British Sixth Rate frigate 'Seahorse' (1748)

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Seahorse	6557
Nominal Guns	24	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	4.2.1747/48	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	23.2.1747/48	BWAS-1714
Named	23.8.1748	BWAS-1714
Launched	13.9.1748	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	4.11.1748	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	King's Yard - Harwich	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Jacob Ackworth (c.1668-1748/49)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John Barnard (1705-1784)	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	30.12.1784	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck114' 0"Imperial Feet34.7472
Length of Keel95' 4"Imperial Feet28.9763
Breadth32' 0"Imperial Feet9.7536
Depth in Hold10' 2"Imperial Feet3.0988
Burthen519 ²⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

11.1748Broadside Weight = 102 Imperial Pound ( 46.257 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck22 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
11.1748160 BWAS-1714

20 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
4.11.1748 - 31.3.1753CaptainThe Hon. Samuel Barrington (1729-1800) ADM 6/17/405BWAS-171431.3.1753 - 17.9.1755Captain Hugh Palliser (1721/22-1796) Transfered ADM 6/18/64BWAS-171418.9.1755 - 6.6.1756Captain George Darby (c.1720-1790) ADM 6/18/195BWAS-17146.6.1756 - 26.6.1756Commander William Gough (c.1722-1760) ADM 6/18/357
Issued by The Hon. John Byng (1704-1757), The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 15.2.1757ADM 6/1823.3.1757 - 19.4.1757Captain Christopher Basset (c.1724-1765) Transfered ADM 6/18/372ADM 6/182.5.1757 - 18.10.1758Captain Thomas Taylor (1721-1797) Transfered ADM 6/18/391BWAS-171418.10.1758 - 24.7.1760Captain James Smith (c.1725-1786) ADM 6/18/548BWAS-171417.1.1761 - 21.10.1762Captain Charles Cathcart Grant (1723-1772) Transfered ADM 6/19/245BWAS-171421.10.1762 - 23.4.1763Captain Robert Jocelyn (d.c.1806) ADM 6/19/529
Issued by Samuel Cornish (1715-1770), East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 24.8.1763BWAS-171420.6.1765 - 17.2.1767Captain Charles Leslie (d.1775) Transfered ADM 6/20/78ADM 6/2026.5.1768 - 6.9.1770Captain Thomas Bishop (c.1721-1788) Transfered ADM 6/20/203ADM 6/2021.1.1771 - 23.4.1773Captain Thomas Pasley (1734-1808) ADM 6/20/340BWAS-171423.4.1773 - 26.4.1773Captain Digby Dent (1739-1817) ADM 6/20/490BWAS-171425.8.1773 - 26.6.1777Captain George Farmer (c.1732-1779) ADM 6/20/511BWAS-171426.6.1777 - 2.1779Captain John Alexander Panton (d.1781) ADM 6/22/155
Issued by Edward Hughes (1720-1794), East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 26.7.1780BWAS-17142.1779 - 3.1781Captain Alexander McCoy (d.bef.1783)BWAS-17143.3.1781 - 1.5.1782Captain Robert Montagu Transfered ADM 6/22/407
Issued by Edward Hughes (1720-1794), East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 6.2.1782BWAS-17149.10.1782 - 6.2.1783Captain Christopher Halliday (d.1790) Transfered ADM 6/23/232
Issued by Edward Hughes (1720-1794), East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 21.7.1784ADM 6/236.2.1783 - 3.1784Captain John Drew (d.1798) ADM 6/23/201
Issued by Edward Hughes (1720-1794), East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 14.4.1784BWAS-17147.1783 - 26.3.1784Captain Charles HughesBWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
26.7.1755 - 22.8.1755Commodore Augustus Keppel (1725-1786)ref:1190

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
4.11.1748 - 31.3.1753Lieutenant William Osborne (c.1714-?) ADM 6/17/401ADM 6/17

3 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
10.1773 - 1774Midshipman Thomas Hoar (1758-1825)ref:61628.10.1773 - 4.4.1774Midshipman Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)NAO31.10.1775 - 14.3.1776Midshipman Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)NAO

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
5.4.1774 - 30.10.1775Able Seaman Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)NAO

Service History

DateEventSource
13.9.1748building at Harwich - Essex at a cost of £4063.10.0dBWAS-1714
13.9.1748Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
17.2.1748/49Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £1264.14.8dBWAS-1714
3.1748/49Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1752In the ChannelBWAS-1714
1.1755Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
3.1755

Arrived in Hampton Roads

ref:1190
26.7.1755

Sailed from Hampton Roads

ref:1190
22.8.1755

Arrived in England

ref:1190
15.5.1756Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
1.8.1757Action off Flushing
14.2.1759Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
24.1.1760SurveyedBWAS-1714
3.1760Began large repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
8.1760Completed large repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £5765.19.8dBWAS-1714
10.1.1761Seahorse vs Aigrette
4.2.1761Sailed for Inida to observe the transit of VenusBWAS-1714
6.6.1762Manilla operations
24.9.1762Battle of Manilla
23.4.1763

Returned to England and paid off

ADM 51
21.9.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
1.1770SurveyedBWAS-1714
4.1770Began middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
1.1771RecommissionedBWAS-1714
6.1771Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £4851.2.5dBWAS-1714
2.8.1771Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
26.4.1773

Paid off

ADM 51
8.1773Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
10.1773Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £3283.9.5dBWAS-1714
19.11.1773Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
19.2.1775Took Hyder Ali's armed ketch off AnjengoBWAS-1714
10.8.1778Second Battle of Pondicherry
25.8.1778Took the Frigate Le Sartine (26) in the East Indies
17.2.1782Battle of Sadras
12.4.1782Battle of Providien
6.7.17822nd Battle of Negapatam
3.9.1782Battle of Trincomalee
20.6.17832nd Battle of Cuddalore
3.1784Paid offBWAS-1714
30.12.1784Sold for £1,115 to Richerd Buller. Subsequently rebuilt at Rotherhithe as the mercantile RavenscroftBWAS-1714

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
10.1754-1755	Braddock's Expedition	Augustus Keppel (1725-1786)

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Posted by Tim Oakley on Sunday 22nd of December 2019 07:45

REf: Naval Chronology. Isaac Schomeberg

Posted by Tim Oakley on Sunday 22nd of December 2019 07:43

10/1/1761 Seahorse Captain James Smith on route to India when attacked by Aigrette and forced to return to UK for repairs

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