British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Rupert' (1740)

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Rupert

6304
Nominal Guns60BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered16.8.1736BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down27.6.1737BWAS-1714
Launched27.10.1740BWAS-1714
First Commissioned12.9.1740BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardSheerness - Kent BWAS-1714
Ship Class1733 Establishment 60-Gunner (1733)BWAS-1714
Constructor
Jeremiah RosewellBritish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1726-1741
BWAS-1714
CategoryFourth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up1.1767BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck144' 0"Imperial Feet43.8912 
Length of Keel116' 7"Imperial Feet35.3679 
Breadth41' 6"Imperial Feet12.6492 
Depth in Hold16' 11"Imperial Feet4.881 
Burthen1,070 27⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


27.10.1740Broadside Weight = 435 Imperial Pound ( 197.2725 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck24 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1733400Design Complement
4.175529plus one nurse for every 14 sick menBWAS-1714

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
12.9.1740 - 11.4.1745Captain
John AmbroseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1750
ADM 6/15/330BWAS-171412.4.1745 - 26.10.1748Captain
Edmund HorneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1748
ADM 6/16/463BWAS-1714

8 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
16.9.1740 - 9.12.1741Second Lieutenant
Edward Le CrasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1778
ADM 6/15/330ADM 6/1519.9.1740 - 26.9.1740Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
George EdgcumbeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1782
Transfered ADM 6/15/333ADM 6/1510.12.1741 - 12.7.1745First Lieutenant
Edward Le CrasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1778
ADM 6/15/486ADM 6/1510.12.1741 - 25.9.1743Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
William SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1763
Transfered ADM 6/15/486ADM 6/1525.9.1743 - 17.3.1743/44Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
William Williams Jun.British
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1748
Transfered ADM 6/17/1
Confirmed 19.9.1745ADM 6/1718.3.1743/44 - 13.5.1745Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Francis SaundersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1746
Transfered ADM 6/16/377ADM 6/1612.7.1745 - 26.10.1748First Lieutenant
Henry John PhillipsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1756
ADM 6/17/410
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 21.11.1748ADM 6/1710.8.1745 - 26.10.1748Second Lieutenant
James BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1760
ADM 6/17/425
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 23.12.1748ADM 6/17

2 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
14.8.1744 - 21.11.1745Gunner
Nathaniel ScarlettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1757
ADM 107/4/30ADM 107/425.9.1744 - c.1746Purser
William de l'AngleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1746
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/16/366ADM 6/16

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
27.9.1740 - 23.1.1740/41Midshipman
John HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1747
Transfered ADM 107/3/429ADM 107/35.1.1745/46 - 17.7.1747Midshipman
Edward HoworthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1796
ADM 107/4/280ADM 107/418.7.1747 - 14.10.1748Master's Mate
Edward HoworthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1796
Transfered ADM 107/4/280ADM 107/4

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
7.1.1744/45 - 4.1.1745/46Able Seaman
Edward HoworthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1796
ADM 107/4/280ADM 107/4

Service History


DateEventSource
26.12.1740Completed at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £18941.5.6dBWAS-1714
26.5.1741Took the Brig
San Antonio de Padua (16) 1741-1741
Spanish 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
in the Channel
19.9.1741Took the Privateer
San Sebastian 1741-1741
Spanish Privateer Unknown

19.9.1741Took the Privateer
Le Duc de Vendome (26) 1741-1741
French 26 Gun
Privateer Unknown

10.2.1743/44Battle of Toulon
26.10.1748

Paid off at Plymouth Dockyard

ADM 106
25.12.1748SurveyedBWAS-1714
3.1755Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth
4.1755Refitted as a Unrated Hospital Ship
4.1755Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £2387.3.6d
16.1.1763Paid offADM 51
10.1764SurveyedBWAS-1714
10.1766SurveyedBWAS-1714
11.11.1766Ordered to be broken upBWAS-1714
1.1767"Laid ashore at the southern part of the new ground at Plymouth to be broken up"BWAS-1714

 
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Posted by Brian Stephens on Monday 5th of May 2014 20:57

The Gentleman's magazine. v. 13 (1743).
Letters from the Mediterranean, dated May 14, advise, that Capt. Ambrose in the Rupert man of war, and another of his Majesty's ships, had visited the coast of Spain, and had taken out of several of the harbours 16 ships, without the loss of one man.

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