British Sixth Rate ship 'Queenborough' (1747)

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Queenborough	2799
Nominal Guns	24	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	9.8.1746	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	26.8.1746	BWAS-1714
Launched	21.1.1746/47	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	1.10.1747	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1745 Establishment 24-Gunner (1745)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Earlsman SparrowBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Foundered	1.1.1761	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck113' 3 ½"Imperial Feet34.4551
Length of Keel93' 3 ¼"Imperial Feet28.3528
Breadth32' 4"Imperial Feet9.8044
Burthen518 ⁶³⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1747Broadside Weight = 42 Imperial Pound ( 19.047 kg)
Lower Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 3-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1747160Establishment for a 24 gun ship

9 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1.10.1747 - 16.9.1748Captain Transfered ADM 6/17/271ADM 6/1727.12.1748 - 21.3.1748/49Captain Transfered ADM 6/17/427ADM 6/1721.3.1748/49 - 18.7.1755Captain ADM 6/17/450BWAS-171418.7.1755 - 24.11.1756Captain† Discharged Dead ADM 6/18/181BWAS-17142.12.1756 - 25.3.1758Captain Transfered ADM 6/18/330BWAS-171425.3.1758 - 29.3.1758Captain Transfered ADM 6/19/347BWAS-17147.7.1758 - 11.9.1759Captain Transfered ADM 6/19/283
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 19.2.1760ADM 6/1911.9.1759 - 1.1.1760Captain Transfered ADM 6/20/85
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 7.8.1765BWAS-17141.1.1760 - 1.1.1761Captain† ADM 6/20/61
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 1.12.1764BWAS-1714

3 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
17.10.1747 - 17.1.1748/49Lieutenant ADM 6/17/276ADM 6/1721.3.1748/49 - 1.4.1750Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/17/451ADM 6/1729.7.1755 - 1.1.1756Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/18/182ADM 6/18

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
26.11.1747 - 22.10.1748Master Transfered ADM 107/5/19ADM 107/5

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
30.5.1749 - 26.8.1749Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/4/258ADM 107/4

3 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
17.12.1748 - 11.6.1749Ordinary Seaman Transfered ADM 107/4/408ADM 107/49.6.1749 - 10.7.1749Captain's Servant Transfered ADM 107/4/285ADM 107/426.3.1752 - 28.5.1752Able Seaman Transfered ADM 107/4/251ADM 107/4

Service History

DateEventSource
26.8.1746Began building at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey BWAS-1714
21.1.1746/47Completed building at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey at a cost of £4445.0.0dBWAS-1714
21.1.1746/47Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
10.1747Commissioned for Warren's fleetBWAS-1714
29.2.1747/48Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £3540.10.3dBWAS-1714
12.1748RecommissionedBWAS-1714
5.1749Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
1752Home to pay offBWAS-1714
3.11.1752Surveyed, no action takenBWAS-1714
6.1754Began great repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
27.7.1754SurveyedBWAS-1714
7.8.1754Ordered to be repaired by the Admiralty BoardBWAS-1714
19.12.1754SurveyedBWAS-1714
2.1.1755Ordered to be repaired by the Admiralty BoardBWAS-1714
6.1755Completed great repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £7331.4.5dBWAS-1714
7.1755Recommissioned for the DownsBWAS-1714
4.4.1757Sailed for East IndiesBWAS-1714
29.4.1758Battle of Cuddalore
3.8.1758Battle of Negapatam
10.9.1759Battle of Pondicherry
1.1.1761Foundered in a Cyclone off PondicherryBWAS-1714

Notes on Ship

Lost in a Cyclone off Pondicherry

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 107/4 Archive

ADM 107/5 Archive

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 6/18 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Richard Reeves on Monday 3rd of August 2020 14:36

The Queenborough man of war arrived at Southampton with escorted 45-sail of transports carrying Hessian troops on the 15th of May 1756. See Toone, W. (1828, 2nd edition) The Chronological Historian or a Record of Public Events. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Vol.2, p.74.

Posted by Paul Fields on Sunday 5th of July 2015 22:30

I'd remove 3 of the Extra length of Keel lines, the extra Gundeck line, and change the 11 feet Burthen to Depth, keeping the other Burthen that is in Tons.

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