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
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	King's Yard	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Jacob Ackworth (d.1748/49)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John Barnard (1705-1784)	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
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

19 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
4.11.1748 - 31.3.1753CaptainThe Hon. Samuel Barrington (1729-1800) ADM 6/17/405BWAS-171431.3.1753 - 17.9.1755CaptainHugh Palliser (1721/22-1796) ADM 6/18/64BWAS-171418.9.1755 - 6.6.1756CaptainGeorge Darby (c.1720-1790) ADM 6/18/195BWAS-17146.6.1756 - 26.6.1756CommanderWilliam Gough (c.1722-1760) ADM 6/18/357
Issued by The Hon. John Byng (1704-1757), The Mediterranean Sea
Commission confirmed 15.2.1757ADM 6/1823.3.1757 - 19.4.1757CaptainChristopher Basset (c.1724-1765) ADM 6/18/372ADM 6/182.5.1757 - 18.10.1758CaptainThomas Taylor (1721-1797) ADM 6/18/391BWAS-171418.10.1758 - 24.7.1760CaptainJames Smith (c.1725-1786) ADM 6/18/548BWAS-171417.1.1761 - 21.10.1762CaptainCharles Cathcart Grant (1723-1772) ADM 6/19/245BWAS-171421.10.1762 - 23.4.1763CaptainRobert Jocelyn (d.c.1806) ADM 6/19/529
Issued by Samuel Cornish (1715-1770), East Indies
Commission confirmed 24.8.1763BWAS-171420.6.1765 - 17.2.1767CaptainCharles Leslie (d.1775) ADM 6/20/78ADM 6/2026.5.1768 - 6.9.1770CaptainThomas Bishop (c.1721-1788) ADM 6/20/203ADM 6/2021.1.1771 - 23.4.1773CaptainThomas Pasley (1734-1808) ADM 6/20/340BWAS-171423.4.1773 - 26.4.1773CaptainDigby Dent (1739-1817) ADM 6/20/490BWAS-171425.8.1773 - 26.6.1777CaptainGeorge Farmer (c.1732-1779) ADM 6/20/511BWAS-171426.6.1777 - 2.1779CaptainJohn Alexander Panton (d.1781) ADM 6/22/155
Issued by Edward Hughes (1720-1794), East Indies
Commission confirmed 26.7.1780BWAS-17142.1779 - 3.1781CaptainAlexander McCoyBWAS-17143.3.1781 - 7.1783CaptainRobert MontaguBWAS-17147.1783 - 1784CaptainCharles HughesBWAS-17141784 - 3.1784CaptainJohn Drew (d.1798)BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer

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

1 Commissioned Officer

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

3 Petty Officers

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

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
5.4.1774 - 30.10.1775Able SeamanHoratio Nelson (1758-1805)NAO

Service History

DateEventSource
13.9.1748building at Harwich at a cost of £4063.10.0dBWAS-1714
13.9.1748Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard BWAS-1714
17.2.1748/49Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard 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

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26.7.1755

Sailed from Hampton Roads

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22.8.1755

Arrived in England

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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 BWAS-1714
8.1760Completed large repair at Deptford Dockyard 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
23.9.1762Manilla 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 BWAS-1714
1.1771RecommissionedBWAS-1714
6.1771Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard 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 BWAS-1714
10.1773Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard 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 Fifth Rate 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
From	Until	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1754/10	1755	Braddock's Expedition	Augustus Keppel (1725-1786)

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif WinfieldBook

ADM 6/18 Archive

ADM 6/20 Archive

ref:1190Shirley FishDigital Book

ADM 6/17 Archive

ref:616Nicholas TracyBook

NAOVariousWeb Site

ADM 51 Archive

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