British yacht 'Fubbs' (1724)

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Fubbs
Nominal Guns	12	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	9.3.1723/24	BWAS-1714
Launched	22.10.1724	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Yacht	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	7.1781	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck76' 9"Imperial Feet23.2029
Length of Keel61' 0"Imperial Feet18.5928
Breadth22' 0"Imperial Feet6.7056
Depth in Hold9' 8"Imperial Feet2.9464
Burthen157 ⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
172440 BWAS-1714

7 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
14.1.1719/20 - 3.12.1736Captain and Master Discharged Dead ADM 6/15/189BWAS-171414.12.1736 - 16.12.1745Captain ADM 6/15/48BWAS-171416.12.1745 - 4.12.1750Captain and Master Discharged Dead ADM 6/17/33BWAS-171420.12.1750 - 2.5.1757Commander Transfered ADM 6/17/539ADM 6/172.5.1757 - 14.12.1763Commander ADM 6/18/391BWAS-171414.12.1763 - 2.4.1766Commander Transfered ADM 6/19/555BWAS-17142.4.1766 - 7.7.1781Commander Transfered ADM 6/20/113ADM 6/20

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
9.10.1733 - 1733Gunner ADM 6/14/152ref:1788

Service History

DateEventSource
1737great repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £2326.18.3dBWAS-1714
3.8.1761Embarked 15 members of Board of Green Cloth at GreenwichBWAS-1603
16.8.1761Disembarked 15 members of Board of Green Cloth at StadeBWAS-1603
9.1761Royal escortBWAS-1714
1765small repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £521.19.8dBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 6/20 Archive

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ref:1788Christopher Donnithorne, Book

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Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 25th of June 2026 19:32

London, 19 August 1765: Besides the Mary yacht already mention’d in the papers, the Augusta and Fubbs yachts are now getting in readiness at Deptford in order to sail for the coast of Holland; from whence it is conjectured, that his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and the young Prince Stadtholder, will accompany the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Brunswick to England. [Exeter Evening Post, 22 August 1765]

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