British Third Rate ship of the line 'Bienfaisant' (1758)

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Bienfaisant

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Nominal Guns64
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Bienfaisant' (1754) (64) 1754-1758
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Captured25.7.1758
First Commissioned26.7.1758
ShipyardBrest - Brittany NNF-1715
Constructor
Jean GeoffroyFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
NNF-1715
CategoryThird Rate
Ship TypeShip of the Line
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Broken Up11.1814

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck153' 9"Imperial Feet46.6387 
Length of Keel129' 1 ½"Imperial Feet39.3319 
Breadth44' 6"Imperial Feet13.4493 
Depth in Hold19' 4 ¼"Imperial Feet5.7976 
Burthen1,360 7⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1759Broadside Weight = 510 Imperial Pound ( 231.285 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1759500 BWAS-1714

13 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
26.7.1758 - 15.8.1763Captain
George BalfourBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1788
ADM 6/19/21BWAS-17146.11.1776 - 23.1.1780Captain
John MacbrideBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1751-1799
ADM 6/21/228BWAS-171423.1.1780 - 6.3.1780Captain
Hugh Seymour ConwayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1794
Transfered ADM 6/22/133
Issued by
Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 19.5.1780ADM 6/226.3.1780 - 8.1.1781Captain
John MacbrideBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1751-1799
Transfered ADM 6/22/96ADM 6/229.1.1781 - 2.3.1782Captain
Richard BrathwaiteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1801
ADM 6/22/226ADM 6/222.3.1782 - 4.3.1783Captain
John HoworthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1799
ADM 6/22/417BWAS-171430.6.1794 - 1800Lieutenant
Edward CollingwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1800
ADM 51/4418BWAS-17141801 - 9.1801Lieutenant
William BeviansBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1794
BWAS-17146.1803 - 5.1804Lieutenant
George BroadBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1809
BWAS-171415.1.1808 - 24.12.1811Lieutenant
William Henry BoyceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1792-1813
BWAS-17145.1808 - 1808Lieutenant
Robert BrowneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1808
BWAS-17141812 - 1814Lieutenant
James MilneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1814
BWAS-17141814 - 11.1814Lieutenant
Archibald M'DonaldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1804-1814
BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
12.1781 - 3.1783Rear-Admiral of the Red
Sir John Lockhart (6th Baronet Lockhart-Ross of Carstairs)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1787
ADM 107/3/274BWAS-1714

5 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
13.2.1759 - 2.4.1759Second Lieutenant
William BloomBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1761
ADM 6/19/34ADM 6/192.4.1759 - 11.6.1761First Lieutenant
William BloomBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1761
Transfered ADM 6/19/52ADM 6/192.4.1759 - 2.10.1761Second Lieutenant
Jahleel BrentonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1801
ADM 6/19/52ADM 6/192.10.1761 - 15.8.1763First Lieutenant
Jahleel BrentonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1801
ADM 6/19/353ADM 6/197.11.1776 - 18.7.1777First Lieutenant
Richard WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1799
ADM 6/21/228ADM 6/21

2 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1776 - 5.1776Midshipman
Frank SotheronBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1776-1831
Transferedref:6767.1776 - 1.1781Midshipman
Frank SotheronBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1776-1831
Transferedref:676

Service History


DateEventSource
17.11.1758

Surveyed

BWAS-1714
1.1759Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
10.4.1759Purchased at Unknown at a cost of £13636.6.0dBWAS-1714
5.1759Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £8645.8.11dBWAS-1714
4.4.1760

Sailed for the Leeward Islands

BWAS-1714
30.11.1761

Sailed for the Mediterranean after returning home

BWAS-1714
15.8.1763

Sailed home to pay off

BWAS-1714
9.9.1763

Surveyed

BWAS-1714
3.1768Began great repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
29.1.1769

Surveyed

BWAS-1714
6.1771Completed great repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £22482.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.1777fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
3.6.1777Sailed with a convoy to MadeiraBWAS-1714
28.8.1777Took the Frigate
American Tartar (24) 1776-1777
American 24 Gun
Privateer Frigate

3.1778Began refitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
4.1778Completed refitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £5460.5.4dBWAS-1714
5.1778Began making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
27.7.17781st Battle of Ushant
4.1779Began coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
6.1779Completed coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £6132.11.11dBWAS-1714
9.1779Sailed to the relief of GuernseyBWAS-1714
8.1.1780Attack on the Caracas Convoy
16.1.1780Battle of Cape St. Vincent
13.3.1780Sailed to the relief of GibraltarBWAS-1714
7.1780Completed making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £9826.3.6dBWAS-1714
12.4.1781Arrived off GibraltarBWAS-1714
5.8.1781Battle of Dogger Bank
9.1781Took the Privateer
La Comtesse d'Artois (Unknown) 1781-1781
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

3.1782Began refitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
4.1782Completed refitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £5232.3.1dBWAS-1714
15.5.1782In the DownsBWAS-1714
9.1782Sailed to the relief of GibraltarBWAS-1714
20.10.1782Battle of Cape Spartel
2.1783Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
4.3.1783

Paid off

ADM 51
7.1783Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
7.1794Refitted as a Unrated Prison Ship
9.1801Paid off into ordinaryBWAS-1714
6.1803Recommissioned as a prison shipBWAS-1714
19.12.1809

Paid off

ADM 51
11.1814Broken up at PlymouthBWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
9.1782-12.1782Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782
Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe)British
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
 
 
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