British Third Rate ship of the line 'Irresistible' (1782)

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Irresistible

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Nominal Guns74BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered5.2.1777BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down10.1778BWAS-1714
Launched6.12.1782BWAS-1714
First Commissioned3.1783BWAS-1714
How acquiredBuilt by ContractBWAS-1714
ShipyardKing's Yard - Harwich BWAS-1714
Ship ClassAlbion Class - Modified (1777)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Sir Thomas SladeBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1744-1783
BWAS-1714
Constructor
John BarnardBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1740-1782
BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up9.1806BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck168' 0"Imperial Feet51.2064 
Length of Keel138' 10"Imperial Feet42.0624 
Breadth47' 2"Imperial Feet14.3329 
Depth in Hold18' 10"Imperial Feet5.4864 
Draught Forward11' 9"Imperial Feet3.5814 
Draught Aft15' 9"Imperial Feet4.6177 
Burthen1,642 82⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


6.12.1782Broadside Weight = 781 Imperial Pound ( 354.1835 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1777600Design Complement

11 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
4.12.1782 - 20.3.1783Captain
The Hon. George MurrayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1756-1796
ADM 6/22/550ADM 6/2220.3.1783 - 22.6.1785Commodore
George BowyerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1751-1799
: on board from 25.3.1783 ADM 6/23/37BWAS-171422.6.1785 - 28.3.1788Captain
Sir Andrew Snape Hamond (1st Baronet of Holly Grove)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1794
ADM 6/23/285BWAS-171426.4.1793 - 3.5.1794Captain
John HenryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1812
: on board from 3.5.1793 ADM 6/24/233BWAS-17149.12.1794 - 26.12.1794Captain
John Leigh DouglasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1760-1810
ADM 6/25/114BWAS-171426.12.1794 - 4.6.1795Captain
Richard GrindallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1814
BWAS-17146.1795 - 3.1798Captain
George MartinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1865
ODNB3.1798 - 6.1798Captain
Robert PlampinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1825
BWAS-17146.1798 - 8.1798Captain
Edward William Campbell Rich OwenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1846
ODNB4.1801 - 7.1801Captain
William BlighBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1762-1814
BWAS-17147.1801 - 27.5.1802Captain
Christopher ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1802
BWAS-1714

2 Flag Officers


DatesRankNameSource
15.2.1797 - 19.2.1797Commodore
Horatio NelsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1804
BWAS-171420.2.1797 - 3.1797Rear-Admiral of the Blue
Horatio NelsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1804
ODNB

12 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
24.12.1782 - 11.1.1783Third Lieutenant
William HogganBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1795
ADM 6/22/561ADM 6/2211.1.1783 - 2.4.1783Second Lieutenant
William HogganBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1795
ADM 6/23/7ADM 6/222.4.1783 - 7.4.1783Second Lieutenant
Charles John Moore MansfieldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1772-1807
ADM 6/23/44ADM 6/237.4.1783 - 1783Third Lieutenant
Charles John Moore MansfieldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1772-1807
ADM 6/23/46ADM 6/237.4.1783 - 1.11.1785Fourth Lieutenant
Solomon FerrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1801
Transfered ADM 6/23/46ADM 6/2319.6.1793 - 1793Third Lieutenant
Francis EganBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1793
ADM 6/24/417ADM 6/244.7.1793 - 8.8.1793Second Lieutenant
William ElliotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1801
ADM 6/24/251ADM 6/249.8.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
Richard LeggattBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1793
ADM 6/24/260ADM 6/2430.9.1793 - 7.10.1793Fifth Lieutenant
Thomas Gibbon ShawBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793
ADM 6/24/270ADM 6/248.10.1793 - 1793Fourth Lieutenant
Thomas Gibbon ShawBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793
ADM 6/24/272ADM 6/248.10.1793 - 1793Fifth Lieutenant
Charles HewittBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1815
ADM 6/24/272ADM 6/246.11.1801 - 5.7.1803Lieutenant
Samuel BrownBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1842
NBD1849

5 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
23.11.1790 - 1790Boatswain
William ColeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1790
ADM 6/24/93ADM 6/241794 - 17.6.1794Surgeon
Robert KiddBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1777-1794
ref:198130.3.1794 - 6.12.1794Master
Thomas PriceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1805
ADM 29-11795 - bef.16.6.1795Surgeon
Richard BurkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1782-1800
ref:19812.10.1795 - 11.1.1796Chaplain
William PargeterBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1795-1802
ADM 29-1

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
29.12.1782 - 1.3.1783Midshipman
Henry William BayntunBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1775-1837
ref:616aft.24.6.1795 - 1795Midshipman
Frederick William BurgoyneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1846
NBD18491797 - 1799Midshipman
William BalfourBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1840
NBD1849

6 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
1783 - 1787Boy
John BroughtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1831
NBD18491785 - 1789Captain's Servant
Richard KevernBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1785-1827
NBD18491794Gunner
James HoskenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/81794Able Seaman
John OsbornBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/81794Able Seaman
George FarthingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/81795Able Seaman
Robert AtwellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795
ADM 171/8

2 Marines


DatesRankNameSource
1794Second Lieutenant of Marines
Thomas HallsBritish
Marine
Service 1794-1795
ADM 171/81795 - 23.6.1795Private
Richard HartBritish
Marine
Service 1795
ADM 171/8

Service History


DateEventSource
3.1783Commissioned as guard ship at ChathamBWAS-1714
9.1787Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
26.9.1787Completed at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £30570.12.3dBWAS-1714
26.9.1787Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £14824.11.6dBWAS-1714
28.3.1788

Paid off

BWAS-1714
11.1789Began small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
10.1791Completed small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £7994.17.9dBWAS-1714
4.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
8.1793fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £2574.0.0dBWAS-1714
24.11.1793Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
4.1.1794Operations against San Domingo
2.2.1794At MatiniqueBWAS-1714
6.1794At Port-au-PrinceBWAS-1714
20.11.1794

Paid off

BWAS-1714
12.1794RecommissionedBWAS-1714
6.1795refitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £10297.0.0dBWAS-1714
23.6.1795Action of Ile Groix
4.1.1797Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
14.2.17972nd Battle of Cape St Vincent
26.4.1797Action of 1797-04-26
26.4.1797Took the Frigate
Ninfa (34) 1795-1797
Spanish 34 Gun
5th Rate Frigate

8.11.1797

Paid off

BWAS-1714
7.1798At DeptfordODNB
3.1801Began repairs at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
4.1801RecommissionedBWAS-1714
5.1801Completed repairs at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £18271.0.0dBWAS-1714
9.1803fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
9.1806Broken up at ChathamBWAS-1714

 
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