British Fifth Rate frigate 'Shoreham' (1694)

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Shoreham

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Nominal Guns32BWAS-1714
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered17.2.1692/93BWAS-1603
Launched6.1.1693/94BWAS-1603
How acquiredBuilt by ContractBWAS-1603
ShipyardShoreham - Sussex B028
Ship Class1693 Program 32-Gunner (1693)BWAS-1603
Constructor
Thomas EllisBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1603
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1603
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1603
Broken Up to Rebuild21.10.1719B028
Becomes
British Sixth Rate frigate 'Shoreham' (1720) (20) 1720-1744
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck103' 0"Imperial Feet31.3944 
Length of Keel85' 7"Imperial Feet25.9436 
Breadth28' 1 ½"Imperial Feet8.5471 
Depth in Hold10' 8"Imperial Feet3.2512 
Burthen360 8⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


6.1.1693/94Broadside Weight = 96 Imperial Pound ( 43.536 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck4 British Demi-Culverin
Upper Gun Deck22 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 4-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
2.1693145Design Complement

9 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
8.1.1693/94 - 30.11.1696Captain
John ConstableBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1702
TransferedBWAS-16031.12.1696 - 1.5.1699Captain
Philip DawesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1710
ADM 6/4/50BWAS-16032.5.1699 - 27.6.1699Captain
Robert WynnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711
Transfered ADM 6/5/45ADM 6/528.6.1699 - 25.3.1705Captain
William PassengerBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1691-1719
Transfered ADM 6/6/4BWAS-160326.3.1705 - 15.3.1709/10Captain
George SaundersBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Merchant Sailor
Service 1683-1734
Transfered ADM 6/8/166BWAS-160316.3.1709/10 - 10.7.1711Captain
John FurzerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1711
Transfered ADM 6/11/33BWAS-160312.6.1711 - 12.6.1713Captain
Charles HardyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1744
Transfered ADM 6/11/144BWAS-160313.6.1713 - 7.2.1714/15Captain
Edward FalkinghamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1746
ADM 6/11/262BWAS-16037.2.1714/15 - 30.6.1718Captain
Thomas HowardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1718
ADM 6/12/25BWAS-1603

8 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
26.8.1694 - 9.12.1696Lieutenant
Christopher ElliottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1703
ADM 6/3/37
Issued by
Edward RussellBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1671-1702

Confirmed 20.2.1694/95ADM 6/310.12.1696 - 28.7.1697Lieutenant
Francis NeagleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1702
Transfered ADM 6/4/52ADM 6/429.7.1697 - 10.5.1699Lieutenant
Thomas DavisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1699
ADM 6/4/111ADM 6/411.5.1699 - 12.4.1701Lieutenant
Robert DesboroughBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1701
ADM 6/5/49ADM 6/513.4.1701 - 12.10.1704Lieutenant
William RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1704
ADM 6/7/36
Confirmed 18.5.1702ADM 6/713.10.1704 - 8.6.1711Lieutenant
Anthony HydeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1738
ADM 6/8/102ADM 6/89.6.1711 - 7.2.1714/15Lieutenant
Roger BartonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1723
ADM 6/11/144ADM 6/118.2.1714/15 - 30.6.1718Lieutenant
James FellowsBritish
Naval Sailor
ADM 6/12/26ADM 6/12

13 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1697 - 17.1.1696/97Boatswain
William BoyceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
Transfered ADM 6/4/62ADM 6/41697 - 8.4.1697Purser
William BlakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1699
Transfered ADM 6/4/70ADM 6/418.1.1696/97 - 16.3.1696/97Boatswain
James CrewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1698
Dismissed ADM 6/4/62ADM/A5.2.1696/97 - 1697Purser
Zachary MartinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
Transfered ADM 6/4/70ADM 6/417.3.1696/97 - 17.5.1697Boatswain
James WillsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
Transfered ADM 6/4/83ADM 6/46.12.1698 - 9.3.1698/99Boatswain
Francis BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1728
ADM 6/5/35ADM 6/51699 - 16.2.1698/99Carpenter
John BatelyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
Transfered ADM 6/5/40ADM 6/510.3.1698/99 - 11.5.1699Boatswain
Richard GodfreyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1701
ADM 6/5/42ADM 6/56.5.1699 - 1699Carpenter
James BartonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
ADM 6/5/47ADM 6/512.5.1699 - 1699Gunner
Richard BaggottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1717
ADM 6./5/52ADM 6/512.5.1699 - 1699Boatswain
William BriscowBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
ADM 6./5/52ADM 6/518.12.1699 - 26.3.1700Chaplain
Thomas WaltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1699-1700
Transfered ADM 6/6/19ADM 6/61702Master
William RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702
ADM 1/5262/244ADM 1

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
10.5.1699 - 1699Volunteer
Edward ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
ADM 6/5/50ADM 6/513.5.1699 - 1.8.1699Volunteer
Joseph ShillingfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
Transfered ADM 6/5/51ADM 6/514.7.1699 - 1699Volunteer
Henry TroukeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
ADM 6/6/7ADM 6/6

Service History


DateEventSource
1.1694Completed at Shoreham - Sussex at a cost of £2765.0.0dBWAS-1603
8.6.1694

At Camaret Bay

BWAS-1603
25.7.1695Took the Barque Longue
La Farouche (6) 1695-1695
French 6 Gun
Privateer Barque Longue
BWAS-1603
1699Commissioned for North America and the West IndiesBWAS-1603
1703Moved to the Irish StationBWAS-1603
5.6.1706Took the Privateer
Name Unknown (8) 1706-1706
French 8 Gun
Privateer Unknown
off the south west coast of IrelandADM/L
18.6.1706

The Shoreham and Speedwell met 10 French ships bound for Martinique and other plantations with provisions and took 5 of them, being respectively, 180, 140, 100, 96 and 160 tons, and brought them into Ireland

CTB-28
19.5.1709Took the Privateer
L'Espérance (12) 1709-1709
French 12 Gun
Privateer Unknown
BWAS-1603
1713Paid offBWAS-1603
2.1713Commissioned for New YorkBWAS-1603
2.1714Began large repair at Sheerness - Kent BWAS-1603
1.1715RecommissionedBWAS-1603
2.1715Completed large repair at Sheerness - Kent at a cost of £1985.8.2dBWAS-1603

 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Roger Bateman on Sunday 18th of January 2015 09:29

Log book ADM/L/S/268 entry for 5th June 1706 shows the Shoreham's capture off the south west coast of Ireland of 'a French privateer of 8 guns belonging Sharbrook (perhaps Cherbourg?) having 49 men after a small dispute and shot her main topmast they struck...'

Posted by Roger Bateman on Monday 5th of January 2015 09:20

I have ADM/L/S/270 of May 1709 for the Shoreham showing the 12 gun privateer she captured to be 'Union of St.Malo.' Would your source be accurate?
I am researching/writing the history of the Shoreham as if it were the same ship after the rebuilding of 1719/20. Would rebuilding have been total or partial and would it have been likely to have used the original timbers?
Amazing website - congratulations!

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