British Fifth Rate ship 'Eltham' (1736)

Three Decks' Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Update
Pierre Dieudonné JaunezFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1806-1812
Added
Le Cygne (16) 1806-1808
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update
Jean-Baptiste LefebvreFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1804
Added
Endymion (16) 1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Added
Fanfaron (16) 1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update
Le Curieux (16) 1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
Update Curieux Class (1799)
Update
La Patriote (40) 1794-1798
French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1795 Renamed "Coquille"
Update Coquille/Patriote Class (1793)
Added ()
See more...

Eltham	4082
Nominal Guns	40	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	25.9.1733	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	14.10.1734	BWAS-1714
Launched	30.6.1736	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	2.11.1736	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Richard StaceyBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1695-1742	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	12.6.1763	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck124' 0"Imperial Feet37.7952
Length of Keel100' 3"Imperial Feet30.5562
Breadth35' 8"Imperial Feet10.7086
Depth in Hold14' 6"Imperial Feet4.3053
Burthen678 ⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

11.1736Broadside Weight = 207 Imperial Pound ( 93.8745 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20 British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck18 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 British 6-Pounder

1745Broadside Weight = 282 Imperial Pound ( 127.887 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
11.1736250EstablishmentBWAS-1714

7 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
2.11.1736 - 27.2.1739/40Captain Transfered ADM 6/15/41BWAS-171428.2.1739/40 - 13.2.1742/43Captain ADM 6/15/250ADM 6/1514.2.1742/43 - 1.6.1743Captain Transfered ADM 6/16/206
Confirmed 8.8.1743BWAS-17142.6.1743 - 9.9.1743Captain ADM 6/16/206
Confirmed 8.8.1743ADM 6/1616.1.1743/44 - 23.6.1745Captain ADM 6/16/260BWAS-171424.6.1745 - 9.10.1748Captain Transfered ADM 6/17/16
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 2.11.1745BWAS-17149.10.1748 - 12.6.1750Captain ADM 6/17/529
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 2.8.1750BWAS-1714

13 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
2.11.1736 - 13.7.1738First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/15/41ADM 6/1512.11.1736 - 24.6.1739Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms Transfered ADM 6/15/43ADM 6/1526.12.1738 - 27.6.1739Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms Transfered ADM 6/15/419
Confirmed 21.5.1741ADM 6/1518.3.1739/40 - 30.3.1740Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/15/262ADM 6/1526.3.1740 - 22.6.1743Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/15/267ADM 6/157.7.1743 - 26.10.1743Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/16/206
Confirmed 8.8.1743ADM 6/167.7.1744 - 5.6.1745Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/16/335ADM 6/166.6.1745 - 23.6.1745Second Lieutenant ADM 6/17/4
Issued by , North America
Confirmed 24.9.1745ADM 6/1724.6.1745 - 12.6.1750First Lieutenant ADM 6/17/4
Issued by , North America
Confirmed 24.9.1745ADM 6/1724.6.1745 - 16.7.1749Second Lieutenant ADM 6/17/4
Issued by , North America
Confirmed 24.9.1745ADM 6/175.3.1745/46 - 4.9.1746Acting Lieutenant Transfered ADM 107/4/137ADM 107/421.10.1746 - 18.1.1746/47Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/17/165ADM 6/1719.1.1746/47 - 19.10.1748Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/17/191ADM 6/17

2 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
4.2.1743/44 - 1744Chaplain ADM 6/16/268ref:178829.11.1746 - 1746Master at arms ADM 5/17/177ref:1788

13 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
16.11.1736 - 6.3.1739/40Midshipman ADM 107/3/364ADM 107/328.11.1736 - 25.4.1737Master's Mate ADM 107/5/413ADM 107/513.2.1736/37 - 29.3.1739Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/3/357ADM 107/316.2.1736/37 - 23.12.1737Midshipman Ordinary ADM 107/3/364ADM 107/326.4.1737 - 31.1.1737/38Midshipman ADM 107/5/413ADM 107/58.7.1737 - 24.7.1738Midshipman ADM 107/3/363ADM 107/324.12.1737 - 6.3.1739/40Midshipman ADM 107/3/364ADM 107/31.2.1737/38 - 5.3.1740/41Master's Mate ADM 107/5/413ADM 107/54.10.1738 - 17.9.1739Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/3/397ADM 107/32.12.1738 - 11.4.1741Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/3/473ADM 107/35.4.1739 - 7.7.1740Midshipman ADM 107/3/482ADM 107/37.4.1740 - 12.2.1740/41Quartermaster ADM 107/4/94ADM 107/413.2.1741 - 26.10.1743Midshipman ADM 107/4/94ADM 107/4

9 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
29.11.1736 - 31.5.1737Ordinary Seaman ADM 107/3/473ADM 107/31.6.1737 - 28.12.1737Captain's Servant ADM 107/3/473ADM 107/328.7.1737 - 22.5.1738Able Seaman Transfered ADM 107/3/340ADM 107/322.9.1737 - 3.10.1738Able Seaman ADM 107/3/397ADM 107/329.12.1737 - 1.12.1738Able Seaman ADM 107/3/473ADM 107/33.3.1737/38 - 17.10.1738Captain's Servant ADM 107/3/482ADM 107/317.10.1738 - 5.4.1739Able Seaman ADM 107/3/481ADM 107/313.8.1740 - 2.10.1740Able Seaman ADM 107/4/94ADM 107/47.5.1746 - 6.10.1748Captain's Servant Transfered ADM 107/4/342ADM 107/4

Service History

DateEventSource
7.1740Sailed to North AmericaBWAS-1714
12.4.1742Action of 12th April 1742
18.2.1742/43Attack on La Guaira
15.4.1743Attack on Porto Cabello
9.1743Began middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
26.10.1743

Paid off

ADM 33
4.1744Completed middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £3180.12.1dBWAS-1714
6.1744Off DunkirkBWAS-1714
20.3.1744/45Expedition against Louisbourg
5.1745Sailed with a New England convoyBWAS-1714
19.5.1745Took the Ship of the Line
2.1746With Byng's squadron in Scottish WatersBWAS-1714
3.1746/47Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
9.1748Siege of Pondicherry
12.6.1750

Paid off

ADM 33
11.2.1763

Plymouth Officers to the Board. Have surveyed the Eltham in dock and recommend she is taken to pieces.

ADM354
12.6.1763Broken up at Plymouth for £179BWAS-1714

Previous comments on this pageno comments to display

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Sunday 26th of July 2026 21:18	Jon Miller	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Ramillies' (1785) (74) 1785-1850 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Sunday 26th of July 2026 21:18	Jon Miller	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Ramillies' (1785) (74) 1785-1850 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Sunday 26th of July 2026 21:17	Jon Miller	British Second Rate ship of the line 'Princess Royal' (1773) (90) 1773-1807 British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line
Sunday 26th of July 2026 21:15	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Winchelsea' (1764) (32) 1764-1814 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Sunday 26th of July 2026 21:14	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Druid' (1783) (32) 1783-1813 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

GDPR Statement