British First Rate ship of the line 'Hibernia' (1804)

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Hibernia
Nominal Guns	110	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	9.12.1790	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	11.1797	BWAS-1793
Launched	17.11.1804	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Sir John HenslowBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1761-1801	BWAS-1793
Category	First Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sold	14.10.1902	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB065
Length of Gundeck201' 2"Imperial Feet61.3156
Length of Keel156' 1 ⅛"Imperial Feet47.552
Breadth53' 1"Imperial Feet16.1629
Depth in Hold22' 4"Imperial Feet6.7564
Burthen2530Imperial Feet0.0144

Armament

1804Broadside Weight = 1476 Imperial Pound ( 669.366 kg)B065
Lower Gun Deck32 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck32 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck34 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle4 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 18-Pounder

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
10.12.1804 - 23.2.1805CaptainBWAS-179324.2.1805 - 5.2.1806CaptainBWAS-179327.2.1845 - 1846CaptainW025

4 Flag Officers

DatesRankNameSource
3.4.1805 - 10.1805Admiral of the BlueBWAS-179310.1805 - 5.2.1806Vice-Admiral of the Whiteref:67617.2.1806 - 6.7.1806AdmiralBWAS-17931807 - 11.1807Admiral of the BlueBWAS-1793

11 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1806 - 4.8.1806CommanderNBD184911.3.1806 - 4.8.1806LieutenantNBD184911.1809 - 12.7.1810Acting LieutenantNBD184912.1810 - 6.1812LieutenantNAO1812 - 27.7.1814Flag LieutenantNBD184911.1813 - 7.1814LieutenantNBD18491.3.1845 - 1845LieutenantNBD18491.3.1845 - 1848Lieutenant†W0256.12.1845 - 1845LieutenantNBD184915.1.1846 - 1846LieutenantNBD18492.11.1846 - 1846LieutenantNBD1849

2 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
12.6.1803 - 12.2.1805Master Dischargedref:187611.10.1807 - 18.7.1814PurserADM 29/8

16 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1805 - 16.3.1806MidshipmanNBD18498.1.1807 - 1.1808MidshipmanNBD18492.1807 - 12.3.1807Master's MateNBD18491808MidshipmanNBD18499.1809 - 24.10.1810Master's MateNBD18491810MidshipmanNBD18491810 - 2.1815MidshipmanNBD18498.1810 - 12.1810MidshipmanNBD184911.1810 - 7.1811MidshipmanNBD184911.1810 - 3.1813MidshipmanNBD18491811 - 5.2.1812MidshipmanNBD18491811 - 1813MidshipmanNBD184921.7.1811 - 12.9.1812Midshipman ADM 196/5/3ADM 1961813MidshipmanNBD18492.1813 - 1814MidshipmanNBD184920.7.1843 - 8.6.1846Master's MateNBD1849

2 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
7.7.1806 - 8.1.18071st Class VolunteerNBD18496.5.1810 - 23.8.1810Ordinary SeamanADM 29/8

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 196 Document

ADM 29/8 Archive

B065Brian Lavery, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NAOVarious, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

W025P. Davis, Web Site

ref:1876Derek Ayshford, Pam Ayshford, Web Site

ref:676 Web Site

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Posted by Tim Oakley on Thursday 6th of July 2023 05:58

Nov 1807 Hibernia, Captain Charles Marsh Schomberg took command sailing from Torbay in advance of the Squadron under Rear-Admiral [William] Sydney Smith for Lisbon but arriving after them

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