British Third Rate ship of the line 'Ramillies' (1785)

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Ramillies	6075
Nominal Guns	74	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	19.2.1782	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	12.1782	BWAS-1714
Acquired	12.7.1785	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	2.1793	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Thunderer Class (1781)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Sir Thomas SladeBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1744-1783	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John RandallBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1780-1802	BWAS-1714
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	2.1850	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck170' 4"Imperial Feet51.8175
Length of Keel139' 9"Imperial Feet42.3731
Breadth47' 6"Imperial Feet14.3474
Depth in Hold19' 11 ½"Imperial Feet5.8039
Draught Forward12' 9 ½"Imperial Feet3.6703
Draught Aft17' 7"Imperial Feet5.207
Burthen1,677 ¹⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck170' 0"Imperial Feet51.816
Length of Keel139' 8"Imperial Feet42.3724
Breadth46' 6"Imperial Feet14.0462
Depth in Hold19' 11"Imperial Feet5.794
Burthen1,652 ⁶⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

12.7.1785Broadside Weight = 781 Imperial Pound ( 354.1835 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 9-Pounder

2.1793Broadside Weight = 781 Imperial Pound ( 354.1835 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1781600Design Complement

17 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
6.2.1793 - 4.7.1794Captain: on board from 11.2.1793 ADM 6/24/204BWAS-17147.7.1794 - 7.1797Captain ADM 6/25/57BWAS-17149.7.1794 - 3.9.1794CommanderHMS017.1797 - 10.1798CaptainBWAS-171410.1798 - 2.1799CaptainBWAS-17142.1799 - 1.1801CaptainBWAS-17141.1801 - 6.1801CaptainBWAS-17146.1801 - 8.1801CaptainBWAS-17148.1801 - 12.1801CaptainBWAS-171412.1804 - 4.1808CaptainBWAS-17144.1808 - 1808CaptainBWAS-17148.1812 - 1814CaptainODNB6.1815 - 11.1815CaptainBWAS-17149.1818 - 8.1821CaptainBWAS-17148.1821 - 1822CaptainBWAS-17145.1823 - 11.1825CaptainBWAS-171411.1825 - 9.1829CaptainW025

2 Flag Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1813Rear-Admiral of the WhiteBWAS-171411.1815 - 1815Rear-Admiral of the RedBWAS-1714

36 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
22.11.1790 - 7.1.1793First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/90ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 30.1.1793Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/91ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 31.3.1791Third Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/91ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 30.3.1791Fourth Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/92ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 11.3.1794Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/92ADM 6/246.2.1793 - 9.2.1794First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/204ADM 6/246.2.1793 - 9.2.1794Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/204ADM 6/246.2.1793 - 11.3.1794Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/204ADM 6/246.2.1793 - 11.3.1794Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/204ADM 6/246.2.1793 - 11.3.1794Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/204ADM 6/2410.2.1794 - 1794First Lieutenant ADM 6/25/12ADM 6/2512.3.1794 - 1794Second Lieutenant ADM 6/25/19ADM 6/2512.3.1794 - 1794Third Lieutenant ADM 6/25/19ADM 6/2512.3.1794 - 1794Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/25/19ADM 6/2512.3.1794 - 11.8.1796Fifth Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/25/19ADM 6/2512.7.1798 - 8.10.1798Acting LieutenantPMD20.11.1815 - 9.1818First LieutenantNBD184926.11.1822 - 31.5.1823LieutenantNBD184930.1.1823 - 15.4.1831LieutenantNBD18492.6.1824 - 5.3.1825LieutenantNBD184910.6.1824 - 1827LieutenantNBD184910.1824 - 6.1826LieutenantNBD18491.3.1826 - 1826LieutenantW03325.4.1826 - 1828LieutenantNBD184911.12.1826 - 1828LieutenantNBD18495.1.1827 - 10.1829LieutenantNBD184920.3.1827 - 1827LieutenantADM 620.7.1827 - 8.1830LieutenantNBD18493.12.1827 - 9.1829LieutenantNBD184921.7.1828 - 28.4.1829LieutenantNBD184924.9.1828 - 1830LieutenantNBD184930.10.1828 - 1828LieutenantNBD184915.11.1828 - 19.2.1830LieutenantNBD18493.1.1829 - 1830LieutenantNBD184931.3.1829 - 19.2.1830LieutenantNBD184921.5.1829 - 1831LieutenantNBD1849

2 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1794 - 1.6.1794Surgeonref:166523.2.1801 - 11.3.1801MasterADM 29-1

12 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
15.2.1793 - 5.1796MidshipmanADM 171/86.1793 - 7.1794MidshipmanNBD18491794SchoolmasterADM 171/81794TrumpeterADM 171/81805 - 11.1808MidshipmanNBD18491.1805 - 11.1808MidshipmanNBD18491806 - 10.1808MidshipmanNBD184911.1812 - 1812MidshipmanNBD18493.1816 - 1817MidshipmanNBD18495.1819 - 28.2.1821MidshipmanNBD18491821 - 12.1823MidshipmanNBD184930.1.1829 - 15.2.1830Clerk, Supernumerary Clerk ADM 6/24/115ADM 29/8

11 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
1794Able SeamanADM 171/81794Able SeamanADM 171/81794Able SeamanADM 171/81794Ordinary SeamanADM 171/81794Ordinary SeamanADM 171/81794LandmanADM 171/81794LandmanADM 171/81794ServantADM 171/81794BoyADM 171/84.1814 - 18151st Class VolunteerBWAS-179330.6.1829 - 18301st Class VolunteerBWAS-1714

1 Marine

DatesRankNameSource
1794PrivateADM 171/8

Service History

DateEventSource
18.7.1785Began Completed at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
31.7.1785Completed Completed at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
8.1785Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
22.9.1785Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £9323.3.8dBWAS-1714
8.1791Began small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
12.1791Completed small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £11907.0.0dBWAS-1714
2.1793CommissionedBWAS-1714
1.6.1794Glorious 1st of June
20.10.1794Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
2.1796refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £8671.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.4.1796Sank the lugger Spider in a collisionBWAS-1714
4.1797Spithead mutinyBWAS-1714
2.1798Completed making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £10832.0.0dBWAS-1714
8.1798Began making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
1799Quiberon operationsBWAS-1714
2.5.1799

Sailed from Plymouth

TNC
1.6.1800Operation in Quiberon Bay
2.4.1801Sent to join Nelson as a reinforcementBWAS-1714
2.4.1801Battle of Copenhagen
12.1801Had been paid offBWAS-1714
7.1804Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
12.1804RecommissionedBWAS-1714
2.1805Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £17285.0.0dBWAS-1714
7.7.1805Took the Privateer
10.1.1807Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
7.1810Began large repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
10.1812RecommissionedBWAS-1714
11.1812Completed large repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £66244.0.0dBWAS-1714
1813Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
14.12.1814Battle of Lake Borgne
11.1815Flagship at LeithBWAS-1714
6.1816fitting at Sheerness - Kent BWAS-1714
9.1818Guardship at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
5.1822Began middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
6.1823Completed middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £19161.0.0dBWAS-1714
6.1831Refitted as a Unrated Hospital Ship
6.1831fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
1832Lazerette at SheernessBWAS-1714
2.1850Broken up at DeptfordBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 171/8British Admiralty, Document

ADM 29-1 Document

ADM 29/8 Archive

ADM 6Authority, Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

ADM 6/25 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

HMS01Various, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

PMD Book

TNCVarious, Periodical

W025P. Davis, Web Site

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

ref:1665Thomas Trotter, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 9th of July 2026 13:54

Portsmouth, 10 January 1801: Capt Dickson is appointed to command the Ramilies, till the arrival of Capt Barlow, of the Phoebe, from Ireland. [Hampshire Telegraph, 12 January 1801]

Posted by Linda Nash on Thursday 27th of May 2021 13:52

Just sent an email. Date of birth of Robert Carpenter should read 1792.

Posted by Linda Nash on Thursday 27th of May 2021 13:40

Hi, My 5x maternal great grandfather Robert Carpenter (1762-1825) was supposedly shot by a Lieutenant Millet serving on the Coast Guard ship HMS Ramillies on 11 August 1825 at Lydd, Kent. The incident is mentioned in a report about the case and its dismissal at the Kent Assizes 19 August 1825. I haven't been able to track down the original Coroner's Inquisition where Millet was found guilty, which may have more details so I can confirm that the Robert Carpenter concerned was my relative. Kind regards, Linda

Posted by Judie McCourt on Sunday 9th of July 2017 19:39

I believe an ancestor of mine, Matthew Warner, served as Quartermaster on this ship. He received a pension from 1826 after 17 years of service and upon his death in 1846, the pension records show his rank. The ship's name is given on each year's pension payment

Posted by Tom Moffatt on Tuesday 25th of March 2014 09:29

Have you seen either lines or a drawing of the Ramilies (1785)? Looking for one.

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