Adam Hayes (d.1785)

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Adam Hayes

NationalityBritish
RolesDesigner, Ship Builder, Dockyard Staff
First Known Service1748CSORN
Last Known Service12.1785CSORN
Date of Death3.1785CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
18.4.1748	26.5.1749	Appointed Master Mastmaker at Chatham Dockyard ADM 3/17/345	ADM 6/17
26.5.1749	22.11.1750	Appointed Assistant Master Shipwright at Plymouth Dockyard ADM 6/17/465	ADM 6/17
22.11.1750	8.7.1751	Appointed Assistant Master Shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard ADM 6/17/536	ADM 6/17
8.7.1751	17.6.1752	Appointed Master Shipwright at Sheerness Dockyard ADM 6/18/7	BWAS-1714
17.6.1752	13.3.1753	Appointed Master Shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard ADM 6/18/39	ADM 6/18
7.10.1752		Launched Ranger (8) 1752-1783 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop , Sloop at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	BWAS-1714
13.3.1753	6.8.1755	Appointed Master Shipwright at Chatham Dockyard ADM 6/18/62	BWAS-1714
24.5.1754		Launched Wolf (8) 1754-1781 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop , Sloop at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	BWAS-1714
6.8.1755	12.1785	Appointed Master Shipwright at Deptford Dockyard ADM 6/18/186	BWAS-1714
21.10.1755		Launched Cambridge (80) 1755-1808 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
20.1.1756		Launched Deal Castle (20) 1756-1780 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
2.3.1756		Launched Bideford (20) 1756-1761 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
7.2.1757		Launched Preston (50) 1757-1815 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1785 Renamed "Preston Hulk" , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
6.5.1757		Launched Dublin (74) 1757-1784 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
17.8.1757		Launched Shannon (28) 1757-1765 British 28 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
28.12.1757		Launched Norfolk (74) 1757-1774 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
22.6.1758		Launched Sapphire (32) 1758-1784 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
15.3.1759		Launched Hercules (74) 1759-1784 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
4.3.1760		Launched Dragon (74) 1760-1784 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
27.10.1760		Launched Superb (74) 1760-1783 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
26.3.1762		Launched Kent (74) 1762-1784 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
16.5.1763		Launched Albion (74) 1763-1797 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
8.10.1763		Launched Lurcher (6) 1763-1781 British 6 Gun Unrated Cutter , Cutter at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
7.9.1764		Launched Kite (4) 1764-1771 British 4 Gun Unrated Cutter , Cutter at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
20.7.1765		Launched Monarch (74) 1765-1813 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
20.9.1766		Launched Magnificent (74) 1766-1804 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
26.8.1767		Launched Marlborough (74) 1767-1800 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
26.10.1767		Launched Otter (14) 1767-1778 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
29.8.1768		Launched Egmont (74) 1768-1799 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1793
30.12.1769		Launched Swallow (14) 1769-1777 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
1770		Launched Close (Unknown) 1770-1822 British Unknown Gun Other Lighter , Lighter at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
12.4.1770		Launched Resolution (74) 1770-1813 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
26.9.1771		Launched Grafton (74) 1771-1816 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
1773		Launched Princess Augusta (6) 1773-1818 British 6 Gun 6th Rate Yacht , Yacht at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
1774		Launched Storehouse (Unknown) 1774-1794 British Unknown Gun Other Longboat , Longboat at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
29.3.1774		Launched Cumberland (74) 1774-1804 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
24.8.1774		Launched Enterprise (28) 1774-1807 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
21.3.1776		Launched Galatea (20) 1776-1783 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
18.5.1776		Launched Culloden (74) 1776-1781 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
5.8.1777		Launched America (64) 1777-1807 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
8.10.1778		Launched Alexander (74) 1778-1794 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
1.6.1779		Launched Pegasus (28) 1779-1816 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
30.7.1779		Launched Alcide (74) 1779-1817 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
19.11.1779		Designed Myrmidon (22) 1781-1811 British 22 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship , Post Ship
6.5.1780		Launched Flora (36) 1780-1808 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1793
14.10.1780		Launched Magnanime (64) 1780-1794 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1793
9.6.1781		Launched Myrmidon (22) 1781-1811 British 22 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship , Post Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
19.10.1781		Launched Goliath (74) 1781-1813 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
8.10.1782		Launched Standard (64) 1782-1816 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 6/18 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

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Posted by Julia Kable on Tuesday 13th of March 2018 03:23

Further to the above, Adam Hayes participated in the circumnavigation of the world under Lord Anson, 18 September 1740 to 15 June 1744. The UK National Archives catalogue reveals that he was Master Shipwright at Gibraltar from 1745 to 1749, then Assistant Master Shipwright and later Master Shipwright at Plymouth until about 1751.

Posted by Julia Kable on Tuesday 13th of March 2018 03:07

Adam Hayes was born in 1710, baptized at St Botolph without Aldgate, London, on 19 November 1710, the son of Adam Hayes and Sarah Urmstone. Of particular interest is that Adam Hayes was responsible, in 1768 for the fitting out of HMS "Endeavour" for exploration under the command of Lieutenant James Cook which led to the discovery of the eastern coast of Australia. Plans held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Kent, for the "Endeavour" 1768, record "a purchased collier, taken off and fitted as a ship-rigged bark for exploration. Signed by Adam Hayes [Master Shipwright, 1755-1785 (died)]"

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