British Fifth Rate frigate 'Looe' (1707)

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Looe

5163
Nominal Guns42B028
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Named26.3.1707BWAS-1603
Acquired7.4.1707BWAS-1603
First Commissioned4.4.1707B028
ShipyardBlackwall - London B028
Constructor
William JohnsonBritish
Ship Builder
B028
CategoryFifth RateB028
Ship TypeFrigateB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Sunk as Breakwater7.1737B028

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck119' 7 ½"Imperial Feet36.2839 
Length of Keel98' 6"Imperial Feet29.8895 
Breadth32' 6"Imperial Feet9.8298 
Depth in Hold13' 6 ½"Imperial Feet3.9751 
Burthen553 38⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


7.4.1707Broadside Weight = 153 Imperial Pound ( 69.3855 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck18 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder

1714Broadside Weight = 150 Imperial Pound ( 68.025 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1706190Design Complement

11 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
4.4.1707 - 29.9.1709Captain
Robert HarlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1700-1716
ADM 6/9/59BWAS-160330.9.1709 - 27.12.1709Captain
James HerbertBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1707-1709
ADM 6/10/91BWAS-160314.12.1709 - 11.10.1714Captain
Beaumont WaldronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1719
: on board from 28.12.1709 ADM 6/11/13BWAS-160314.12.1714 - 11.3.1716/17Captain
Beaumont WaldronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1719
Transfered ADM 6/12/11ADM 6/1212.3.1716/17 - 5.11.1717Commander
Timothy SplaineBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1718
ADM 6/12/94BWAS-160326.3.1718 - 3.12.1718Captain
George ProtheroeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1733
Transfered ADM 6/12/125
Confirmed 25.9.1722BWAS-16034.12.1718 - 20.9.1722Captain
George ProtheroeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1733
ADM 6/13/44ADM 6/1313.1.1727/28 - 24.10.1728Captain
Thomas WaterhouseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1741
Transfered ADM 6/13/188BWAS-160325.10.1728 - 15.1.1728/29Captain
The Hon. Fitzroy Henry LeeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1748
ADM 6/14/3BWAS-16032.4.1729 - 8.5.1732Captain
William BerkeleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1733
ADM 6/14/20BWAS-16035.5.1735 - 9.5.1737Commander
John BestBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1737
ADM 6/14/211BWAS-1603

13 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
27.3.1705 - 11.2.1706/7Lieutenant
Charles PrescottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1709
Transfered ADM 6/8/167ADM 6/84.4.1707 - 8.4.1711Lieutenant
Mathew NesbittBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1711
ADM 6/9/60ADM 6/99.4.1711 - 13.12.1714Lieutenant
Samuel HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1731
ADM 6/11/127ADM 6/1114.12.1714 - 21.1.1714/15Lieutenant
Samuel HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1731
ADM 6/12/11ADM 6/124.12.1718 - 27.9.1722Lieutenant
Curtis BarnetBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1710-1756
ADM 6/13/44
Confirmed 11.9.1722ADM 6/1313.1.1727/28 - 6.5.1728Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Francis CrosswickBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1728
ADM 6/13/188ADM 6/1318.1.1727/28 - 15.7.1728First Lieutenant
Nathaniel CooperBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1682-1729
ADM 6/13/189ADM 6/1318.1.1727/28 - 15.1.1728/29Second Lieutenant
George WithersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1716-1746
ADM 6/14/189ADM 6/1323.7.1728 - 15.1.1728/29First Lieutenant
Humphrey HaycockeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1734
ADM 6/14/209ADM 6/132.4.1729 - 1.5.1732First Lieutenant
Robert HarrisonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1743
Transfered ADM 6/14/20ADM 6/142.4.1729 - 1.5.1732Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Richard PocockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1735
Transfered ADM 6/14/20ADM 6/1411.4.1729 - 11.5.1732Second Lieutenant
William Henry BruceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1741
ADM 6/14/22ADM 6/145.5.1735 - 9.5.1737Lieutenant
William BoysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1774
ADM 6/15/211ADM 6/14

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
14.3.1716/17 - 1717Surgeon
James TaiteBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1717
ADM 106/709/9ADM 106

7 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
5.10.1707 - 20.4.1710Midshipman
Samuel GowerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1710
ADM 107/2/267ADM 107/212.11.1721 - 20.9.1722Midshipman Ordinary
George PocockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1766
ADM 107/3/152ODNB30.8.1728 - 13.2.1728/29Midshipman Ordinary
John WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1722-1755
ADM 107/3/194ADM 107/326.5.1730 - 5.8.1732Midshipman
Edmund TollBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1762
Transfered ADM 107/3/245ADM 107/314.12.1730 - 18.5.1732Midshipman
Robert RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1724-1762
Transfered ADM 107/3/221ADM 107/314.12.1730 - 18.5.1732Midshipman
John FawlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1724-1747
Transfered ADM 107/3/221ADM 107/317.5.1731 - 1.7.1732Midshipman
Robert JefferysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1770
Transfered ADM 107/3/223ADM 107/3

5 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
12.10.1728 - 24.2.1728/29Able Seaman
James HovellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1743
Transfered ADM 107/3/488ADM 107/31.9.1729 - 8.10.1729Lieutenant's Servant
John GordonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1743
Transfered ADM 107/3/216ADM 107/37.10.1729 - 13.12.1730Able Seaman
Robert RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1724-1762
ADM 107/3/221ADM 107/37.10.1729 - 13.12.1730Able Seaman
John FawlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1724-1747
ADM 107/3/221ADM 107/33.2.1730/31 - 16.5.1731Able Seaman
Robert JefferysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1770
ADM 107/3/223ADM 107/3

Service History


DateEventSource
28.1.1706/7

Purchased from the builder whilst still on the stocks

BWAS-1603
1.4.1707

Established as a 42-gun Fifth Rate

BWAS-1603
7.1707Sailed to ArchangelBWAS-1603
1708Sailed to NewfoundlandBWAS-1603
1711Russian convoyBWAS-1603
1712In the ChannelBWAS-1603
1714Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
11.10.1714Arrived at Sheerness BWAS-1603
21.1.1714/15Paid offADM 33
1717Began small repair at Sheerness - Kent BWAS-1603
10.3.1716/17

Jacob Acworth, Surveyor, Chatham. Arrangements for fitting the Looe as a hospital ship.

ADM 106
4.1717Completed small repair at Sheerness - Kent at a cost of £2574.1.1dBWAS-1603
5.11.1717Paid offADM 33
3.1717/18Recommissioned as a Hospital ship for the BalticBWAS-1603
3.1717/18Refitted as a Unrated Hospital ShipADM 106
11.8.1718Battle of Cape Passaro
28.6.1719

Took a Spanish privateer near Capri

BWAS-1603
27.9.1722

Paid off

ADM 33
10.1722Began middling repair at Woolwich - London BWAS-1603
2.1724Completed middling repair at Woolwich - London at a cost of £5824.1.11dBWAS-1603
15.1.1728/29Paid offADM 33
1730Sailed to Gibraltar and then to SaleeBWAS-1603
1731Sailed for HomeBWAS-1603
3.1730/31Began small repair at Sheerness - Kent BWAS-1603
5.1731Completed small repair at Sheerness - Kent at a cost of £673.7.10dBWAS-1603
11.5.1732

Paid off

ADM 33
4.1735Began refitting at Sheerness - Kent BWAS-1603
5.1735RecommissionedBWAS-1603
6.1735Completed refitting at Sheerness - Kent at a cost of £1171.12.9dBWAS-1603
1736Off the TagusBWAS-1603
9.5.1737

Paid off

ADM 33
7.1737Sunk as breakwater at SheernessBWAS-1603

 
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