British Third Rate ship of the line 'Cornwall' (1726)

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Cornwall	7576
Nominal Guns	80	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	16.1.1721/22	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	27.3.1823	BWAS-1714
Launched	17.10.1726	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	16.1.1726/27
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1719 Establishment 80-Gunner
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Broken Up	16.7.1761	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck158' 0"Imperial Feet48.1584
Length of Keel128' 2"Imperial Feet39.0162
Breadth44' 6"Imperial Feet13.4493
Depth in Hold18' 2"Imperial Feet5.4928
Burthen1,350Tons BM

Armament

1727Broadside Weight = 656 Imperial Pound ( 297.496 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1722520EstablishmentBWAS-1714

12 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
16.1.1726/27 - 27.8.1727CaptainRobert Coleman ADM 6/13/131BWAS-171426.7.1728 - 12.4.1729CaptainRichard Hughes (1670-1756) ADM 6/14/211BWAS-171412.4.1729 - 14.10.1729CaptainEdward Falkingham (c.1679-1757) ADM 6/14/22ADM 6/1414.10.1729 - 28.4.1730CaptainGeorge Purvis (1680-1748) ADM 6/14/37ADM 6/1429.4.1730 - 19.5.1731CaptainEdward Falkingham (c.1679-1757) ADM 6/14/49ADM 6/1419.5.1731 - 23.12.1731CaptainGeorge Forbes (1685-1765) ADM 6/14/76BWAS-171423.11.1733 - 31.1.1735/36CaptainCharles Vanbrugh (1680-1740) ADM 6/14/155BWAS-17148.10.1742 - 13.6.1743CaptainMiles Stapleton (d.1750) ADM 6/16/106ADM 6/1624.6.1743 - 19.12.1743CaptainJohn Hildesley (d.1771) ADM 6/16/194BWAS-171420.12.1743 - 29.5.1744CaptainCharles Holmes (1711-1761) ADM 6/16/251BWAS-17147.7.1744 - 29.10.1748CaptainRichard Chadwick (d.1748) ADM 6/16/355BWAS-171429.10.1748 - 12.7.1749CaptainRichard Howe (1725/26-1799) ADM 6/17/484BWAS-1714

4 Flag Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1727 - 8.1727AdmiralSir John Norris (1670-1749)BWAS-17141729 - 1730Vice-AdmiralSir Charles Wager (1666-1743)BWAS-17141745 - 16.9.1746Vice-AdmiralThomas Davers (1689-1746)†BWAS-17141748 - 7.1749Rear-Admiral of the RedCharles Knowles (1704-1777)BWAS-1714

35 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
16.1.1726/27 - 16.9.1727First LieutenantJohn Smith (d.1729) ADM 6/13/131ADM 6/1316.1.1726/27 - 28.8.1727Second LieutenantJames Robinson (d.c.1730) ADM 6/13/131ADM 6/1316.1.1726/27 - 27.9.1727Third LieutenantJohn Onley (d.c.1742) ADM 6/13/131ADM 6/1316.1.1726/27 - 8.2.1728/29Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsJohn Roberts ADM 6/14/131ADM 6/1326.7.1728 - 2.5.1729First LieutenantLuke Richardson (d.1739) ADM 6/14/211ADM 6/1326.7.1728 - 8.2.1728/29Second LieutenantRichard Hughes (1708-1779) ADM 6/14/211ADM 6/139.2.1728/29 - 10.4.1729Second LieutenantJohn Ogilvie (d.1734) ADM 6/14/11ADM 6/1411.2.1728/29 - 8.5.1731Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsHenry Cornwall ADM 6/14/12ADM 6/1412.4.1729 - 28.4.1730Second LieutenantJames Hutchinson (d.1733) ADM 6/14/22ADM 6/1412.4.1729 - 28.4.1730Third LieutenantJohn Towry (d.1757) ADM 6/14/22ADM 6/1429.4.1730 - 7.2.1730/31Second LieutenantWilliam Swale (d.1736) ADM 6/14/49ADM 6/148.2.1730/31 - 18.5.1731Second LieutenantSir Roger Butler (d.1741) ADM 6/14/67ADM 6/148.5.1731 - 19.5.1731Third LieutenantHenry Cornwall ADM 6/14/74ADM 6/148.5.1731 - 19.5.1731Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsThomas Fox (d.1763) ADM 6/14/74ADM 6/1419.5.1731 - 23.12.1731Second LieutenantFrancis Percival ADM 6/14/77ADM 6/1419.5.1731 - 23.12.1731Third LieutenantCharles Smith ADM 6/14/77ADM 6/1419.5.1731 - 23.12.1731Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsMatthew Michel (c.1705-1752) ADM 6/14/77ADM 6/1423.11.1733 - 31.1.1735/36First LieutenantGeorge Rawlings ADM 6/15/155ADM 6/1423.11.1733 - 30.1.1733/34Second LieutenantWilliam Boddenham ADM 6/14/155ADM 6/1431.1.1733/34 - 4.2.1734/35Second LieutenantScroop Lyon (d.1757) ADM 6/14/162ADM 6/1431.1.1733/34 - 3.2.1734/35Third LieutenantWilliam Ellis (d.1742) ADM 6/14/162ADM 6/1431.1.1733/34 - 3.2.1734/35Fourth LieutenantWilliam Boddenham ADM 6/14/162ADM 6/144.2.1734/35 - 31.1.1735/36Second LieutenantWilliam Ellis (d.1742) ADM 6/15/204ADM 6/144.2.1734/35 - 23.7.1735Third LieutenantWilliam Boddenham ADM 6/14/204ADM 6/1424.7.1735 - 31.1.1735/36Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsFrancis Parry (d.1742) ADM 6/15/217ADM 6/1411.10.1742 - 25.5.1744First LieutenantPeregrine Bradshaw (d.1746) ADM 6/16/108ADM 6/1611.10.1742 - 13.4.1744Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsHenry Rose (d.c.1754) ADM 6/16/108ADM 6/1614.4.1744 - 8.6.1744Second LieutenantHenry Rose (d.c.1754) ADM 6/16/292ADM 6/1626.5.1744 - 7.9.1747First LieutenantGeorge Grant ADM 6/16/311ADM 6/1626.8.1746 - 23.7.1748Third LieutenantThomas Gordon (d.1761) ADM 6/17/453
Issued by Thomas Davers (1689-1746), Jamaica
Commission confirmed 4.4.1749ADM 6/171.11.1748 - 27.11.1748First LieutenantJohn Russell (d.c.1753) ADM 6/17/511
Issued by Charles Knowles (1704-1777), Barbados
Commission confirmed 2.2.1749/50ADM 6/171.11.1748 - 23.1.1748/49Second LieutenantJohn Mitchell ADM 6/17/496
Issued by Charles Knowles (1704-1777), Jamaica
Commission confirmed 21.9.1749ADM 6/171.11.1748 - 22.1.1748/49Third LieutenantMichael Hinde ADM 6/17/473
Issued by Charles Knowles (1704-1777), Jamaica
Commission confirmed 3.7.1749ADM 6/1722.1.1748/49 - 12.7.1749Second LieutenantMichael Hinde ADM 6/17/473
Issued by Charles Knowles (1704-1777), Jamaica
Commission confirmed 3.7.1749ADM 6/1723.1.1748/49 - 12.7.1749Fourth Lt. & Lt. at ArmsJames Wilson (d.c.1751) ADM 6/17/485
Issued by Charles Knowles (1704-1777), Jamaica
Commission confirmed 26.7.1749ADM 6/17

2 Warrant Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1734 - 22.3.1733/34CarpenterThomas Sims ADM 6/14/178ADM 6/146.12.1744 - 1.11.1748Midshipman ExtraWittewronge Taylor (c.1719-1760)ref:1059

3 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
13.10.1746 - 9.7.1747MidshipmanJohn Archer (c.1723-1762) ADM 107/4/168ADM 107/410.7.1747 - 18.7.1747Master's MateJohn Archer (c.1723-1762) ADM 107/20/168ADM 107/413.7.1748 - 18.11.1748MidshipmanWilliam Locker (1731-1800) ADM 107/4/345ODNB

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
23.11.1744 - 25.12.1746Admiral's ServantThomas Symonds (c.1720-1792) ADM 107/4/220ADM 107/4

Service History

DateEventSource
1.11.1726Completed at a cost of £19,849.15.4d including fittingBWAS-1714
1727Commissioned as flagship for the BalticBWAS-1714
27.8.1727Paid offADM 51
6.1728Guardship at the NoreBWAS-1714
1729To the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1730Guardship at DeptfordBWAS-1714
1731To the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
23.12.1731

Paid off at Chatham Dockyard

ADM 106
1734With Walton's squadronBWAS-1714
1735in Home watersBWAS-1714
31.1.1735/36

Paid off

ADM 51
2.1739Began a great repair at ChathamBWAS-1714
12.1741Completed great repair at a cost of £22,758.9.10dBWAS-1714
10.1742

Recommissioned

BWAS-1714
18.11.1744Sailed for the West IndiesBWAS-1714
9.4.1748Battle of Santiago de Cuba
12.10.1748Battle of Havana
12.7.1749Paid off at Chatham Dockyard ADM 106
19.9.1749SurveyedBWAS-1714
9.1755Fitted to hold French prisoners untiol 1760/06BWAS-1714
9.6.1761SurveyedBWAS-1714
19.6.1761Ordered to be broken upBWAS-1714
16.7.1761Break up completed at Chatham for £882.5.1dBWAS-1714

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif WinfieldBook

ADM 6/14 Archive

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 6/13 Archive

ADM 6/17 Archive

ref:1059 Digital Book

ADM 107/4 Archive

ODNBOxford University PressWeb Site

ADM 51 Archive

ADM 106 Document

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