British Fifth Rate ship 'Looe' (1745)

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Looe ➡ 1750 Looe Hulk
Nominal Guns	44	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	18.4.1744	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	18.4.1744	BWAS-1714
Launched	17.8.1745	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Liverpool - Lancashire	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1741 Establishment 44-Gunner (1741)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John GorillBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sunk as Breakwater	12.1759	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck126' 3"Imperial Feet38.4077
Length of Keel102' 5"Imperial Feet31.1531
Breadth36' 3"Imperial Feet10.9855
Depth in Hold15' 5 ½"Imperial Feet4.5847
Burthen715 ⁸¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

17.8.1745Broadside 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
1741250Design Complement

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
20.7.1745 - 18.9.1745CaptainBWAS-171419.9.1745 - 20.5.1749Captain ADM 6/17/1BWAS-1714

3 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
13.7.1745 - 20.5.1749Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/16/511ADM 6/167.4.1748 - 23.1.1748/49Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/17/485
Issued by , Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 26.7.1749ADM 6/1723.1.1748/49 - 20.5.1749Second Lieutenant ADM 6/17/496
Issued by , Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 21.9.1749ADM 6/17

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
21.12.1745 - 23.4.1746Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/4/162ADM 107/4

3 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
29.12.1747 - 8.7.1748Captain's Servant ADM 107/4/408ADM 107/49.7.1748 - 16.12.1748Ordinary Seaman Transfered ADM 107/4/408ADM 107/427.9.1748 - 20.5.1749Lieutenant's Servant ADM 107/5/34ADM 107/5

Service History

DateEventSource
8.3.1745/46fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £2058.17.2dBWAS-1714
27.5.1748Took the Privateer off the coast of North America
27.5.1748Took the Privateer off the coast of North America
23.6.1748Took the Privateer off the coast of North America
20.5.1749

Paid off at Sheerness Dockyard

ADM 33
8.1749

Surveyed

BWAS-1714
8.10.1750

The Navy Board order her hulked as a quarantine ship for Stangate Creek

BWAS-1714
15.10.1750Refitted as an unarmed Other Vessels HulkBWAS-1714
15.10.1750Renamed Looe HulkBWAS-1714
25.9.1759The Admiralty ordered her sunk as a breakwater at HarwichBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 107/4 Archive

ADM 107/5 Archive

ADM 33 Archive

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 6/17 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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