British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Anglesea' (1694)

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Anglesea

492
Nominal Guns50B028
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered17.2.1691/92BWAS-1603
Launched17.4.1694BWAS-1603
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1603
ShipyardPlymouth - Devon BWAS-1603
Constructor
Jacob FlintBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1603
CategoryFourth RateB028
Ship TypeShip of the LineB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Broken Up to Rebuild6.1719B028
Becomes
British Fifth Rate ship 'Anglesea' (1725) (40) 1725-1742
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck125' 0"Imperial Feet38.1 
Length of Keel106' 0"Imperial Feet32.3088 
Breadth33' 2"Imperial Feet10.0753 
Depth in Hold14' 0"Imperial Feet4.2672 
Burthen620 21⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1703Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck22 British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

9 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
aft.17.4.1694 - 4.5.1695Captain
William PowerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1702
BWAS-16035.5.1695 - 15.1.1698/99Captain
William CaldwellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1718
ADM 6/3/54ADM 6/316.1.1698/99 - 25.8.1701Captain
James LittletonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1719
ADM 6/5/38BWAS-160319.5.1702 - 23.9.1702Captain
Baron WyldeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1683-1707
Transfered ADM 6/7/36BWAS-160324.9.1702 - 23.10.1703Captain
John MosesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1698
† ADM 6/7/55BWAS-160320.10.1703 - 24.4.1710Captain
Henry PartingtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1716
ADM 6/8/96
Confirmed 27.9.1704BWAS-160325.5.1710 - 28.2.1711/12Captain
Thomas LeggeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1710
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/11/47BWAS-160324.6.1712 - 13.12.1714Captain
Sir Robert JohnsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1722
ADM 6/11/213BWAS-160314.12.1714 - 29.2.1715/16Captain
Sir Robert JohnsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1722
Transfered ADM 6/12/11ADM 6/12

24 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
5.2.1694/95 - 11.2.1694/95Second Lieutenant
John StephensBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1679-1718
Transfered ADM 6/3/33ADM 6/314.2.1694/95 - 12.11.1699First Lieutenant
William CockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1715
ADM 6/3/36ADM 6/314.5.1698 - 24.11.1700Second Lieutenant
Phillip HideBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1700
ADM 6/5/20ADM 6/525.11.1700 - 25.8.1701Second Lieutenant
Robert HarlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1700-1716
ADM 6/6/113
Confirmed 5.9.1701ADM 6/621.5.1702 - 18.9.1702First Lieutenant
Philemon PownollBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1705
Transfered ADM 6/7/36ADM 6/728.5.1702 - 11.1.1702/3Second Lieutenant
Chaloner OgleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1749
ADM 6/7/38ADM 6/719.9.1702 - 23.11.1703First Lieutenant
Harcott MeeseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1703
ADM 6/7/54ADM 6/712.1.1702/3 - 23.11.1703Second Lieutenant
Walter CooperBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1707
ADM 6/8/96
Confirmed 29.9.1704ADM 6/824.11.1703 - 17.3.1706/7First Lieutenant
Walter CooperBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1707
ADM 6/8/96
Confirmed 29.9.1704ADM 6/810.1.1703/4 - 31.5.1704Second Lieutenant
Thomas MisterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 0009-1711
ADM 6/8/228
Confirmed 2.2.1705/6ADM 6/810.6.1704 - 15.8.1706Second Lieutenant
Stephen ForsterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1720
Transfered ADM 6/8/97
Confirmed 29.9.1704ADM 6/817.3.1706/7 - 10.3.1708/9First Lieutenant
Stephen ForsterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1720
Transfered ADM 6/9/133
Confirmed 3.2.1707/8ADM 6/917.3.1706/7 - 9.3.1707/8Second Lieutenant
Francis WillisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1715
ADM 6/9/133ADM 6/910.3.1707/8 - 9.3.1708/9Second Lieutenant
Dalby ThomasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1710
Transfered ADM 6/9/144ADM 6/910.3.1708/9 - 24.5.1710Second Lieutenant
Walter RossBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1714
ADM 6/10/41ADM 6/1011.3.1708/9 - 24.5.1710First Lieutenant
Thomas StringerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1710
ADM 6/10/41ADM 6/1025.5.1710 - 23.6.1712First Lieutenant
Walter RossBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1714
ADM 6/11/47ADM 6/1125.5.1710 - 18.2.1710/11Second Lieutenant
John OgilvieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1707-1723
ADM 6/11/47ADM 6/1119.2.1710/11 - 11.12.1714Second Lieutenant
George LeggBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1711-1721
ADM 6/11/219
Confirmed 6.8.1712ADM 6/1128.2.1711/12 - 9.3.1711/12Second Lieutenant
William StewartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712
† ADM 6/11/218
Confirmed 3.8.1712ADM 6/1124.6.1712 - 13.12.1714First Lieutenant
John OgilvieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1707-1723
ADM 6/11/214ADM 6/1114.12.1714 - 28.4.1716First Lieutenant
John OgilvieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1707-1723
ADM 6/12/11ADM 6/1214.12.1714 - 4.10.1715Second Lieutenant
George LeggBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1711-1721
Transfered ADM 6/12/11ADM 6/1221.2.1714/15 - 28.4.1716Second Lieutenant
Thomas JolleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1740
ADM 6/12/68
Confirmed 28.4.1716ADM 6/12

11 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
17.12.1694 - 27.9.1698Boatswain
Joseph HallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1698
ADM 6/5/30ADM/A26.12.1694 - 9.9.1697Carpenter
Richard BayleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1698
Transfered ADM 6/4/116ADM/A1697 - 1.2.1696/97Purser
Richard BurdettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1699
Transfered ADM 6/4/68ADM/A2.2.1696/97 - 1697Purser
Richard MorleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1697
ADM/A26.3.1697 - 1697Chaplain
John NichollsBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1697
ADM 6/4/85ADM 6/41698 - 16.1.1697/98Gunner
Joseph StreatorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1699
ADM 6/4/138ADM 6/417.1.1697/98 - 1698Gunner
Joseph PhylesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698
ADM 6/4/138ADM 6/45.7.1698 - 1698Chaplain
James BrownBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1698
ADM 6/5/23ADM 6/528.9.1698 - 1698Boatswain
John BarkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1698
ADM 6/5/30ADM 6/526.1.1713/14 - 3.3.1714/15Midshipman Extra
Thomas WilcocksBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1723
Transfered ADM 6/11/282ADM 6/111719 - 1.5.1719Surgeon
Thomas ScottBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1719
ADM 6/12/166ADM 6/12

7 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
15.3.1694/95 - 1695Volunteer
Edward St LoeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1728
ADM 6/3/40ADM 6/313.5.1696 - 16.4.1697Volunteer
John JonesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1697
Transfered ADM 6/3/157ADM 6/316.12.1696 - 1696Volunteer
William PomroyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/4/54ADM 6/412.7.1697 - 14.1.1697/98Volunteer
John TollerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1743
Transfered ADM 6/4/109ADM 6/49.4.1698 - 1698Volunteer
John SacheverellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1698
ADM 6/5/16ADM 6/525.4.1705 - 3.7.1707Volunteer-per-order
Charles RedmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1722
Transfered ADM 107/2/264ADM 107/24.7.1707 - 19.3.1707/8Midshipman
Charles RedmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1722
Transfered ADM 107/2/264ADM 107/2

Service History


DateEventSource
1694Commissioned for Channel cruisingBWAS-1603
28.9.1694Took the Privateer
Le Saint Nicholas (20) 1694-1694
French 20 Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the Channel
30.9.1694

Arrived at Plymouth bringing in a privateer of 26 guns

ADM 106
15.10.1694Took the Privateer
Le Saint Louis (30) 1693-1694
French 30 Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the Channel
19.10.1694

Plymouth . The Anglesea has brought in a privateer of 38 guns named the St. Louis of Bordeaux. The privateer previously took the Pembroke.

ADM 106
19.4.1696Took the Privateer
Le Saint Jean Baptiste (24) 1694-1696
French 24 Gun
Privateer Unknown

8.6.1696Took the Privateer
La Perrine (Unknown) 1696-1696
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

13.8.1696Took the Privateer
La Bergère (Unknown) 1696-1696
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

1698Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1603
25.8.1701Paid offADM 51
1703Sailed for the West IndiesBWAS-1603
1704In home watersBWAS-1603
1705In home watersBWAS-1603
1708In the ChannelBWAS-1603
1709In the North SeaBWAS-1603
29.11.1709Paid offADM 33
1710Sailed for Guinea nad then to the West IndiesBWAS-1603
7.8.1711Capture of the San Joaquín
16.11.1711Took the Privateer
L'Espérance (24) 1711-1711
French 24 Gun
Privateer Unknown

1712In home watersBWAS-1603
31.3.1712Took the Frigate
Le Scarborough (32) 1710-1712
French 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate

1713Sailed to the "South Seas" on company serviceBWAS-1603
1715At CartagenaBWAS-1603
18.4.1716

Paid off

ADM 51
1.1719Docked at Chatahm for a Great Repairt which became a rebuildBWAS-1603
6.1719Refitted as a 40 gun Fifth Rate

 
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