British Fifth Rate frigate 'Shoreham' (1694)

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Shoreham	6684
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	17.2.1692/93	BWAS-1603
Launched	6.1.1693/94	BWAS-1603
How acquired	Built by Contract	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	Shoreham - Sussex	B028
Ship Class	1693 Program 32-Gunner (1693)	BWAS-1603
Constructor	Thomas EllisBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1603
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1603
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1603
Broken Up to Rebuild	21.10.1719	B028
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 TransferedBWAS-16031.12.1696 - 1.5.1699Captain ADM 6/4/50BWAS-16032.5.1699 - 27.6.1699Captain Transfered ADM 6/5/45ADM 6/528.6.1699 - 25.3.1705Captain Transfered ADM 6/6/4BWAS-160326.3.1705 - 15.3.1709/10Captain Transfered ADM 6/8/166BWAS-160316.3.1709/10 - 10.7.1711Captain Transfered ADM 6/11/33BWAS-160312.6.1711 - 12.6.1713Captain Transfered ADM 6/11/144BWAS-160313.6.1713 - 7.2.1714/15Captain ADM 6/11/262BWAS-16037.2.1714/15 - 30.6.1718Captain ADM 6/12/25BWAS-1603

8 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
26.8.1694 - 9.12.1696Lieutenant ADM 6/3/37
Issued by
Confirmed 20.2.1694/95ADM 6/310.12.1696 - 28.7.1697Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/4/52ADM 6/429.7.1697 - 10.5.1699Lieutenant ADM 6/4/111ADM 6/411.5.1699 - 12.4.1701Lieutenant ADM 6/5/49ADM 6/513.4.1701 - 12.10.1704Lieutenant ADM 6/7/36
Confirmed 18.5.1702ADM 6/713.10.1704 - 8.6.1711Lieutenant ADM 6/8/102ADM 6/89.6.1711 - 7.2.1714/15Lieutenant ADM 6/11/144ADM 6/118.2.1714/15 - 30.6.1718Lieutenant ADM 6/12/26ADM 6/12

6 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1697 - 17.1.1696/97Boatswain Transfered ADM 6/4/62ADM 6/41697 - 8.4.1697Purser Transfered ADM 6/4/70ADM 6/418.1.1696/97 - 16.3.1696/97Boatswain Dismissed ADM 6/4/62ADM/A5.2.1696/97 - 1697Purser Transfered ADM 6/4/70ADM 6/417.3.1696/97 - 17.5.1697Boatswain Transfered ADM 6/4/83ADM 6/46.12.1698 - 1698BoatswainADM/A

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 BWAS-1603
1699Commissioned for North America and the West IndiesBWAS-1603
1703Moved to the Irish StationBWAS-1603
5.6.1706Took the Privateer 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 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

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

ADM 6/5 Archive

ADM 6/3 Archive

ADM 6/4 Archive

ADM 6/7 Archive

ADM 6/8 Archive

ADM 6/11 Archive

ADM 6/12 Archive

ADM/A Archive

ADM/LAuthority, Document

CTB-28Authority, Book

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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