British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Sunderland' (1694)

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Sunderland ➡ 1715 Sunderland Hulk

162
Nominal Guns60B028
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered20.4.1693BWAS-1603
Launched17.3.1693/94BWAS-1603
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1603
ShipyardSouthampton - Hampshire BWAS-1603
Ship Class1691 Program - 60 gun 4th Rates (1691)B028
Designed by
John TippettsBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1650-1692
BWAS-1603
Constructor
William PoddBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1603
CategoryFourth RateB028
Ship TypeShip of the LineB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Sunk as Foundation1737BWAS-1603

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck145' 2"Imperial Feet44.1971 
Length of Keel120' 2"Imperial Feet36.5785 
Breadth37' 10"Imperial Feet11.2776 
Depth in Hold15' 10"Imperial Feet4.572 
Burthen914 85⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1694Broadside Weight = 408 Imperial Pound ( 185.028 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck22 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck10 British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse4 British 3-Pounder

1703Broadside Weight = 375 Imperial Pound ( 170.0625 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck24 British Culverin
Upper Gun Deck26 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck10 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
10.1694365EstablishmentBWAS-1714
10.1694240Establishment in PeaceBWAS-1714
12.1696278Order to reduce complement to 278, needs 50 men and surgeon's necessaries.ADM 106

17 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
14.3.1693/94 - 15.9.1696Captain
Gerard EllwesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1711
Transfered ADM 6/3/108BWAS-160316.9.1696 - 30.11.1696Captain
Philip DawesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1710
TransferedADM 6/41.12.1696 - 1.8.1697Captain
John ConstableBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1702
Transfered ADM 6/4/50ADM 6/47.1.1696/97 - 11.8.1697Captain
Roger BellwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1697
† ADM 6/4/59BWAS-16031.11.1697 - 30.4.1699Captain
Jonathan SpannBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1679-1711
ADM 6/4/121BWAS-160310.2.1700/1 - 23.9.1701Captain
Tudor TrevorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1717
ADM 6/6/55BWAS-160326.12.1701 - 14.1.1701/2Captain
Daniel ReevesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1702
Transfered ADM 6/6/126ADM 6/615.1.1701/2 - 9.3.1702/3Captain
David WavellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1703
ADM 6/6/132BWAS-160310.3.1702/3 - 26.4.1703Captain
Thomas MeadeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1715
Transfered ADM 6/8/25
Issued by
Hovenden WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1715
, West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean
Confirmed 10.11.1703ADM 6/827.4.1703 - 23.5.1703Commander
Thomas CampionBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1712
ADM 6/8/58
Confirmed 24.2.1703/4BWAS-160324.5.1703 - 7.6.1703Captain
Thomas MeadeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1715
Transfered ADM 6/8/25
Issued by
John GraydonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1703
, West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean
Confirmed 10.11.1703ADM 6/88.6.1703 - 12.5.1704Captain
Robert ThompsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1721
ADM 6/8/34
Confirmed 13.12.1703BWAS-160314.12.1704 - 24.9.1706Captain
Thomas LongBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1706
Transfered ADM 6/8/120BWAS-160325.9.1706 - 18.3.1707/8Captain
William JamesonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1708
ADM 6/9/132
Confirmed 2.2.1706/7BWAS-160318.5.1708 - 21.5.1709Captain
George ForbesBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1702-1742
ADM 6/9/164ODNB22.5.1709 - 22.7.1711Captain
Henry GoreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1715
Transfered ADM 6/10/64
Confirmed 27.5.1709BWAS-160324.7.1711 - 31.1.1712/13Captain
John CockburnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1731
ADM 6/11/172
Confirmed 23.10.1711BWAS-1603

22 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
20.6.1694 - 2.1.1695/96Second Lieutenant
David ErskinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1696
Transfered ADM 6/3/89
Issued by
Edward RussellBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1671-1702

Confirmed 1.11.1695ADM 6/318.2.1695/96 - 2.6.1697Second Lieutenant
Michael LovellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
Transfered ADM 6/3/130ADM 6/325.7.1697 - 28.6.1699Second Lieutenant
Richard ThorntonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1701
ADM 6/4/127
Issued by
John NevilleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1673-1697
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 26.11.1697ADM 6/46.8.1697 - 28.6.1699First Lieutenant
Hewett HollowayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1704
ADM 6/4/127
Issued by
John NevilleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1673-1697
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 26.11.1697ADM 6/412.2.1700/1 - 23.9.1701First Lieutenant
John GullinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1708
ADM 6/6/55ADM 6/612.2.1700/1 - 23.9.1701Second Lieutenant
Gilbert TalbotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1703
ADM 6/6/55ADM 6/61.1.1701/2 - 18.2.1701/2Second Lieutenant
John FoxleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1693-1703
ADM 6/6/128ADM 6/619.2.1701/2 - 11.5.1703First Lieutenant
John FoxleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1693-1703
ADM 6/7/12ADM 6/719.2.1701/2 - 26.8.1702Second Lieutenant
William DavenportBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1707
Transfered ADM 6/7/11ADM 6/712.8.1702 - 12.5.1704Second Lieutenant
Christopher AllenbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1705
ADM 6/7/47ADM 6/712.5.1703 - 12.5.1704First Lieutenant
Peter HorroyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1720
ADM 6/8/29
Confirmed 27.11.1703ADM 6/82.1.1704/5 - 31.1.1704/5Second Lieutenant
Ralph EaglesfieldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1713
ADM 6/8/132ADM 6/81.2.1704/5 - 3.4.1706First Lieutenant
Ralph EaglesfieldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1713
ADM 6/8/147ADM 6/814.2.1704/5 - 18.3.1707/8Second Lieutenant
Walter RossBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1714
ADM 6/8/151ADM 6/84.4.1706 - 18.3.1707/8First Lieutenant
Thomas WhitneyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1740
ADM 6/8/246ADM 6/818.5.1708 - 23.11.1709First Lieutenant
Thomas WhitneyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1740
Transfered ADM 6/9/164ADM 6/918.5.1708 - 9.3.1708/9Second Lieutenant
Walter RossBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1714
Transfered ADM 6/9/164ADM 6/910.3.1708/9 - 4.7.1709Second Lieutenant
Dalby ThomasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1710
Transfered ADM 6/10/41ADM 6/105.7.1709 - 26.1.1709/10Second Lieutenant
James RosseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1707-1714
ADM 6/10/74ADM 6/1024.11.1709 - 31.1.1712/13First Lieutenant
James AylettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1723
ADM 6/11/7ADM 6/1127.1.1709/10 - 27.7.1711Second Lieutenant
James DoreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1719
Transfered ADM 6/11/22ADM 6/1128.7.1711 - 31.1.1712/13Second Lieutenant
Charles GarrardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1711-1734
ADM 6/11/170
Confirmed 19.10.1711ADM 6/11

10 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
7.6.1694 - 16.4.1696Boatswain
John SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1698
Transfered ADM 6/3/93
Issued by
Edward RussellBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1671-1702

Confirmed 15.11.1695ADM 6/317.8.1695 - 1695Purser
Thomas FarrBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695
ADM 6/3/83
Issued by
John MundenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1677-1703

Confirmed 4.10.1695ADM 6/323.3.1695/96 - 1696Chaplain
Alexander StevensBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1695-1696
ADM 6/3/140ADM 6/312.4.1696 - 11.7.1694Volunteer
RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1694
ADM 6/3/145ADM 6/321.4.1696 - 1696Boatswain
Thomas BroadridgeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1696
ADM 6/3/147ADM 6/35.7.1697 - 1697Carpenter
Israel CookBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1697
ADM 6/4/130
Issued by
John NevilleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1673-1697
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 7.12.1697ADM 6/47.8.1697 - 1697Boatswain
Robert ReadBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
ADM 6/4/128
Issued by
John NevilleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1673-1697
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 29.11.1697ADM 6/419.9.1697 - 1698Purser
Daniel MahanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1698
ADM 6/4/137
Issued by
Thomas DilkesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1687-1697
, West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean ADM 6/41698 - 19.4.1698Gunner
Philip SeaplenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698
ADM 6/5/17ADM 6/519.4.1698 - 1698Gunner
John PyeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1698
ADM 6/5/17ADM 6/5

6 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1696Volunteer
John RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/4/26ADM 6/41696Volunteer
James HisbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/3/145ADM 6/37.1.1695/96 - 1696Volunteer
William HutchinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1696
ADM 6/3/114ADM 6/316.1.1695/96 - bef.21.10.1696Volunteer
Richard ByngleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1698
Transfered ADM 6/3/117ADM 6/321.10.1696 - 1696Volunteer
John OldhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/4/38ADM 6/424.5.1701 - 23.9.1701Midshipman
Robert ClarkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1707
ADM 107/1/219ADM 107/1

4 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
2.2.1698/99 - 30.4.1699Able Seaman
Robert ClarkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1707
ADM 107/1/219ADM 107/117.4.1702 - 4.7.1702Captain's Servant
Dandy KiddBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1717
ADM 107/2/106ADM 107/25.7.1702 - 21.9.1702Able Seaman
Dandy KiddBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1717
Transfered ADM 107/2/106ADM 107/218.7.1709 - 11.11.1710Able Seaman
George ConduitBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1716
Transfered ADM 107/3/40ADM 107/3

Service History


DateEventSource
3.1693/94Completed at Southampton - Hampshire at a cost of £9088.5.3dBWAS-1603
2.1697

Commissioned for the West Indies

BWAS-1603
28.6.1699Paid offADM 33
15.2.1700/1

Commissioned for the Dunkirk squadron

BWAS-1603
23.9.1701Paid offADM 33
1704In the Channel and Bay of BiscayBWAS-1603
15.5.1704Paid offADM 33
1706Sailed to JamiacaBWAS-1603
1706Sailed to JamaicaBWAS-1603
1708In the North SeaBWAS-1603
18.3.1707/8Paid offADM 33
1709In the ChannelBWAS-1603
1710In the Soundings, then to St Helena and the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1603
1711In the Saint LawrenceBWAS-1603
31.1.1712/13

Paid off

ADM 33
11.1715Refitted as an unarmed Other Vessels HulkBWAS-1714
11.1715Renamed Sunderland HulkBWAS-1714
1737Scuttled as a foundation at Sheerness 1737 but alternatively reported fitted as hospital ship with 100 men and 20 guns in June 1741 until condemned at Port Mahon 1744/03/10BWAS-1603


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
29.4.1711-9.10.1711British Fleet For North America
Sir Hovenden WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1715
 
 
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