British sloop 'Trial' (1732)

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Trial	7201
Nominal Guns	8	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	6.7.1732	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	11.7.1732	BWAS-1714
Launched	6.9.1732	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	5.9.1732	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Richard Stacey	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Snow	BWAS-1714
Scuttled	4.10.1741	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck84' 0"Imperial Feet25.6032
Length of Keel68' 1"Imperial Feet20.7296
Breadth23' 6"Imperial Feet7.0612
Depth in Hold9' 6"Imperial Feet2.8956
Burthen200Tons BM

Armament

9.1732Broadside Weight = 15 Imperial Pound ( 6.8028 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck8 British 3-Pounder
Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
9.173280 BWAS-1714

9 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
5.9.1732 - 10.8.1739Commander James Rycault (d.1758) ADM 6/15/120BWAS-171410.8.1739 - 25.12.1739Commander Dandy Kidd (d.1740/41) ADM 6/15/210BWAS-171426.12.1739 - 4.1.1739/40Commander Robert Erskine (d.1766) ADM 6/14/242ADM 6/154.1.1739/40 - 14.2.1739/40Commander Francis Holburne (1704-1771) ADM 6/15/243ADM 6/1515.2.1739/40 - 17.7.1740Commander Rowland Frogmere (d.1744) Transfered ADM 6/15/248BWAS-171418.7.1740 - 23.7.1740Commander Joseph Cooper (d.1747) ADM 6/15/312ADM 6/1524.7.1740 - 2.11.1740Commander George Murray (d.1785) ADM 6/16/315BWAS-17143.11.1740 - 18.2.1740/41Commander David Cheap (d.1752) ADM 6/17/81
Issued by George Anson (1697-1762), Pacific Ocean
Confirmed 28.3.1746BWAS-171419.2.1740/41 - 25.9.1741Commander Charles Saunders (1713-1775) ADM 6/16/186
Confirmed 1.6.1743BWAS-1714

3 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
5.9.1732 - 15.5.1738Lieutenant Samuel Bridges (d.1739) Transfered ADM 6/15/121ADM 6/149.5.1739 - 29.8.1739Lieutenant William Baker (d.bef.1760) Transfered ADM 6/15/175ADM 6/153.11.1740 - 25.9.1741Lieutenant John Hughes (c.1707-1745) Transfered ADM 6/16/327
Confirmed 22.6.1744ADM 6/16

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
12.7.1735 - 17.7.1736Able Seaman John Playters (1716/17-c.1743) Transfered ADM 107/3/406ADM 107/3

Service History

DateEventSource
11.7.1732Began building at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
9.1732Commissioned for the North Sea and ChannelBWAS-1714
6.9.1732Completed building at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £2583.10.2dBWAS-1714
6.9.1732Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
29.9.1732Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
1740In the North SeaBWAS-1714
10.6.1741Arrived at Juan Fernandez IslandBWAS-1714
4.10.1741Scuttled as unservicable off ValparaisoBWAS-1714

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
19.6.1740-14.6.1744	Anson's Circumnavigation	George Anson (1697-1762)

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/15 Archive

ADM 6/14 Archive

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 107/3 Archive

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