British Third Rate ship of the line 'Newark' (1695)

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Newark

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Newarke
Nominal Guns80B028
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
British Third Rate ship of the line 'Newark' (1695) (80) 1695-1713
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Ordered17.5.1693BWAS-1603
Launched3.6.1695B028
How acquiredPurpose builtB028
ShipyardHessel Cliff - The Humber B028
Ship Class1691 Program - 80 gun 2-Deckers (1691)B028
Designed by
John TippettsBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1650-1692
B028
Constructor
John FrameBritish
Ship Owner
Ship Builder
Service 1699-1715
BWAS-1603
CategoryThird RateB028
Ship TypeShip of the LineB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Broken Up to Rebuild1713B028
Becomes
British Third Rate ship of the line 'Newark' (1695) (80) 1695-1713
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB065
Length of Gundeck157' 1 ½"Imperial Inch3.9878 (13′ 0″ Imperial)
Length of Keel130' 5 ½"Imperial Inch3.302 (10′ 9″ Imperial)
Breadth41' 10 ½"Imperial Inch1.0414 (3′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold18' 0"Imperial Inch0.4572 (1′ 5″ Imperial)
Burthen1,216Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck157' 1 ½"Imperial Inch3.9878 (13′ 0″ Imperial)
Length of Keel130' 5 ½"Imperial Inch3.302 (10′ 9″ Imperial)
Breadth41' 10 ½"Imperial Inch1.0414 (3′ 4″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold18' 0"Imperial Inch0.4572 (1′ 5″ Imperial)
Burthen1,216 75⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


3.6.1695Broadside Weight = 708 Imperial Pound ( 321.078 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck24 British Demi-Cannon
Upper Gun Deck26 British Culverin
Quarterdeck16 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle6 British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse4 British 3-Pounder
Lower Deck Bow Chaser2 British Culverin

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
13.2.1690/91490Design Complement

7 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
3.6.1695 - 13.9.1696Captain
Robert FairfaxBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1707
B05114.9.1696 - 18.10.1697Captain
Josias CrowBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1712
ADM 6/4/25ADM 6/426.2.1700/1 - 3.1.1702/3Captain
Richard ClarkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1705
ADM 6/6/61TRN24.1.1702/3 - 13.5.1703Captain
Richard ClarkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1705
ADM 6/7/70ADM 6/71.7.1703 - 6.2.1704/5Captain
Richard ClarkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1705
ADM 6/7/135ADM 6/71.1.1705/6 - 6.4.1708Captain
Samuel VincentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1716
ADM 6/8/214BWAS-16037.4.1708 - 30.11.1710Captain
Samuel VincentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1716
ADM 6/9/153ADM 6/9

37 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
8.1.1694/95 - 18.11.1697Second Lieutenant
John FordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1709
ADM 6/3/4ADM 6/38.1.1694/95 - 10.6.1697Third Lieutenant
William ClarkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1676-1715
Transfered ADM 6/3/4ADM 6/312.6.1697 - 18.11.1697Third Lieutenant
Jordan SandysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1717
ADM 6/4/103ADM 6/428.2.1700/1 - 31.12.1701Second Lieutenant
William MassamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1708
Transfered ADM 6/6/63ADM 6/628.2.1700/1 - 7.5.1701Third Lieutenant
Samuel OatesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1710
Transfered ADM 6/6/63ADM 6/64.3.1700/1 - 12.11.1702First Lieutenant
Nathaniel FoggBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1703
ADM 6/6/67ADM 6/68.5.1701 - 31.12.1701Third Lieutenant
Samuel OatesBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1657-1702
Transfered ADM 6/6/94ADM 6/627.1.1701/2 - 12.11.1702Second Lieutenant
Edward VaughanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1712
ADM 6/6/140ADM 6/629.1.1701/2 - 12.11.1702Third Lieutenant
Allan BroughBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1706
ADM 6/7/2ADM 6/714.1.1702/3 - 24.3.1702/3Second Lieutenant
Edward VaughanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1712
ADM 6/7/76ADM 6/714.1.1702/3 - 13.5.1703Third Lieutenant
Allan BroughBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1706
ADM 6/7/77ADM 6/725.3.1703 - 16.4.1703Second Lieutenant
John DobneyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1708
Transfered ADM 6/7/110ADM 6/71.4.1703 - 13.5.1703First Lieutenant
Edward VaughanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1712
ADM 6/7/114ADM 6/78.7.1703 - 25.10.1703Second Lieutenant
Nicholas GibbonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1677-1705
ADM 6/8/4ADM 6/89.7.1703 - 25.10.1703First Lieutenant
Abraham MurcottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1709
ADM 6/8/4ADM 6/830.7.1703 - 25.8.1703Third Lieutenant
John ThompsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1713
Transfered ADM 6/8/8ADM 6/818.9.1703 - 3.3.1703/4Third Lieutenant
Thomas SmartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1721
ADM 6/8/16ADM 6/826.10.1703 - 18.6.1705First Lieutenant
Nicholas GibbonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1677-1705
ADM 6/8/20ADM 6/826.10.1703 - 1.2.1704/5Second Lieutenant
Strickland TyrwhitBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1707
ADM 6/8/19ADM 6/84.3.1703/4 - 23.4.1705Third Lieutenant
Daniel ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1705
Transfered ADM 6/8/107
Confirmed 1.11.1704ADM 6/82.2.1704/5 - 18.6.1705Second Lieutenant
Israel SparkesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1730
ADM 6/8/147ADM 6/81.1.1705/6 - 11.4.1708First Lieutenant
Samuel ChadwickBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1727
ADM 6/8/215ADM 6/81.1.1705/6 - 16.3.1707/8Second Lieutenant
John HemmingtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1747
ADM 6/8/215ADM 6/81.1.1705/6 - 6.2.1705/6Third Lieutenant
David TavernerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1711
ADM 6/8/215ADM 6/87.2.1705/6 - 15.3.1707/8Third Lieutenant
Joseph KigginsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1731
ADM 6/8/229ADM 6/816.3.1707/8 - 11.4.1708Second Lieutenant
Joseph KigginsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1731
ADM 6/9/148ADM 6/916.3.1707/8 - 11.4.1708Third Lieutenant
George CoxBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1735
ADM 6/9/147ADM 6/912.4.1708 - 25.8.1709First Lieutenant
Samuel ChadwickBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1727
ADM 6/9/155ADM 6/912.4.1708 - 3.10.1709Second Lieutenant
Joseph KigginsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1731
ADM 6/9/155ADM 6/912.4.1708 - 13.1.1708/9Third Lieutenant
George CoxBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1735
Transfered ADM 6/9/155ADM 6/914.1.1708/9 - 31.7.1709Third Lieutenant
James HanwayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1722
ADM 6/10/25ADM 6/101.8.1709 - 3.10.1709Third Lieutenant
John VincentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1718
ADM 6/10/78ADM 6/1026.8.1709 - 23.4.1710Third Lieutenant
Edward NurseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1714
ADM 6/10/85ADM 6/104.10.1709 - 12.2.1710/11First Lieutenant
Joseph KigginsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1731
ADM 6/10/91ADM 6/104.10.1709 - 21.12.1709Second Lieutenant
John VincentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1718
Transfered ADM 6/10/91ADM 6/1022.12.1709 - 12.2.1710/11Second Lieutenant
Thomas WhorwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1741
ADM 6/11/15ADM 6/1124.4.1710 - 12.2.1710/11Third Lieutenant
Samuel CockayneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1733
ADM 6/11/41ADM 6/11

10 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1695Purser
William AnguishBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695
ADM 106/459/65ADM 1061695 - 15.9.1695Boatswain
David HartleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1698
ADM 6/3/78ADM 6/323.1.1694/95 - 1697Chaplain
Barnaby GenaysBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1695-1697
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/3/31ADM 6/326.6.1695 - 1695Carpenter
William BarrettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
ADM 6/3/64ADM 6/316.9.1695 - 1695Boatswain
Edward PriceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695
ADM 6/3/78ADM 6/328.2.1695/96 - 15.7.1698Purser
John RobertsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1698
ADM 6/3/157ADM 6/316.7.1698 - 9.5.1699Purser
Richard HarrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
ADM 6/5/24ADM 6/51699Carpenter
John WoodcockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
ADM 1/5260/193ADM 1/526010.5.1699 - 1699Purser
Richard WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
ADM 6/5/10ADM 6/514.5.1701 - 1701Boatswain
John PriceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1701
ADM/A/1882/262ADM/A

13 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1695Volunteer
John BalchenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695
ADM 6/3/40ADM 6/39.1.1694/95 - 1695Volunteer
Sir Charles RichBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695
ADM 6/3/5ADM 6/325.2.1694/95 - 1695Volunteer
Richard StrangewaysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695
ADM 6/3/38ADM 6/325.2.1694/95 - 1695Volunteer
Thomas BeckwithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695
ADM 6/3/38ADM 6/3aft.12.3.1695/96 - 27.9.1696Volunteer
Robert MarshallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1699
Transfered ADM 6/4/31ADM 6/424.9.1696 - 1696Volunteer
Henry AddisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/4/30ADM 6/45.10.1696 - 1696Volunteer
Thomas FurzerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/4/34ADM 6/425.5.1697 - 1697Volunteer
Lawrence ColeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
ADM 6/4/99ADM 6/46.7.1697 - 1697Volunteer
Joseph CroweBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
ADM 6/4/108ADM 6/410.2.1705/6 - 17.4.1708Volunteer-per-order
William YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1727
ADM 107/2/266RNLPC27.3.1706 - 21.4.1708Midshipman
Henry RossingtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1741
ADM 107/2/177ADM 107/218.4.1708 - 20.4.1710Midshipman
William YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1727
ADM 107/2/266RNLPC15.5.1708 - 12.2.1710/11Volunteer-per-order
William KirkhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1722
ADM 107/3/68ADM 107/3

Service History


DateEventSource
4.5.1694

Building contract issued

BWAS-1603
8.11.1697

Paid off

ADM 33
12.11.1702Paid offADM 33
13.8.1704Battle of Malaga
18.6.1705

Paid off

ADM 33
12.2.1710/11

Paid off

ADM 33
12.5.1713

Docked at Chatham to be broken up and rebuilt

BWAS-1603


Sources


IDNameAuthorType
ADM 1/5260ADM 1/5260 1698-1699 Mar 6 Courts Martial Papers Archive
ADM 106ADM 106 1674-1832 Navy Board: Entry Book of Out Letters Document
ADM 107/2ADM 107/2 1703-1712 Lieutenants' passing certificates. Archive
ADM 107/3ADM 107/3 1712-1745 Lieutenants' passing certificates. Archive
ADM 33ADM 33 - Navy Board: Navy Pay Office: Ships' Pay Books (Series I) Archive
ADM 6/10ADM 6/10 Commission and Warrant Book 1708 Dec.-1709 2 Nov. Archive
ADM 6/11ADM 6/11 Commission and Warrant Book 1709 10 Nov.-1714 13 Oct. Archive
ADM 6/3ADM 6/3 Commission and Warrant Book 1694/5 Jan.-1696 25 May Archive
ADM 6/4ADM 6/4 Commission and Warrant Book 1696 25 May-1698 20 Jan. Archive
ADM 6/5ADM 6/5 Commission and Warrant Book 1698 28 Jan.-1699 1 June Archive
ADM 6/6ADM 6/6 Commission and Warrant Book 1699 2 June-1702 26 Jan Archive
ADM 6/7ADM 6/7 Commission and Warrant Book 1702 28 Jan.-1703 6 July Archive
ADM 6/8ADM 6/8 Commission and Warrant Book 1703 6 July-1706 3 July Archive
ADM 6/9ADM 6/9 Commission and Warrant Book 1706 9 July-1708 Oct. Archive
ADM/AADM/A - Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders Archive
B028Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume IJ. J. Colledge, Book
B051Biographia Navalis - Volume IIJohn Charnock, Digital Book
B065The Ship of the Line Vol IBrian Lavery, Book
BWAS-1603British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714Rif Winfield, Book
RNLPCRoyal Navy Lieutenants' Passing Certificates 1691-1902Bruno Pappalardo, Book
TRN2The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol IIWilliam Laird Clowes, Digital Book
 
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