British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Nottingham' (1745)

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Nottingham

5589
Nominal Guns60BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered18.5.1739BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down12.12.1740BWAS-1714
Launched17.8.1745BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardSheerness - Kent BWAS-1714
Ship Class1733 Establishment 60 Gunner - modified (1733)BWAS-1714
Constructor
John PooleBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1720-1751
BWAS-1714
CategoryFourth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Sunk as Breakwater1.9.1773BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck144' 0"Imperial Feet43.8912 
Length of Keel116' 7"Imperial Feet35.3679 
Breadth41' 8"Imperial Feet12.7 
Depth in Hold16' 11"Imperial Feet4.881 
Burthen1,076 57⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


17.8.1745Broadside Weight = 474 Imperial Pound ( 214.959 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck24 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1733420Design Complement

8 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
16.7.1745 - 8.9.1746Captain
Lord George GrahamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1746
ADM 6/16/511BWAS-17939.9.1746 - 14.10.1747Captain
Philip SaumarezBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1743
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/17/151BWAS-179329.12.1747 - 30.9.1748Captain
Robert HarlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1783
Transfered ADM 6/17/303BWAS-179331.7.1754 - 30.6.1756Captain
Samuel MarshallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1722-1762
ADM 6/18/106BWAS-179314.1.1759 - 18.2.1762Captain
John LendrickBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1764
TransferedBWAS-179319.2.1762 - 24.3.1762Captain
Samuel MarshallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1722-1762
W02925.3.1762 - 10.9.1762Captain
Thomas CollingwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1750-1779
BWAS-179310.9.1762 - 15.7.1763Captain
Chaloner OgleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1763
ADM 6/19/527
Issued by
George PocockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1766
, West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean
Confirmed 18.8.1763ADM 6/19

6 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
3.12.1747 - 12.10.1748Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Thomas HarrisonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1766
ADM 6/17/290ADM 6/172.3.1756 - 4.3.1756Third Lieutenant
John LindsayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1787
Transfered ADM 6/18/241ADM 6/1825.8.1758 - 31.1.1760Third Lieutenant
Patrick StuartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1753
ADM 6/19/26
Issued by
The Hon. Edward BoscawenBritish
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Administrator
Marine
Service 1726-1759
, North America
Confirmed 24.1.1759ADM 6/1931.1.1760 - 7.10.1760Second Lieutenant
Patrick StuartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1753
Transfered ADM 6/19/133
Issued by
The Hon. Edward BoscawenBritish
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Administrator
Marine
Service 1726-1759
, The Mediterranean Sea ADM 6/1915.9.1761 - 15.7.1763First Lieutenant
George LindsayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1797
ADM 6/19/349ADM 6/1917.3.1762 - 15.7.1763Third Lieutenant
George SurteesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1780
ADM 6/19/519
Issued by
George Brydges RodneyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782

Confirmed 14.7.1763ADM 6/19

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
31.1.1748 - 13.2.1749Able Seaman
Robert BarberBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1782
Transfered ADM 107/4/257ADM 107/4

Service History


DateEventSource
17.8.1745Began Completed at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
6.9.1745Completed Completed at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £21972.16.7dBWAS-1714
1746In the Downs, then the Bay of BiscayBWAS-1714
11.10.1746Took the Ship of the Line
Le Mars (64) 1740-1746
French 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
off Cape clear
3.5.17471st Battle of Cape Finisterre
14.10.17472nd Battle of Cape Finisterre
28.1.1747/48

Surveyed

BWAS-1714
31.1.1747/48Action of 31 Jan. 1747/48
31.1.1747/48Took the Ship of the Line
Le Magnanime (74) 1744-1748
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
in the SoundingsBG
12.10.1748Paid off at Portsmouth Dockyard ADM 106
5.1750Began small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
9.1750Completed small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £827.15.10dBWAS-1714
6.1754fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
22.4.1755Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
15.4.1756Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
1757In North AmericaBWAS-1714
6.6.1758The Siege of Louisbourg
1760In the ChannelBWAS-1714
9.1761Royal escortBWAS-1714
18.10.1761Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
7.1.1762Operations against Martinique
6.6.1762Operations against Havana
15.7.1763

Paid off

BWAS-1714
6.9.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
20.2.1770

Surveyed

BWAS-1714
19.4.1770SurveyedBWAS-1714
1.9.1773Sunk as a breakwater at SheernessBWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
27.4.1755-4.11.1755Fleet for North America
The Hon. Edward BoscawenBritish
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Administrator
Marine
Service 1726-1759
 
 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 28th of May 2026 07:54

London, 25 April 1752: Thursday might came on before the Lords of Appeal for Prizes at the Cockpit, Whitehall, the final determination of the Magnanime, a man of war of 70 guns, taken by his Majesty’s ships Nottingham and Portland, at which time their Lordships were pleased to confirm the sentence heretofore given by the Judge of Admiralty at Doctors Commons , viz, that the Anson, Tavistock, Centurion, Gloucester, and Culloden , who were on a joint cruize with the Nottingham and Portland, should share equally alike with the two ships that took her. [Kentish Post, 29 April 1752]

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