British Third Rate ship of the line 'Norfolk' (1728)

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Norfolk

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Nominal Guns80BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
British Third Rate ship of the line 'Norfolk' (1693) (80) 1693-1717
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Ordered7.11.1717BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down6.2.1717/18BWAS-1714
Launched21.9.1728BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardSouthampton - Hampshire B028
Ship Class1691 Program - 80 gun 2-Deckers (1691)B028
Designed by
John TippettsBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1650-1692
B028
Constructor
William PoddBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up11.6.1749BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck158' 0"Imperial Feet48.1584 
Length of Keel128' 2"Imperial Feet39.0162 
Breadth45' 2 ½"Imperial Feet13.7287 
Depth in Hold18' 2"Imperial Feet5.4928 
Burthen1,393 5⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


21.9.1728Broadside 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
1719520Design Complement

6 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
19.5.1731 - 14.5.1734Captain
John RobertsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1734
ADM 6/14/76BWAS-171414.5.1734 - 2.4.1736Captain
St John CharltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1738
ADM 6/15/187BWAS-171428.7.1738 - 3.12.1738Captain
Thomas GravesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1747
ADM 6/15/133BWAS-171430.8.1739 - 21.9.1742Captain
Thomas GravesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1747
ADM 6/15/216ADM 6/1521.9.1742 - 19.8.1744Captain
John ForbesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1781
ADM 6/17/11
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 21.10.1745BWAS-171419.8.1744 - 11.12.1747Captain
Thomas PyeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1783
ADM 6/17/327
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 4.3.1747/48BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
7.1731 - 1731Rear-Admiral of the White
John BalchenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1736
ADM 107/3/131TRN3

33 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
19.5.1731 - 1.4.1734First Lieutenant
George CundettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1737
ADM 6/14/77ADM 6/1419.5.1731 - 23.1.1731/32Third Lieutenant
William KnightBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1741
Transfered ADM 6/14/77ADM 6/1419.5.1731 - 23.11.1731Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Alexander SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1732
ADM 6/14/77ADM 6/1421.5.1731 - 12.11.1733Second Lieutenant
Thomas WatsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1744
ADM 6/14/79ADM 6/1414.6.1732 - 22.2.1733/34Third Lieutenant
Thomas MoggBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1745
Transfered ADM 6/14/111ADM 6/1414.6.1732 - 22.11.1733Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Ormond ThomsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1748
Transfered ADM 6/14/111ADM 6/1413.11.1733 - 30.1.1733/34Second Lieutenant
William DrakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1711-1744
ADM 6/14/154ADM 6/1431.1.1733/34 - 23.5.1734Second Lieutenant
John PritchardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1758
Transfered ADM 6/14/162ADM 6/1431.1.1733/34 - 1.3.1733/34Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
William DrakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1711-1744
ADM 6/14/162ADM 6/142.3.1733/34 - 5.3.1733/34Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
John PitmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1719-1740
Transfered ADM 6/14/171ADM 6/1413.3.1733/34 - 23.5.1734Third Lieutenant
William DrakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1711-1744
ADM 6/14/177ADM 6/1413.3.1733/34 - 7.8.1735Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Robert JefferysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1770
ADM 6/15/177ADM 6/1424.5.1734 - 2.4.1736First Lieutenant
John PritchardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1758
ADM 6/15/188ADM 6/1424.5.1734 - 2.4.1736Second Lieutenant
William DrakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1711-1744
ADM 6/15/188ADM 6/1428.7.1738 - 3.12.1738First Lieutenant
Robert YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1745
ADM 6/15/133ADM 6/1528.7.1738 - 3.12.1738Second Lieutenant
Robert JefferysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1770
ADM 6/15/133ADM 6/1528.7.1738 - 3.12.1738Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
James KinkaidBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1739
ADM 6/15/133ADM 6/1530.8.1739 - 29.2.1739/40First Lieutenant
Solomon GideonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1756
ADM 6/15/216ADM 6/1530.8.1739 - 3.3.1739/40Second Lieutenant
George WithersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1716-1746
ADM 6/15/216ADM 6/1530.8.1739 - bef.12.2.1740/41Third Lieutenant
Ingram KnibloBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1711-1741
Discharged Dead ADM 6/16/216ADM 6/154.3.1739/40 - 5.5.1742First Lieutenant
George WithersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1716-1746
ADM 6/16/255ADM 6/154.3.1739/40 - 24.2.1741/42Second Lieutenant
Edward NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1742
ADM 6/16/255ADM 6/1525.2.1741/42 - 5.5.1742Second Lieutenant
Rice EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1745
ADM 6/16/20ADM 6/1625.2.1741/42 - 7.9.1744Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Alexander BrodieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1744
ADM 6/16/20ADM 6/166.5.1742 - 14.7.1745First Lieutenant
Rice EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1745
Transfered ADM 6/16/52ADM 6/166.5.1742 - 27.8.1743Second Lieutenant
Mathew BuckleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1780
ADM 6/16/52ADM 6/1624.9.1742 - 27.8.1743Third Lieutenant
Philip TomsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1748
ADM 6/16/435ADM 6/1628.8.1743 - 19.8.1744Second Lieutenant
Philip TomsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1748
Transfered ADM 6/16/435ADM 6/1620.8.1744 - 18.7.1745Third Lieutenant
John GardinerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1754
ADM 6/17/292
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 7.12.1747ADM 6/178.9.1744 - 18.7.1745Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
John HodgesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1762
ADM 6/17/203
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 24.2.1746/47ADM 6/1727.6.1746 - 9.11.1746Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Brooke KelsallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1747
ADM 6/17/324
Issued by
Henry MedleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1747
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 25.2.1747/48ADM 6/179.11.1746 - 24.4.1747Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
William ErnleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1748
Transfered ADM 3/17/363
Issued by
Henry MedleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1747
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 13.6.1748ADM 6/1724.4.1747 - 11.12.1747Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Anthony FortyeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1738
ADM 6/17/291
Issued by
Henry MedleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1747
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 4.12.1747ADM 6/17

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1731 - 13.12.1731Boatswain
Robert PrestonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1714-1732
Transfered ADM 106/842/141ADM 106

12 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
29.5.1730 - 14.9.1730Volunteer-per-order
Christopher HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1778
Transfered ADM 107/3/361ADM 107/319.6.1731 - 11.10.1731Midshipman
Samuel Frederick AntrimBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1736
ADM 107/3/306ADM 107/331.8.1731 - 17.12.1731Midshipman
Warwick CalmadyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1757
ADM 107/3/263ADM 107/321.6.1732 - 15.8.1732Volunteer-per-order
Christopher HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1778
ADM 107/3/361ADM 107/318.4.1733 - 3.6.1733Volunteer-per-order
Robert FaulknorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1783
Transfered ADM 107/3/444ADM 107/315.4.1734 - 3.4.1736Midshipman
Christopher HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1778
ADM 107/3/361ADM 107/322.4.1734 - 2.6.1734Midshipman
William CoardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1758
Transfered ADM 107/3/334ADM 107/33.6.1739 - 11.9.1739Midshipman
John HaleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1779
Transfered ADM 107/3/428ADM 107/318.8.1739 - 30.11.1739Midshipman
Christopher LobbBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1747
Transfered ADM 107/3/556ADM 107/31741 - 24.6.1743Midshipman
Thomas GravesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1802
ref:67622.3.1742/43 - 23.3.1744/45Master's Mate
John MurrayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1763
Transfered ADM 107/4/1ADM 107/423.1.1745/46 - 11.12.1747Midshipman
Benjamin HulkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1757
ADM 107/4/323ADM 107/4

10 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
12.10.1731 - 30.7.1732Able Seaman
Samuel Frederick AntrimBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1736
Transfered ADM 107/3/306ADM 107/318.12.1731 - 27.4.1732Able Seaman
Warwick CalmadyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1757
Transfered ADM 107/3/263ADM 107/316.8.1732 - 28.2.1732/33Able Seaman
Christopher HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1778
Transfered ADM 107/3/361ADM 107/326.4.1734 - 3.4.1736Able Seaman
William NewsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1762
ADM 107/3/471ADM 107/36.1.1735/36 - 3.4.1736Ordinary Seaman
James ThomasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1771
ADM 107/3/521ADM 107/324.8.1738 - 3.12.1738Able Seaman
Morgan JonesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1747
ADM 107/3/565ADM 107/329.8.1738 - 3.12.1738Admiral's Servant
John DalrympleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1757
ADM 107/3/545ADM 107/329.8.1738 - 3.12.1738Admiral's Servant
Anthony FortyeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1738
ADM 107/3/507ADM 107/310.1.1739/40 - 2.7.1740Able Seaman
Morgan JonesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1747
Transfered ADM 107/3/565ADM 107/313.4.1746 - 8.7.1746Able Seaman
Francis OrchardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1762
Transfered ADM 107/4/346ADM 107/4

Service History


DateEventSource
1730Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
1731Fitted for the Mediterranean, but not sentBWAS-1714
1731Completed at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £19679.17.9dBWAS-1714
1731Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £3886.3.7dBWAS-1714
9.1731Reduced to a guardshipBWAS-1714
7.1732Ordered for Channel serviceBWAS-1714
8.1732Reduced to a guardshipBWAS-1714
1735In the TagusBWAS-1714
3.1735/36Began middling repair at UnknownBWAS-1714
3.4.1736

Paid off

ADM 33
10.1736Completed middling repair at a cost of £8799.12.2dBWAS-1714
1737Recommissioned for home watersBWAS-1714
3.12.1738

Paid off

ADM 33
1740Off FerrolBWAS-1714
1741Present at the operations against CartagenaBWAS-1714
1743Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
10.2.1743/44Battle of Toulon
11.12.1747

Paid off

ADM 33
18.12.1747

Surveyed

BWAS-1714

 
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