British Fifth Rate frigate 'Sorlings' (1694)

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Sorlings
Nominal Guns	32	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	10.4.1693	BWAS-1603
Acquired	19.3.1693/94	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	Shoreham - Sussex	B028
Ship Class	1693 Program 32-Gunner (1693)	B028
Constructor	Nicholas BarrettBritish Ship Builder Service 1694	B028
Category	Fifth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Frigate	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Captured	20.10.1705	B028
Becomes	French Fifth Rate frigate 'Le Sorlingues' (1705) (32) 1705-1711 French 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck102' 8 ½"Imperial Feet31.1023
Length of Keel85' 8"Imperial Feet25.9486
Breadth28' 2 ½"Imperial Feet8.5471
Depth in Hold10' 9"Imperial Feet3.2766
Burthen362 ⁵⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

19.3.1693/94Broadside 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

8 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
19.3.1693/94 - 22.12.1696Captain TransferedBWAS-160323.12.1696 - 27.3.1698Captain ADM 6/4/57ADM 6/428.3.1698 - 5.2.1700/1Captain ADM 6/5/14BWAS-16032.4.1701 - 24.9.1701Captain ADM 6/6/82BWAS-160325.9.1701 - 25.6.1703Captain ADM 6/6/114BWAS-160326.6.1703 - 21.8.1703Commander ADM 6/8/58
Confirmed 26.2.1703/4BWAS-160322.8.1703 - 31.3.1704Captain Dismissed ADM 6/8/58
Confirmed 26.2.1703/4ADM 6/81.4.1704 - 20.10.1705Captain ADM 6/8/71BWAS-1603

9 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1.6.1695 - 16.2.1696/97Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/4/71
Confirmed 29.1.1696/97ADM 6/417.2.1696/97 - 27.3.1698Lieutenant ADM 6/4/74ADM 6/428.3.1698 - 5.2.1700/1Lieutenant ADM 6/5/14ADM 6/53.4.1701 - 24.9.1701Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/6/82ADM 6/621.10.1701 - 23.2.1701/2Lieutenant ADM 6/6/118ADM 6/624.2.1701/2 - 1.12.1702Lieutenant ADM 6/7/14ADM 6/72.12.1702 - 24.1.1702/3Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/7/62ADM 6/721.4.1703 - 15.3.1703/4Lieutenant ADM 6/8/54ADM 6/816.3.1703/4 - 12.10.1704Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/8/63ADM 6/8

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
26.6.1699 - 10.5.1700Master's Servant Transfered ADM 107/2/12ADM 107/2

Service History

DateEventSource
1694Sailed to New EnglandBWAS-1603
1697For Iceland convoy dutyBWAS-1603
1698Sailed to NewfoundlandBWAS-1603
11.1698Arrived at LeghornBWAS-1603
1703Sailed to NewfoundlandBWAS-1603
1.4.1704Commissioned for the North SeaBWAS-1603
20.10.1705

Taken together with Blackwall and Pendennis while escorting a homeward bound Baltic convoy

BWAS-1603
2.1711Retaken and soldBWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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