British Fourth Rate frigate 'Deal Castle' (1727)

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Deal Castle

7596
Nominal Guns20BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered3.1.1722/23BWAS-1714
Launched6.4.1727BWAS-1714
First Commissioned4.5.1727BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardSheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
Ship Class1719 Establishment 20-Gunner (1719)BWAS-1714
Constructor
John WardBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1711-1752
BWAS-1714
CategoryFourth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Sold14.8.1746BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck106' 1"Imperial Feet32.313 
Length of Keel87' 10"Imperial Feet26.5176 
Breadth28' 4"Imperial Feet8.5471 
Depth in Hold9' 2"Imperial Feet2.794 
Burthen375 5⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


6.4.1727Broadside Weight = 60 Imperial Pound ( 27.21 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1719140Design Complement

12 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
4.5.1727 - 10.8.1727Captain
Timothy BrettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1699
ADM 6/13/142BWAS-171411.8.1727 - 24.11.1727Captain
Timothy BrettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1699
Transfered ADM 6/13/149ADM 6/1325.11.1727 - 12.11.1731Captain
Samuel MeadBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1707-1742
ADM 6/14/175BWAS-171424.11.1731 - 1.3.1733/34Captain
David AubinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1735
ADM 6/14/92BWAS-17142.3.1733/34 - 11.5.1734Captain
Robert ShortingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1734
ADM 6/14/197
Confirmed 13.11.1734BWAS-171412.5.1734 - 23.8.1735Captain
William KnightBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1741
ADM 6/14/219
Confirmed 26.8.1735BWAS-171413.6.1738 - 19.2.1740/41Captain
Temple WestBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1757
Transfered ADM 6/15/123BWAS-171419.2.1740/41 - 27.12.1741Captain
The Hon. John HamiltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1743
Transfered ADM 6/15/382BWAS-171428.12.1741 - 31.1.1742/43Captain
Jacob EltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1745
ADM 6/16/491BWAS-17141.2.1742/43 - 3.9.1744Captain
Samuel GoddardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1745
Transfered ADM 6/16/142BWAS-17144.9.1744 - 21.2.1744/45Captain
Richard TyrrellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1760
ADM 6/17/511
Issued by
Charles KnowlesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1770
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 2.2.1749/50ADM 6/1721.2.1744/45 - 12.12.1745Captain
Thomas SomersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1749
ADM 6/17/26
Confirmed 23.11.1745BWAS-1714

10 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
4.5.1727 - 11.11.1731Lieutenant
Fyfield CoeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1711-1748
ADM 6/14/142ADM 6/1324.11.1731 - 16.12.1732Lieutenant
David CheapBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1747
ADM 6/14/92ADM 6/142.3.1733/34 - 29.7.1734Lieutenant
James BroadleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1744
Transfered ADM 6/14/191
Confirmed 14.6.1734ADM 6/1412.6.1734 - 25.7.1734Lieutenant
Richard NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1745
Transfered ADM 6/14/203
Confirmed 27.1.1734/35ADM 6/1413.6.1738 - 26.2.1739/40Lieutenant
William BrownjohnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1740
ADM 6/15/123ADM 6/1527.2.1739/40 - 20.2.1740/41Lieutenant
Thomas NoelBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1734
ADM 6/15/250ADM 6/157.1.1741/42 - 29.1.1741/42Lieutenant
John VaughanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1787
Transfered ADM 6/16/2ADM 6/1530.1.1741/42 - 13.6.1743Lieutenant
William WoodburnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1746
ADM 6/16/8ADM 6/1614.6.1743 - 27.7.1744Lieutenant
William NewsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1762
Transfered ADM 6/16/187ADM 6/1627.7.1744 - 3.9.1744Lieutenant
George TindallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1763
Transfered ADM 6/17/149
Issued by
Charles KnowlesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1770
, Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 2.9.1746ADM 6/17

4 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
4.5.1727 - 17.2.1728/29Volunteer-per-order
John BrettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1770
TransferedODNB4.5.1731 - 12.11.1731Volunteer-per-order
Charles BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1748
ADM 6/14/73ADM 6/1418.3.1738/39 - 18.3.1740/41Midshipman
John DalrympleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1757
Transfered ADM 107/3/545ADM 107/318.11.1741 - 28.1.1741/42Midshipman Ordinary
Nicholas CoodeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1750
Transfered ADM 107/3/520ADM 107/3

9 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
15.1.1729/30 - 8.7.1730Ordinary Seaman
Charles BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1748
ADM 107/3/222ADM 107/38.7.1730 - 17.1.1730/31Volunteer-per-order
Charles BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1748
Transfered ADM 107/3/222ADM 107/36.12.1732 - 11.2.1732/33Captain's Servant
James WorthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1795
ADM 107/3/504ADM 107/312.2.1732/33 - 17.2.1733/34Master's Servant
James WorthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1795
Transfered ADM 107/3/504ADM 107/313.7.1738 - 8.8.1738Captain's Servant
John DalrympleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1757
ADM 107/3/545ADM 107/325.7.1738 - 28.8.1738Able Seaman
Anthony FortyeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1738
Transfered ADM 107/3/507ADM 107/39.8.1738 - 29.8.1738Able Seaman
John DalrympleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1757
Transfered ADM 107/3/545ADM 107/329.1.1738/39 - 17.3.1738/39Able Seaman
John DalrympleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1757
ADM 107/3/545ADM 107/37.8.1746 - 6.11.1746Able Seaman
William Parsons HoeyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1796
ADM 107/4/267ADM 107/4

Service History


DateEventSource
6.4.1727building at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £3716.0.1dBWAS-1714
5.1727Commissioned for home watersBWAS-1714
12.11.1731

Paid off

ADM 33
5.9.1735

Paid off

ADM 33
3.1737/38Began fitting at UnknownBWAS-1714
7.1738Completed fitting at a cost of £4033.19.9dBWAS-1714
10.1739Sailed to HalifaxBWAS-1714
1740Off theTagusBWAS-1714
5.1741Sailed with a convoy to LisbonBWAS-1714
2.1742In the Western approachesBWAS-1714
7.7.1742At VigoBWAS-1714
2.1743Commissioned for the West IndiesBWAS-1714
23.2.1743/44Took the Privateer
Le Bien Aimé (18) 1740-1744
French 18 Gun
Privateer Unknown

16.5.1745Took the Privateer
La Fidèle (Unknown) 1745-1745
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

16.5.1745Took the Privateer
La Providence (Unknown) 1745-1745
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

13.12.1745

Paid off

ADM 33
2.8.1746Ordered to be soldBWAS-1714
14.8.1746Sold for £191 at DeptfordBWAS-1714

 
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