British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'August' (1705)

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1st Rate Ship of the Line
1812 Renamed "Princess Royal"
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(1762)
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August
Auguste
Nominal Guns	60	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'L'Auguste' (1704) (60) 1704-1705 French 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line
Captured	8.8.1705	B028
First Commissioned	19.5.1705	B028
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	NNF-1661
Designed by	Etienne Hubac (Sieur de Kervalennec)French Designer Ship Builder Service 1668-1724	BWAS-1603
Category	Fourth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Wrecked	10.11.1716	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck141' 6"Imperial Feet42.9805
Length of Keel115' 2 ½"Imperial Feet35.0647
Breadth39' 0"Imperial Feet11.8872
Depth in Hold16' 0"Imperial Feet4.8768
Burthen932 ⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

8.1708Broadside Weight = 420 Imperial Pound ( 190.47 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck24 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British Minions
Forecastle2 British Minions

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
8.1705365 BWAS-1603

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
19.5.1705 - 28.5.1707Captain Transfered ADM 6/8/189BWAS-160329.5.1707 - 8.12.1708Captain Transfered ADM 6/9/73BWAS-160330.5.1709 - 29.6.1710Captain ADM 6/10/64ADM 6/1030.6.1710 - 2.10.1713Captain ADM 6/11/55BWAS-160317.3.1715/16 - 10.11.1716Captain ADM 6/12/64BWAS-1603

13 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
19.8.1705 - 10.10.1705First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/8/189ADM 6/819.8.1705 - 2.6.1707Second Lieutenant ADM 6/8/189ADM 6/811.10.1705 - 2.6.1707First Lieutenant ADM 6/8/196ADM 6/83.6.1707 - 8.12.1708First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/9/73ADM 6/93.6.1707 - 8.12.1708Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/9/73ADM 6/930.5.1709 - 7.9.1710First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/10/64ADM 6/1030.5.1709 - 7.9.1710Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/10/64ADM 6/108.9.1710 - 17.12.1711First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/11/67ADM 6/118.9.1710 - 29.10.1712Second Lieutenant ADM 6/11/68ADM 6/1118.12.1711 - 7.12.1712First Lieutenant ADM 6/11/182ADM 6/1130.10.1712 - 2.10.1713Second Lieutenant ADM 6/11/264
Confirmed 16.6.1713ADM 6/1117.3.1715/16 - 10.11.1716First Lieutenant ADM 6/12/64ADM 6/1217.3.1715/16 - 10.11.1716Second Lieutenant ADM 6/12/64ADM 6/12

Service History

DateEventSource
8.8.1705Taken by and BWAS-1603
28.8.1705RegisteredBWAS-1603
13.9.1706Took the Privateer
30.11.1706Took the Privateer
1708In the North Sea an ChannelBWAS-1603
1.11.1708Took the Privateer
1710With the Dunkirk squadronBWAS-1603
1711In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
1712In the West IndiesBWAS-1603
1716In the BalticBWAS-1603
10.11.1716Wrecked on Anholt Island while on route home from the BalticBWAS-1603

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
18.5.1715-29.11.1716	British Baltic Fleet 1715	Sir John NorrisBritish Naval Sailor Service 1689-1740

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/10 Archive

ADM 6/11 Archive

ADM 6/12 Archive

ADM 6/8 Archive

ADM 6/9 Archive

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1661Alain Demerliac, Book

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