British Third Rate ship of the line 'Veteran' (1787)

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Veteran	7317
Nominal Guns	64	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	3.9.1780	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	7.1781	BWAS-1714
Acquired	14.8.1787	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	3.1793	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	East Cowes - Isle of Wight	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Crown Class	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Edward Hunt (d.bef.1740)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Daniel Furzer	BWAS-1714
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	6.1816	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck160' 4 ½"Imperial Feet48.7807
Length of Keel131' 3 ⅞"Imperial Feet39.951
Breadth44' 8 ⅝"Imperial Feet13.4271
Depth in Hold19' 5"Imperial Feet5.8053
Burthen1,396 ⁷⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

14.8.1787Broadside Weight = 600 Imperial Pound ( 272.1 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

1794Broadside Weight = 678 Imperial Pound ( 307.473 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder
Roundhouse6 British 18-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1779500Design Complement
30.8.1799491 BG

17 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
22.11.1790CaptainThomas Boulden Thompson (1766-1828) ADM 6/24/88ADM 6/247.3.1793 - 1794CaptainCharles Edmund Nugent (1759-1844) ADM 6/24/217BWAS-17141794 - 2.7.1794CaptainLewis Robertson (d.1794)†BWAS-17143.7.1794 - 8.1794CaptainGeorge BowenBWAS-17148.1794 - 1795CaptainSampson Edwards (1745-1840)BWAS-17141795 - 10.1796CaptainWilliam Hancock KellyBWAS-17145.1797 - 8.1797CaptainSir Abraham GuyotBWAS-17148.1797 - 3.1798CaptainGeorge GregoryBWAS-17143.1798 - 6.1798CaptainJames Walker (1764-1831)BWAS-17146.1798 - 2.1799CaptainJames Robert Mosse (d.1801)BWAS-17142.1799 - 1801CaptainSir Archibald Collingwood Dickson (1772-1827)BWAS-17148.2.1804 - 26.6.1804CaptainRichard King (1774-1834)NAO26.6.1804 - 1807CaptainJames Newman (d.1811)NAO1807 - 1809CaptainAndrew Fitzherbert EvansBWAS-17146.1809 - 1811LieutenantHenry Masterman MarshallBWAS-17141811 - 1813LieutenantWilliam Henry BoyceBWAS-17141814LieutenantStephen DonovanBWAS-1714

2 Flag Officers

DatesRankNameSource
6.1798 - 1799Vice-Admiral of the BlueArchibald Dickson (c.1739-1803)BWAS-17141808Vice-Admiral of the WhiteBartholomew Samuel Rowley (1763-1811)BWAS-1714

6 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1804LieutenantPhilip Henry Bridges (d.1848)NBD18492.1804 - 8.1804LieutenantGeorge CanningNAO18.2.1804 - 13.7.1804LieutenantWilliam Westcott Daniel (1776-1833)NAO1806 - 1807LieutenantDavid BoydNBD18497.4.1806 - 17.1.1807LieutenantGeorge Charles BlakeNBD184915.7.1806 - 21.1.1808LieutenantEdward Henry A'Court (1783-1855)NBD1849

4 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1795 - 9.1796MidshipmanWilliam Kelly (1782-?)NBD18491800MidshipmanJustinian Barrell (d.1869)NBD18491801MidshipmanHenry Bourchier (1787-1852)NBD18491.3.1803 - 26.1.1805MidshipmanJohn Man (1783-?)NAO

9 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
1794Ordinary SeamanFrancis PriceADM 171/81794Able SeamanGeorge MatthewADM 171/81794Able SeamanJohn C FreemanADM 171/81794Ordinary SeamanWilliam BakerADM 171/81794Captain's ServantThomas WhinyatesADM 171/81794LandmanThomas WardenADM 171/81794Able SeamanJohn C TruemanADM 171/828.6.1797 - 8.5.1802Able SeamanElias Bodah (1773-?)ref:84810.1804 - 18061st Class VolunteerJames CrutchleyNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
14.8.1787Completed at East Cowes - Isle of Wight at a cost of £24259.12.0dBWAS-1714
15.8.1787Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
13.9.1787Completed coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £9695.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.1793Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
5.1793Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £6613.0.0dBWAS-1714
26.11.1793Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
3.1794At MartiniqueBWAS-1714
6.1794At GuadeloupeBWAS-1714
10.1796Paid offBWAS-1714
11.10.1797Battle of Camperdown
8.1799Operations on the Dutch coastBWAS-1714
30.8.1799Seizure of the Dutch Fleet at Vlieter
1801In the BalticBWAS-1714
2.4.1801Battle of Copenhagen
1805At JamaicaBWAS-1714
6.1809Recommissioned as a prison ship at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
6.1809Refitted as a Unrated Prison Ship
7.1809fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
1815In ordinary at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
6.1816Broken up at PortsmouthBWAS-1714

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif WinfieldBook

BGOfficialWeb Site

ADM 6/24 Archive

NAOVariousWeb Site

NBD1849O'BrienDigital Book

ADM 171/8British AdmiraltyDocument

ref:848British AdmiraltyArchive

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