British sloop 'Spence' (1730)

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Spence

6833
Nominal Guns8BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered26.9.1729BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down14.6.1729BWAS-1714
Named30.12.1729BWAS-1714
Launched24.6.1730BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardDeptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
Ship ClassDrake ClassBWAS-1714
Designed by Richard StaceyBWAS-1714
Constructor Richard StaceyBWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSloop BWAS-1714
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1714
Sold10.1.1748/49BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck87' 0"Imperial Feet26.5176 
Length of Keel73' 5"Imperial Feet22.2927 
Breadth23' 0"Imperial Feet7.0104 
Depth in Hold6' 0"Imperial Feet1.8288 
Burthen206 54⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


14.6.1729Broadside Weight = 19 Imperial Pound ( 8.6168 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck8 British 4-Pounder
Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1728100Design Complement

13 Commanding Officers


DatesRankNameSource
24.6.1730 - 30.6.1730Commander Robert Fytche (d.1740) ADM 6/14/53ADM 6/141.7.1730 - 25.1.1730/31Commander Curtis Barnet (d.1746) ADM 6/14/53BWAS-171428.1.1730/31 - 7.2.1730/31Commander Ralph Archbold ADM 6/14/65ADM 6/148.2.1730/31 - 31.8.1731Commander William Swale (d.1736) ADM 6/14/67BWAS-17141.9.1731 - 1.3.1733/34Commander Robert Shorting (d.1734) ADM 6/14/197
Commission confirmed 13.11.1734ADM 6/142.3.1733/34 - 1.2.1734/35Captain and Master David Aubin (d.1735) ADM 6/14/188
Commission confirmed 28.5.1734BWAS-17146.6.1735 - 21.7.1736Commander John Russell (d.1743/44) ADM 6/15/214BWAS-171422.7.1736 - bef.4.9.1736Commander Edmund Fowell (d.c.1736) ADM 6/15/28ADM 6/1523.11.1736 - 6.7.1741Captain and Master William Laws ADM 6/15/44BWAS-171431.7.1741 - 15.7.1744Commander Thomas Mogg (d.1756)BWAS-171416.7.1744 - 29.5.1745Commander Mathew Buckle (1716-1784) ADM 6/17/154
Issued by Thomas Mathews (1676-1750), The Mediterranean Sea
Commission confirmed 17.9.1746BWAS-171425.5.1745 - 5.7.1745Commander Hugh Forbes (c.1709-1750) ADM 6/17/417
Issued by William Rowley (1690-1768), The Mediterranean Sea
Commission confirmed 2.12.1748ADM 6/175.7.1745 - 1.11.1748Commander John Donkley (c.1713-1758) ADM 6/17/401
Issued by William Rowley (1690-1768), The Mediterranean Sea
Commission confirmed 4.11.1748BWAS-1714

7 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
7.7.1730 - 25.1.1730/31Lieutenant William Ackworth (d.1734) ADM 6/14/54ADM 6/141.5.1732 - 1.1.1732/33Lieutenant Alexander Stewart (d.1742) ADM 6/14/149
Commission confirmed 10.7.1733ADM 6/1427.9.1734 - 21.7.1736Lieutenant Charles Wimbleton ADM 6/15/195ADM 6/1422.7.1736 - 22.11.1736Lieutenant Henry Rice ADM 6/15/28ADM 6/1523.11.1736 - 1737Lieutenant Edmund Hopkins (d.1737)† ADM 6/16/44ADM 6/1525.9.1743 - 10.8.1745Lieutenant William Smith (c.1714-?) ADM 6/17/290
Issued by Thomas Mathews (1676-1750)
Commission confirmed 1.12.1747ADM 6/1710.8.1745 - 1.11.1748Lieutenant Thomas Williams ADM 6/17/400
Issued by William Rowley (1690-1768), The Mediterranean Sea
Commission confirmed 4.11.1748ADM 6/17

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
17.1.1734/35 - 16.3.1734/35Master's Mate John Rankin (c.1701-?) ADM 107/3/371ADM 107/3

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
30.11.1736 - 31.7.1741Able Seaman Henry Parr (c.1719-?) ADM 107/3/510ADM 107/3

Service History


DateEventSource
14.6.1729Began building at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
24.6.1730Completed building at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £1174.3.8dBWAS-1714
2.1731Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
3.1730/31Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
5.1734Began middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
7.1734Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £1714.17.9dBWAS-1714
1735In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
7.1736Began middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
30.7.1736Paid offBWAS-1714
1.1737Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £2575.2.10dBWAS-1714
14.9.1739At Charleston, S.C. Reported "in immediate readiness to sail"ref:569
4.1740Georgia operationsBWAS-1714
4.1740Attack on St. Augustine
4.1741Returned home with dispatchesBWAS-1714
6.1741Surveyed at DeptfordBWAS-1714
6.1741Began great repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
7.1741Recommissioned for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1.1742Completed great repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £4695.17.6dBWAS-1714
10.2.1742/43Battle of Toulon
10.10.1745Took the Privateer Nuestra Señora de Buen Ayres y San Juan Nepucemeno in the Mediterranean
10.2.1747/48SurveyedBWAS-1714
1.11.1748Paid offADM 106
23.12.1748Ordered to be soldBWAS-1714
10.1.1748/49Sold at Woolwich for £201BWAS-1714

 
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