Henry Adams (1713-1805)

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Henry Adams

NationalityBritish
RolesDesigner, Ship Builder
Date of Birth1713 - UnknownE-WIKI
First Known Service1713E-WIKI
Last Known Service1805E-WIKI
Date of Death1805 - UnknownE-WIKI
Cause of DeathUnknownE-WIKI

Related Ship Yards

FromToPositionYardSource
17441805LesseeBuckler's Hard - Hampshire E-WIKI
17631793LesseeGrove Street Yard - Deptford - Barnards' Thames Yards ref:653

Event History

Date from	Event	Source
22.5.1749	Launched Mermaid (24) 1749-1760 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Ship at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire
1.5.1756	Launched Kennington (20) 1756-1774 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Ship at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
20.5.1757	Launched Coventry (28) 1757-1783 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
10.4.1758	Launched Thames (32) 1758-1793 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
6.7.1758	Launched Levant (28) 1758-1780 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
21.4.1765	Launched Europa (64) 1765-1814 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1778 Renamed "Europe" , Ship of the Line at Lepe - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
20.7.1773	Launched Greyhound (28) 1773-1781 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
1.10.1773	Launched Triton (28) 1773-1796 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
2.11.1773	Launched Thetis (32) 1773-1781 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
27.5.1774	Launched Hector (74) 1774-1816 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Grove Street Yard - Deptford - Barnards' Thames Yards	BWAS-1714
6.10.1774	Launched Vigilant (64) 1774-1816 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
17.12.1777	Launched Romulus (44) 1777-1781 British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
1778	Launched General Barker (Unknown) 1778-1781 British Unknown Gun Merchant East Indiaman , East Indiaman at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	EICS
26.12.1779	Launched Hannibal (50) 1779-1782 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
10.4.1781	Launched Agamemnon (64) 1781-1809 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1793
1782	Designed Heroine (32) 1783-1806 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate
8.1783	Launched Heroine (32) 1783-1806 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
7.1784	Launched Indefatigable (64) 1784-1816 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
26.3.1785	Launched Solebay (32) 1785-1809 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Grove Street Yard - Deptford - Barnards' Thames Yards	BWAS-1714
1789	Launched No. 1 Chain Boat (Unarmed) 1789-1839 British Unarmed Gun Other Chain Boat , Chain Boat at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
7.7.1789	Launched Illustrious (74) 1789-1795 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
1790	Designed Beaulieu (40) 1791-1806 British 40 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate
4.5.1791	Launched Beaulieu (40) 1791-1806 British 40 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
25.9.1794	Launched Cerberus (32) 1794-1814 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1793
5.1810	Launched Hannibal (74) 1810-1833 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

ref:653Andie Byrnes, Web Site

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