British Sixth Rate ship 'Echo' (1758)

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Echo
Nominal Guns	24
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'Le Echo' (1757) (28) 1757-1758 French 28 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1758 Renamed "Echo"
Named	9.1.1759
Captured	5.1758
First Commissioned	26.7.1758
Shipyard	Nantes - Brittany	NNF-1715
Category	Sixth Rate
Ship Type	Ship
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sold	5.6.1770

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck118' 2"Imperial Feet35.9692
Length of Keel96' 9 ¾"Imperial Feet29.2799
Breadth32' 4 ½"Imperial Feet9.7663
Depth in Hold9' 11 ½"Imperial Feet2.7559
Burthen539 ⁵⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

7.1758Broadside Weight = 108 Imperial Pound ( 48.978 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck24 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
7.1758160 BWAS-1714

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
26.7.1758 - 7.2.1762Captain Transfered ADM 6/19/21BWAS-17147.2.1762 - 19.2.1762Captain ADM 6/20/76
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 19.6.1765ADM 6/2019.2.1762 - 24.3.1762Captain ADM 6/19/387BWAS-171420.8.1762 - 5.6.1763CaptainBWAS-171426.5.1768 - 1.3.1770Captain Transfered ADM 6/20/203ADM 6/20

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
13.2.1759 - 7.6.1759Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/19/34ADM 6/1928.4.1759 - 14.8.1759Acting Lieutenantref:559

Service History

DateEventSource
26.7.1758Commissioned in North AmericaBWAS-1714
1.1759Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
5.1.1759Purchased at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £4070.10.9dBWAS-1714
3.1759Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £4077.1.2dBWAS-1714
28.4.1759Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
6.1759Seige of Quebec
1760Sailed to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
6.3.1760Took the Privateer
19.4.1760Took the Privateer
8.7.1760Took the Privateer
7.1.1762Operations against Martinique
28.5.1762Took the Frigate
3.6.1762Took the Sixth Rate
6.6.1762Operations against Havana
5.6.1763

Paid off

ADM 33
1.5.1764SurveyedBWAS-1714
9.3.1770SurveyedBWAS-1714
2.5.1770Ordered to be soldBWAS-1714
5.6.1770Sold at ChathamBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 33 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

ADM 6/20 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:559Marion Purnell, Web Site

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