British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Coventry' (1709)

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Coventry
Nominal Guns	54	BWAS-1603
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Le Coventry' (1704) (50) 1704-1709 French 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line
Captured	6.5.1709	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	W033
Category	Fourth Rate	BWAS-1603
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1603
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1603
Sold	11.1710	BWAS-1603

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW033
Length of Gundeck124' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)40.2752 (132′ 1″ Imperial)
Breadth32' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)10.3936 (34′ 1″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold12' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)3.9788 (13′ 0″ Imperial)
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel106' 0"Imperial Feet32.3088
Breadth34' 5"Imperial Feet10.395
Depth in Hold13' 6"Imperial Feet4.0132
Burthen670Tons BM

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
21.9.1709 - 22.11.1710Captain ADM 6/11/125
Confirmed 4.4.1711ADM 6/11

4 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
22.5.1709 - 19.9.1709Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/11/14
Confirmed 20.12.1709ADM 6/1120.9.1709 - 29.9.1709Second Lieutenant ADM 6/11/124
Confirmed 27.3.1711ADM 6/1130.9.1709 - 22.11.1710First Lieutenant ADM 6/11/124
Confirmed 27.3.1711ADM 6/1126.2.1709/10 - 22.11.1710Second Lieutenant ADM 6/11/126ADM 6/11

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1710 - 22.11.1710Master ADM 106/660/24ADM 106

Service History

DateEventSource
22.11.1710

Paid off in Jamaica

ADM 33
5.12.1710

Captain James Littleton, the Rupert, Port Royal . ... the Coventry was sold last November.

ADM 106

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 106 Document

ADM 33 Archive

ADM 6/11 Archive

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

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