British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Gloucester' (1744)

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Gloucester

600
Nominal Guns50BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered15.6.1743BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down12.7.1743BWAS-1714
Launched23.3.1743/44BWAS-1714
First Commissioned21.3.1744/45BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardRotherhithe - London - Surrey BWAS-1714
Ship Class1741 Establishment 50-Gunner (1741)BWAS-1714
Constructor
John WhetstoneBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1714
CategoryFourth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up13.2.1764BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck140' 8 ½"Imperial Feet42.6847 
Length of Keel114' 1"Imperial Feet34.749 
Breadth40' 2 ½"Imperial Feet12.2047 
Depth in Hold17' 2 ½"Imperial Feet5.1943 
Burthen985 67⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


23.3.1744/45Broadside Weight = 414 Imperial Pound ( 187.749 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck22 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1741300Design Complement

5 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
22.3.1744/45 - 4.2.1746/47Captain
Charles SaundersBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1727-1773
ADM 6/16/458BWAS-17144.2.1746/47 - 5.12.1747Captain
Philip DurellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1722-1769
ADM 6/17/196BWAS-17145.12.1747 - 22.12.1747Captain
Washington ShirleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1778
ADM 6/17/291ADM 6/1722.12.1747 - 5.8.1748Captain
Samuel FaulknorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1745
ADM 6/17/301BWAS-17141.11.1748 - 23.12.1752Captain
John StorrBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1725-1780
ADM 6/17/398BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1749 - 11.1752Commodore
The Hon. George TownshendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1765
ODNB

5 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
25.3.1745 - 29.5.1745First Lieutenant
John HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1719-1742
ADM 6/16/459ADM 6/1630.5.1745 - 10.7.1747Third Lieutenant
James SlorachBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1760
Transfered ADM 6/16/486ADM 6/1628.3.1747 - 5.8.1748Second Lieutenant
James AllanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1761
ADM 6/17/212ADM 6/1710.7.1747 - 5.8.1748Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Thomas BaillieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1760
ADM 6/17/242ADM 6/191.11.1748 - 23.12.1752Second Lieutenant
Bellen TattonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1762
ADM 6/17/398ADM 6/17

3 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
3.1.1744 - 15.5.1746Master
Robert LambertBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1767
ADM 107/4/50ADM 107/41748 - 1.7.1751Surgeon
Andrew DudgeonBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1748-1751
† Discharged Dead ADM 106/1064/112ADM 1068.11.1748 - 1748Midshipman Extra
Jeremiah WaltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1748
ADM 6/17/402ADM 6/17

2 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
27.1.1745/46 - 4.3.1745/46Midshipman
William RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1762
Transfered ADM 107/4/137ADM 107/418.11.1750 - 16.1.1754Midshipman
Samuel UpplebyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1764
ADM 107/4/269ADM 107/4

12 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
15.12.1745 - 26.1.1745/46Able Seaman
William RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1762
ADM 107/4/137ADM 107/418.9.1749 - 28.1.1749/50Able Seaman
Walter GriffithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1771
Transfered ADM 107/4/304ADM 107/418.12.1749 - 25.1.1751/52Able Seaman
James GydeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1763
Transfered ADM 107/4/370ADM 107/41.2.1749/50 - 17.11.1750Able Seaman
Samuel UpplebyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1764
ADM 107/4/269ADM 107/427.6.1750 - 22.6.1751Able Seaman
Thomas FitzherbertBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1794
Transfered ADM 107/4/233ADM 107/419.7.1750 - 22.12.1750Able Seaman
William GaspeyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1760
Transfered ADM 107/4/358ADM 107/42.5.1751 - 6.5.1752Able Seaman
Thomas DumaresqBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1801
ADM 107/4/306ADM 107/429.5.1752 - 12.1.1753Able Seaman
Percy PowlettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1771
Transfered ADM 107/4/251ADM 107/417.1.1753 - 5.6.1756Able Seaman
Thomas CollierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1760
Transfered ADM 107/5/186ADM 107/510.3.1752/53 - 30.4.1755Able Seaman
Walter GriffithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1771
ADM 107/4/304ADM 107/41.10.1754 - 4.6.1755Able Seaman
Thomas DumaresqBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1801
ADM 107/4/306ADM 107/424.12.1755 - 5.5.1756Able Seaman
James GydeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1763
ADM 107/4/370ADM 107/4

Service History


DateEventSource
3.1744/45In the ChannelBWAS-1714
23.3.1744/45Completed at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey at a cost of £13019.12.0dBWAS-1714
23.3.1744/45Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
5.1745In the Downs and then to the Scottish coastBWAS-1714
10.5.1745Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £6149.5.3dBWAS-1714
11.7.1745Took the Privateer
Le Comte de Clermont (Unknown) 1745-1745
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown
and sunkref:692
27.7.1745Took the Privateer
Le Petit Begogne (Unknown) 1745-1745
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

1746In the Western squadronBWAS-1714
5.5.1747Took the Frigate
Les Deux Couronnes (30) 1745-1747
French 30 Gun
Privateer Frigate

16.6.1747Took the Privateer
Le Foudre (24) 1747-1747
French 24 Gun
Privateer Unknown
BG
14.10.17472nd Battle of Cape Finisterre
4.8.1748

Paid off at Portsmouth Dockyard

ADM 33
5.1749Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
23.12.1752

Paid off at Chatham Dockyard

ADM 33
13.4.1753Surveyed, no repairBWAS-1714
20.7.1758Ordered to be used as a hospital for sick soldiers at Chatham?BWAS-1714
4.9.1759Ordered to be a receiving ship at SheernessBWAS-1714
21.10.1763Ordered to be broken up for £307BWAS-1714
13.12.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
13.2.1764Breaking up completed at SheernessBWAS-1714

 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 27th of May 2026 00:53

London, 23 November 1751: By an express which arrived this morning from Bristol we have the following particular account (brought by the Cornwall, Capt Duncombe) of a violent hurricane which happened at Jamaica on the 11th of September last.
The Gloucester, of 50 guns, the Hon Geo Townshend, Esq; Commodore, rode it out without loss.
The Fox, of 20 guns, Capt Faulkner, ashore, beat over the rocks, and can’t be got off; the people and the money saved and landed at Withywood.
The sloops Ferret and Viper rode it out, but lost their masts.
[Kentish Post, 27 November 1751]

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