British Third Rate ship of the line 'Saint Albans' (1764)

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Saint Albans	325
Nominal Guns	64	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	1.1.1761	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	8.1761	BWAS-1714
Launched	12.9.1764	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	11.1.1771	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Blackwall - London	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Saint Albans Class (1761)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Sir Thomas SladeBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1744-1783	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John PerryBritish Ship Builder Service 1758-1767	BWAS-1714
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	6.1814	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck159' 3 ¾"Imperial Feet48.4823
Length of Keel130' 6 ⅜"Imperial Feet39.6335
Breadth44' 7 ¼"Imperial Feet13.4176
Depth in Hold18' 10"Imperial Feet5.4864
Burthen1,380 ²³⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

27.9.1764Broadside Weight = 600 Imperial Pound ( 272.1 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

1807Broadside Weight = 792 Imperial Pound ( 359.172 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder (Gover)
Upper Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder (Gover)
Quarterdeck2 British 24-Pounder (Gover)
Quarterdeck10 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 24-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
13.1.1761500Design Complement

15 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
11.1.1771 - 1.10.1773Captain ADM 6/20/335BWAS-171431.10.1776 - 21.2.1780Captain Transfered ADM 6/21/225BWAS-171428.8.1780 - 7.10.1780Captain Transfered ADM 6/22/264BWAS-171411.10.1780 - 28.7.1783Captain ADM 6/22/181BWAS-171425.1.1793 - 1793Captain ADM 6/24/197ADM 6/248.1795 - 1796CaptainBWAS-17141796 - 8.1797CaptainBWAS-17148.1797 - 12.1799CaptainBWAS-171412.1799 - 10.1801CaptainBWAS-171410.1801 - 1802CommanderBWAS-17149.1803 - 1806CaptainBWAS-171423.3.1807 - 22.9.1810Captain Discharged ADM 196/3/2NBD184910.1810 - 1811CaptainBWAS-17141811 - 1.1812CaptainBWAS-17141.1812 - 11.1812CaptainBWAS-1714

2 Flag Officers

DatesRankNameSource
16.2.1796 - 25.5.1797Vice-Admiral of the White TransferedBWAS-17146.1805Admiral of the BlueBWAS-1714

20 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
7.9.1780 - 9.12.1780First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/22/167ADM 6/2214.9.1780 - 28.7.1783Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/22/170ADM 6/223.1.1783 - 28.7.1783Third Lieutenant ADM 6/23/145
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 29.9.1783ADM 6/236.1790 - 3.6.1790Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/111NBD184925.1.1793 - 1.2.1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/197ADM 6/2425.1.1793 - 26.1.1794Fourth Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/197ADM 6/242.2.1793 - 28.3.1793Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/202ADM 6/242.2.1793 - 28.3.1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/202ADM 6/2425.2.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/214ADM 6/2429.3.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/224ADM 6/2429.3.1793 - 29.4.1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/224ADM 6/2430.4.1793 - 1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/233ADM 6/2423.5.1793 - 26.1.1794Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/25/6
Issued by
Confirmed 17.1.1794ADM 6/2527.1.1794 - 31.1.1794Fourth Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/25/7ADM 6/2527.1.1794 - 1794Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/25/7ADM 6/251.2.1794 - 1794Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/25/010ADM 6/253.4.1796 - 1796LieutenantADM/L1805Lieutenant10.1807 - 11.1.1808Acting LieutenantNBD184911.1.1808 - 16.4.1812LieutenantNBD1849

3 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
11.7.1795 - 29.3.1796MasterADM 29-11797 - bef.22.3.1797First Surgeons' Materef:19811.4.1812 - 30.10.1812QuartermasterADM 29/8

6 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
7.2.1793 - 5.1795MidshipmanNBD184919.2.1796 - 22.4.1797MidshipmanNAO12.1799 - 6.10.1801MidshipmanNBD184922.12.1808 - 7.1812MidshipmanNBD18499.1810 - 9.1811Master's MateNBD18491812Master's MateNBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
1.10.1785 - 31.12.1787Able SeamanADM 29/8

Service History

DateEventSource
12.9.1764Completed at a cost of £21440.0.4dBWAS-1714
12.9.1764Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
27.9.1764Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £3459.0.3dBWAS-1714
1.1771Commissioned as a guard ship at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
1.1771Began small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
5.1771Completed small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £8933.14.6dBWAS-1714
10.1772Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
12.1772Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
22.6.1773Present at the Spithead reviewBWAS-1714
1.10.1773Paid offADM 51
8.1776Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
11.1776Recommissioned as a guard ship at PlymouthBWAS-1714
2.1777Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £7477.1.0dBWAS-1714
12.4.1777Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
22.7.1778At Sandy HookBWAS-1714
4.11.1778Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
14.12.1778Battle of St. Lucia
6.1779Sailed home as a convoy escortBWAS-1714
18.2.1780

Paid off

BWAS-1714
3.1780Began middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
8.1780RecommissionedBWAS-1714
10.1780Completed middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £17583.16.8dBWAS-1714
12.4.1781Sailed to the Relief of Gibraltar, then to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
25.1.1782Battle of Saint Kitts
12.4.1782Battle of the Saintes
21.7.1782Sailed to New YorkBWAS-1714
11.1782Returned to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
15.2.1783Action of 15th February 1783
15.2.1783Took the Frigate off St Kitts
28.7.1783

Returned home and paid off

BWAS-1714
10.1790Began great repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
4.1793Completed great repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £32201.0.0dBWAS-1714
23.5.1793Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
4.1794Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
4.1795Began refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
5.1795Completed refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £8184.0.0dBWAS-1714
12.4.1796Sailed for HalifaxBWAS-1714
2.1797At LisbonBWAS-1714
28.2.1797Took the Privateer
17.3.1799Sailed for HalifaxBWAS-1714
12.1799On the Halifax stationBWAS-1714
7.1802In ordinary at ChathamBWAS-1714
9.1803Refitted as a Unrated Floating Battery
9.1803fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £5471.0.0dBWAS-1714
12.1806Refitted as a 64 gun Third Rate Ship of the Line
12.1806Began fitting at UnknownBWAS-1714
5.1807Completed fittingBWAS-1714
8.4.1809Sailed for the East Indies and ChinaBWAS-1714
10.1810Off CadizBWAS-1714
11.1812Paid offBWAS-1714
6.1814Broken up at ChathamBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 29-1 Document

ADM 29/8 Archive

ADM 51 Archive

ADM 6/22 Archive

ADM 6/23 Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

ADM 6/25 Archive

ADM/LAuthority, Document

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NAOVarious, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ref:1981 Document

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Posted by Roger Hutchins on Wednesday 1st of August 2018 13:34

Super site - tku!
(6) Petty Officers - Pascoe Dunn (1786 Mevagissey - 1826) was rated Midshipman Oct 1797 under Capt. Pender, and discharged May 1802. Source: ADM 9/5/1401 Survey returns of Officers Services, Pascoe dunn, Commander (1817).

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