Namur

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 3rd of June 2026 19:19

London, 29 January 1750: A list of men saved from his Majesty’s late ship the Namur,

Being on shore with leave and on duty - Hon Edward Boscawen, Rear-Admiral; Samuel Marshall, Captain; Henry Speck, Volunteer Lieutenant; Robert Palk, Chaplain; Israel Titchers, Surgeon; Alex Macpherson, Purser; Rich Hamilton, Boatswain; Joseph Austin, Midshipman; John Barnsley, ditto; Joseph Johnson, ditto; Charles Brett, Secretary; Ambrose Bryant, ditto Clerk; Robert Feam, ditto; Charles Milton, ditto; John Bushel, ditto; John Armstrong, Able Seaman; John Berry, Cooper; Isaac Barton, ditto; James Simpson, Taylor; Detcliff Miller, Joyner; James Hughes, Musick; Charles Love, ditto; Thomas Woodbridge, ditto; Joseph Woodbridge, ditto; Basil Maverly, ditto; John Corker, ditto; Dennis Ferguson, ditto; Thomas Lambert, ditto; Richard Stockdale, ditto; James Bell, ditto; Thomas Watt, Admiral’s Servant; Alexander Muat, ditto; Henry Frier, Secretary’s ditto; Emanuel Alexander, boy; Orford Berry, ditto; George Scrafe, ditto; James Shaw, ditto; Richard Willmouth, ditto; William Willmouth, ditto; William Lawrence, Capt Marine; John Steven, Corporal ditto.

Being sick at the hospital - James Gilchrist, 3rd Lieutenant; Hobert Bruce, Midshipman; Mundeford Allen, Surgeon’s 2d Mate; Cha Plymouth, Able Seaman; John Winchester, ditto; Thomas Roots, ditto; Gardner Archer, ditto; John Wilson, ditto; David Lion, ditto; William Finch, ditto; James Whyttaker, ditto; John Atwell, ditto; Edward Horden, ditto; Michael Canty, ditto; William Park, ditto; William Parsons, ditto; Edward Grant, ditto; William Wheatly, ditto; Thomas Biggs, ditto; John Hall, ditto; Francis tringer, ditto; John Mooring, ditto; Samuel Whiland, ditto; Alexander Glass, ditto; John Marshall, ditto; William Tapp, ditto; John Prickett, ditto; Hugh Montgomery, ditto; Jere Wiseman, ditto; Samuel Adridge, ditto; Geo Holmes, Able Seaman; Ralph Gent, ditto; Joseph Orrin, ditto; Joseph Hodges, ditto; John Stradford, ditto; William Chenery, ditto; William Smart, ditto; James Phillips, ditto; Curthbert Willson, ditto; Lawrence King, ditto; William Camm, ditto; John Marham, ditto; Edward Ya…., ditto, George Smith, ditto; Richard Thompson, ditto; Samuel …..; Christopher Hagg ley, ditto; John Price, ditto; Ed Crfts, Capenter’s Crew; Francis Dickson, ditto; Ellis Surgeon, ditto; James Tucker, Corp Marine; John Wright, Marine; John Fry, Marine; Henry Willis, ditto; William Backhouse, ditto; Joseph Green, ditto; Thomas Dudley, ditto; John Dunn, ditto; William Dixon, ditto; Thomas Tender, ditto.

Being left at work at Trincomale - James Mooring, Carpenter; Andrew Daldridge, ditto Mate; William Higgins, ditto Crew; Nicholas Bointage, Caulker; Will Robins, ditto; William Duncan, Carpenter’s Boy; John Whitehead, Marine.

Being lent on board the Basilisk Bomb – Alex Spital, Midshipman.

By swimming ashore from the wreck of the Namur - James Almes, Midshipman; John Demare, ditto; Wm Maskell, Boatswain’s Mate; Samuel Woodward, Able Seaman; Wm Lacey, ditto; Wm McCarty, ditto; Alex Wood, ditto; Rice Thomas, ditto; James Alely, ditto; John Blake, ditto; John Crage, ditto; Peter Alexander, ditto; Robert Williams, ditto; Roger Harvey, ditto; James Newton, ditto; John Wallis, ditto; John Mace, ditto; Benj Courtney, ditto; Math Stocklonwood, ditto; Anthony Jones, ditto; Fred Henderson, ditto; Nicholas Lawrence, ditto; William Ward, ditto; Robert Harding, ditto; Thomas Stanbridge, ditto; Jer Large, ditto, belongs to the Ruby.
[Kentish Post, 31 January 1750]

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 3rd of June 2026 19:14

Constantinople, 14 December 1749: The Consul at Aleppo has received a packet from Governor Wake at Bombay, with letters from Admiral Boscawen, dated the 20th of April 1749, with the most melancholy account of the loss of his Britannick Majesty’s ships the Namur, Pembroke, and Apollo hospital ship, with almost all their men, in a violent storm, which begun on the 18th of the said month in St David’s Road; the Admiral providentially was on shore. [Kentish Post, 31 January 1750]

Posted by Albert Parker on Tuesday 27th of May 2025 05:34

I have a scattering of monthly disposition reports (ADM 8/024-025) for the 1739–48 war.
June 1, 1745: Did not find her
October 1, 1745: Did not find her
July 1, 1746: 3rd rate 74, Captain Robert Wellard, "Convoys and Cruisers"
August 1, 1746: ditto

Posted by Cy on Friday 11th of April 2025 13:44

ADM 33/413 Shows the Namur to be in Sea Pay for that period, therfore also in commission as shown. Undergoing repairs do not necissarily put a ship out of commission.

Posted by Joe on Friday 11th of April 2025 00:15

The entry showing Francis Geary in command from 1745 to 1747 is of course entirely incorrect. In fact, from APR-1745 Namur was being rebuilt/razeed to a 74, and upon recommissioning in January 1747 was commanded continuously by Boscawen as CAPT or Wellard or Marshall as flag captains when Boscawen was either officially a COMM or had been promoted to RADM. Namur's captain's journal very clearly confirms this.
The frontispiece reads: "Namur's Journal Hon. Edward Boscawen Commander between the {11th of September 1746 and the 16th of July 1747."}