British Sixth Rate ship 'Shoreham' (1744)

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Shoreham	6686
Nominal Guns	20	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	19.5.1743	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	17.7.1743	BWAS-1714
Launched	31.5.1744	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	5.4.1744
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Kingston upon Hull	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1741 Establishment 20-Gunner
Designed by	Jacob Ackworth (d.1748/49)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John Reed	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sold	4.4.1759	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck112' 8 ½"Imperial Feet34.1503
Length of Keel91' 6"Imperial Feet27.8892
Breadth32' 6"Imperial Feet9.8298
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528
Burthen514 ⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

31.5.1744Broadside 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

10 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
5.4.1744 - 17.7.1744CaptainThomas Hanway (c.1715-1772) ADM 6/16/286BWAS-171418.7.1744 - 27.9.1744CaptainEdmund Toll (d.1767) ADM 6/16/342ADM 6/1628.9.1744 - 2.10.1746CaptainJames Osborn (d.1754) ADM 6/16/366BWAS-17143.10.1746 - 24.2.1747/48CaptainHenry Cosby (c.1719-1753) ADM 6/17/159BWAS-171424.2.1747/48 - 13.9.1748CaptainRobert Haldane (d.1761) ADM 6/17/323BWAS-171411.3.1748/49 - 24.3.1748/49CaptainLord Alexander Colville (7^th Viscount Colville of Culross) (1717-1770) ADM 6/17/447ADM 6/177.4.1749 - 2.6.1749CaptainPatrick Baird (1700-1761) ADM 6/17/453BWAS-17141.3.1753 - 14.8.1754CaptainJulian Legge (d.1762) ADM 6/18/61BWAS-171414.8.1754 - 21.9.1757CaptainWilliam Marsh (d.1765) ADM 6/18/107ADM 6/181755 - 1757CaptainHenry Marsh (d.1772)BWAS-1714

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
5.7.1748 - 13.9.1748LieutenantWilliam Coney (d.1754) ADM 6/17/366ADM 6/17

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
24.2.1747/48 - 1749Captain's ServantAdam Duncan (1731-1804)WWNH

Service History

DateEventSource
31.5.1744building at Kingston upon Hull at a cost of £6192.4.2dBWAS-1714
31.5.1744Began fitting at Kingston upon Hull BWAS-1714
18.7.1744Completed fitting at Kingston upon Hull BWAS-1714
9.1744In the North SeaBWAS-1714
1745Refitted as a 24 gun Sixth Rate Ship
7.1745Off LisbonBWAS-1714
2.1746On the coast of ScotlandBWAS-1714
24.4.1746Took the Privateer Brig Name Unknown (16)
28.2.1747/48Took the Privateer La Valeur (16)
13.9.1748

Paid off at Chatham Dockyard

ADM 106
18.11.1748SurveyedBWAS-1714
3.1748/49Began small repair at Sheerness Dockyard BWAS-1714
8.1749Completed small repair at Sheerness Dockyard at a cost of £1867.12.3dBWAS-1714
3.1753RecommissionedBWAS-1714
3.1753Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard BWAS-1714
4.1753Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard at a cost of £1653.9.11dBWAS-1714
21.5.1753Sailed to South Carolina and on to the Turks and Caicos IslandsBWAS-1714
1755At JamaicaBWAS-1714
7.1757Returned home to pay offBWAS-1714
9.11.1757SurveyedBWAS-1714
9.2.1758SurveyedBWAS-1714
13.10.1758Ordered to be soldBWAS-1714
4.4.1759Sold at Deptford for £362BWAS-1714

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif WinfieldBook

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 6/18 Archive

WWNHAlastair Wilson, Joseph F. CalloBook

ADM 106 Document

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