British Sixth Rate ship 'Sheerness' (1743)

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Sheerness	6674
Nominal Guns	20	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	7.1.1742/43	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	24.1.1742/43	BWAS-1714
Launched	8.10.1743	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	22.9.1743	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1741 Establishment 20-Gunner	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Jacob Ackworth (d.1748/49)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John Buxton	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	26.7.1768	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck112' 0"Imperial Feet34.1376
Length of Keel92' 11"Imperial Feet28.0543
Breadth32' 1"Imperial Feet9.7663
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528
Burthen508 ⁶⁹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

8.10.1743Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

1745Broadside Weight = 102 Imperial Pound ( 46.257 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1741140Design Complement

13 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
22.9.1743 - 3.8.1744CaptainGeorge Brydges Rodney (1719-1792) ADM 6/16/220BWAS-17144.8.1744 - 11.7.1745CaptainWilliam Gordon (1705-1769) ADM 6/16/350BWAS-171412.7.1745 - 2.12.1745CaptainWilliam Bulley (d.1746) ADM 6/16/508BWAS-17143.12.1745 - 11.5.1746CaptainLucius O'Brien (d.1771) ADM 6/17/29BWAS-171412.5.1746 - 20.12.1748CaptainMolyneaux Shuldham (1717-1798) ADM 6/17/104BWAS-171420.12.1748 - 10.5.1750CaptainHugh Palliser (1721/22-1796) ADM 6/17/424ADM 6/178.7.1755 - 18.5.1757CaptainThomas Graves (1725-1802) ADM 6/18/178ODNB18.5.1757 - 19.1.1758CaptainMathew Moore (d.1787) ADM 6/18/400BWAS-171419.1.1758 - 28.10.1762CaptainJohn Clark (c.1712-1789) ADM 6/18/474BWAS-171428.10.1762 - 17.12.1763CaptainGeorge Bowyer (1740-1800) ADM 6/19/446ADM 6/1920.6.1765 - 13.5.1766CaptainFrancis O'Hara (c.1736-1769) ADM 6/20/78ADM 6/2031.5.1766 - 25.5.1768CaptainLord Edward Michael Pakenham (2^nd Baron Longford) (1743-1792) ADM 6/20/122ADM 6/2025.5.1768 - 27.4.1769CaptainRobert Fanshawe (1740-1823) ADM 6/20/203ADM 6/20

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
9.11.1743 - 16.4.1744LieutenantThomas Griffin (d.1748) ADM 6/16/238ADM 6/1621.5.1746 - 11.10.1748LieutenantJames Ore (d.1753) ADM 6/17/107ADM 6/18

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
11.1743 - 1744MidshipmanSamuel Hood (1724-1816)ODNB

Service History

DateEventSource
8.10.1743building at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey at a cost of £3984.0.0dBWAS-1714
8.10.1743Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
19.11.1743Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £3308.14.11dBWAS-1714
1744Sailed to the ShetlandsBWAS-1714
1745Refitted as a 24 gun Sixth RateBWAS-1714
3.7.1745Action of 1745-07-03
3.7.1745Took the Privateer Name Unknown Virginia Prize off Ostend BG
3.7.1745Took the Privateer Name Unknown Virginia Prize off Ostend BG
3.7.1745Took the Privateer Name Unknown Virginia Prize off Ostend BG
3.7.1745Took the Privateer Le Royal (28) off Ostend BG
3.7.1745Took the Privateer La Duchesse de Penthièvre (26) off Ostend BG
3.7.1745Took the Privateer Name Unknown Large Prize off Ostend BG
21.11.1745Took the Privateer L'Espérance in the Channel?
2.1746On the coast of ScotlandBWAS-1714
25.3.1746Sheerness v Hasard
25.3.1746Took the Snow Prince Charles (14) Tongue Bay
5.5.1746Took the Privateer Le Jeune Conquérant
1748Carried news of the peace to JamaicaBWAS-1714
7.10.1748Navy Board ordered the quarterdeck lengthened by 8 feetBWAS-1714
10.5.1750Paid off at Deptford Dockyard ADM 106
4.7.1750SurveyedBWAS-1714
10.3.1755SurveyedBWAS-1714
4.1755Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
7.1755RecommissionedBWAS-1714
8.1755Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £2856.15.7dBWAS-1714
11.12.1755Took the Privateer Les Treize Cantons
6.2.1757Took the Privateer Le Prince de Soubise (16)
6.5.1757Took the Privateer L'Automne (4)
11.7.1757Took the Privateer Le Port Mahon
6.3.1758Sailed with a convoy for Gibraltar and the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
4.6.1760Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1763Returned home and paid offBWAS-1714
17.12.1763Paid offADM 51
27.8.1764SurveyedBWAS-1714
4.7.1768SurveyedBWAS-1714
7.7.1768Ordered to be soldBWAS-1714
26.7.1768Sold at Deptford for £315BWAS-1714

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