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3494
Nominal Guns8BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered11.3.1739/40BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down23.4.1740BWAS-1714
Launched27.9.1740BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardCuckolds Point - Rotherhithe BWAS-1714
Ship ClassBasilisk Class (1740)BWAS-1714
Constructor
James TaylorBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1739-1746
BWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeBomb VesselBWAS-1714
Sold2.3.1748/49BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck91' 5"Imperial Feet27.8638 
Length of Keel74' 2"Imperial Feet22.5679 
Breadth26' 4 ½"Imperial Feet7.9375 
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528 
Burthen274 4394Tons BM 

Armament


27.9.1740Broadside Weight = 23.5 Imperial Pound ( 10.6576 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck10 British 4-Pounder
Gun Deck14 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

3.1741/42Broadside Weight = 19 Imperial Pound ( 8.6168 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck8 British 4-Pounder
Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Gun Deck1 British 10" Mortar
Gun Deck1 British 13" Mortar

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
174060Design Complement

6 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
27.9.1740 - 6.4.1742Commander
John GageBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1736
ADM 6/16/338
BWAS-1714
7.4.1742 - 3.8.1743Commander
John WatkinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1746
ADM 6/16/40
BWAS-1714
4.8.1743 - 12.1.1743/44Commander
Giles Richard VanbrughBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1745
BWAS-1714
13.1.1743/44 - 8.11.1744Commander
John BowdlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1748
ADM 6/17/278
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749

Confirmed 28.10.1747
ADM 6/17
8.11.1744 - 16.10.1745Commander
John WellerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1770
ADM 6/17/453
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 7.4.1749
BWAS-1714
16.10.1745 - 31.10.1748Commander
John JermyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1748
ADM 3/17/358
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 24.5.1748
BWAS-1714

4 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
27.9.1740 - 25.4.1743Lieutenant
Elias BateBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1745
Transfered ADM 6/15/338
ADM 6/15
6.2.1743/44 - 5.3.1744/45Lieutenant
William HamiltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1773
Transfered ADM 6/17/400
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 4.11.1748
ADM 6/17
18.10.1745 - 18.5.1747Lieutenant
John IvesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1747
ADM 6/17/389
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 7.10.1748
ADM 6/17
4.7.1747 - 31.10.1748Lieutenant
Thomas HumphrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1761
ADM 6/17/412
Issued by
Henry MedleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1747
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 25.11.1748
ADM 6/17

Service History


DateEventSource
23.4.1740Began building at Cuckolds Point - Rotherhithe BWAS-1714
27.9.1740Completed building at Cuckolds Point - Rotherhithe at a cost of £5197.9.10dBWAS-1714
27.9.1740Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
14.11.1740Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
1742In the ChannelBWAS-1714
2.1742Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
3.1741/42Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated Bomb Vessel
3.1741/42Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £1073.5.4dBWAS-1714
8.1742Commissioned for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
7.1743At NaplesBWAS-1714
1746Refitted as a 6 gun Unrated Sloop
31.10.1748Paid offADM 51
10.12.1748SurveyedBWAS-1714
4.1.1748/49SurveyedBWAS-1714
6.1.1748/49Ordered to be soldBWAS-1714
2.3.1748/49Sold at Woolwich for £602BWAS-1714

 
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