491827 - 1828MidshipmanNBD1849

3 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
18.5.1805 - 11.18111st Class VolunteerNBD184920.6.1823 - 18231st Class VolunteerBWAS-17933.6.1827 - 18271st Class VolunteerNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
4.1805CommissionedBWAS-1793
23.6.1805Completed at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £58653.0.0dBWAS-1793
21.10.1805Battle of Trafalgar
12.1805Began refitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
2.1806Completed refitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £10687.0.0dBWAS-1793
16.7.1806Boat attack on shipping in the GirondeBWAS-1793
25.9.1806Action off Rochefort
26.2.1807Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
1809Walcheren expeditionBWAS-1793
10.6.1810Sailed with the East Indies ConvoyBWAS-1793
17.10.1810Took the Privateer off Cherbourg
13.11.1810Actions at La Hougue
4.1811Began refitting at Portsmouth - Hampshire BWAS-1793
6.1811Completed refitting at Portsmouth - Hampshire at a cost of £15110.0.0dBWAS-1793
18.12.1812Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
8.11.1813On the 8th of November, at 8 h. 30 m. p.m., the boats of the 74-gun ship Revenge, Captain Sir John Gore, under the orders of Lieutenant William Richards, assisted by Lieutenant Thomas Blakiston, Captain of marines John Spurin, and master's mates and midshipmen Thomas Quelch, William Rolfe, Henry Fisher, Benjamin Mainwaring, John Harwood, Valentine Munbee, George Fraser, Robert Maxwell, Charles M. D. Buchanan, and John P. Davey, were sent into the harbour of Palamos, to endeavour to cut out a French felucca privateer. At 11 p.m. Lieutenant Richards and his party boarded and carried the privateer, without having a man hurt, and by 1 a.m. on the 9th had brought her alongside the Revenge.BWAS-1793
8.1814Paid off into ordinary at Chatham
2.1818Began large repair at Chatham - Kent BWAS-1793
8.1823Relaunched with a circular sternBWAS-1793
8.1823Completed large repair at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £76919.0.0dBWAS-1793
6.1827Began fitting at Portsmouth - Hampshire BWAS-1793
1.1828Completed fitting at Portsmouth - Hampshire at a cost of £12142.0.0dBWAS-1793
11.1830Began fitting at Plymouth - Devon BWAS-1793
5.1831Completed fitting at Plymouth - Devon at a cost of £18617.0.0dBWAS-1793
1.1838Began fitting at Portsmouth - Hampshire BWAS-1793
1839Re-rated at 76 gunsBWAS-1793
1839Refitted as a 76 gun Third Rate Ship of the Line
8.1839Completed fitting at Portsmouth - Hampshire at a cost of £17178.0.0dBWAS-1793
1840RecommissionedBWAS-1793
3.11.1840Bombardment of Acre
1842Paid off at SheernessBWAS-1793
4.1849Surveyed at SheernessBWAS-1793
10.1849Broken up at SheernessBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 196 Document

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NAOVarious, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Mark Iliff on Sunday 20th of November 2022 00:54

William Robinson, aka Jack Nastyface, served in Revenge from commissioning, through Trafalgar and at least until the Walcharen expedition in 1809.
—Oliver Warner's introduction to Jack Nastyface: Memoirs of an English Seaman 1836

Posted by Nicholas Wright on Thursday 28th of July 2022 22:12

do you have any family information on Lieutenant William Wright

Posted by Tim Oakley on Monday 27th of December 2021 09:32

27 November 1812 Revenge74 Captain Sir John Gore retakes command
4 December 1813 Revenge74 Captain William Carroll takes command as Captain Sir John Gore promoted Rear-Admiral Blue and hoisted his flag, to commanded a squadron in the Adriatic until the peace
4.6.1814 Revenge74 Captain William Carroll hands over to Captain Henry Hart, Rear-Admiral Blue Sir John Gore promoted Rear-Admiral White
24 Aug 1814 Revenge74 Captain Henry Hart, Rear-Admiral White Sir John Gore arrived Deal and departed for the river, to be paid off

Posted by Tim Oakley on Sunday 26th of December 2021 19:59

Captain Alexander Robert Kerr next held the temporary command of the Valiant74 for Captain John Bligh who had been appointed in January 1809, and he was off the Island of Groix on 2 March in company with the Theseus74 Commodore John Beresford and Triumph74 Captain Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, when they sighted the Revenge74, which Bligh was bringing out from England for Captain Charles Paget,

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