British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Litchfield' (1730)

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Litchfield

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Lichfield
Nominal Guns50BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered5.12.1718BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down11.1727BWAS-1714
Launched25.3.1730BWAS-1714
First Commissioned22.2.1733/34BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardPlymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
Ship Class1719 Establishment 50-Gunner (1719)BWAS-1714
Constructor
Peirson LockBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1716-1755
BWAS-1714
CategoryFourth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up7.1744BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck134' 2"Imperial Feet40.8447 
Length of Keel109' 8"Imperial Feet33.2458 
Breadth36' 0"Imperial Feet10.9728 
Depth in Hold15' 2"Imperial Feet4.5822 
Draught Forward8' 3"Imperial Feet2.5146 
Draught Aft13' 0"Imperial Feet3.9624 
Burthen755 89⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


25.3.1730Broadside Weight = 315 Imperial Pound ( 142.8525 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck22 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1719280Design Complement

11 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
22.2.1733/34 - 16.7.1736Captain
Sir Yelverton Peyton (5th Baronet Peyton, of Isleham)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1742
ADM 6/14/166BWAS-171430.8.1739 - 11.7.1740Captain
John TowryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1749
Transfered ADM 6/15/216BWAS-171411.7.1740 - 31.7.1740Captain
William ClelandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1710-1743
Transfered ADM 6/15/307BWAS-17141.8.1740 - 5.8.1740Captain
Peter OsbornBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1744
Transfered ADM 6/15/317BWAS-17146.8.1740 - 15.9.1740Captain
Charles KnowlesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1770
Transfered ADM 6/15/318ADM 6/1516.9.1740 - 23.9.1740Captain
Peter OsbornBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1744
Transfered ADM 6/15/331ADM 6/1524.9.1740 - 26.9.1740Captain
Roger MartinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1756
Transfered ADM 6/15/335ADM 6/1527.9.1740 - 15.4.1741Captain
William ClelandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1710-1743
Transfered ADM 6/15/336ADM 6/1517.4.1741 - 19.7.1743Captain
James CusackBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1743
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/16/297
Confirmed 20.4.1744BWAS-171419.7.1743 - 10.11.1743Captain
William BurnabyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1722-1770
Transfered ADM 6/16/282
Confirmed 28.3.1744BWAS-171411.11.1743 - 5.4.1744Captain
Peter LawrenceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1755
ADM 6/16/296
Confirmed 18.4.1744ADM 6/16

15 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
23.2.1733/34 - 29.12.1734First Lieutenant
Thomas KitchinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1734
ADM 6/14/169ADM 6/1423.2.1733/34 - 29.12.1734Second Lieutenant
Henry RossingtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1741
ADM 6/14/169ADM 6/142.3.1733/34 - 16.7.1736Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Thomas RyvesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1740
ADM 6/15/171ADM 6/1430.12.1734 - 16.7.1736First Lieutenant
Henry RossingtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1741
ADM 6/15/200ADM 6/1430.8.1739 - 11.11.1739First Lieutenant
Jeffery Thomas SaundersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1739
ADM 6/15/217ADM 6/151.9.1739 - 11.11.1739Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
George CockburneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1756
ADM 6/15/218ADM 6/1512.11.1739 - 5.8.1740Second Lieutenant
John CockburneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1719-1736
ADM 6/15/234ADM 6/1512.11.1739 - 6.8.1740Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Samuel CornishBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1770
ADM 6/15/234ADM 6/156.8.1740 - 26.8.1740Second Lieutenant
Samuel CornishBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1770
ADM 6/15/320ADM 6/156.8.1740 - 25.8.1740Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Henry BarnsleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1744
ADM 6/15/320ADM 6/1526.8.1740 - 30.10.1740First Lieutenant
Samuel CornishBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1770
Transfered ADM 6/16/325ADM 6/1526.8.1740 - 5.4.1744Second Lieutenant
Henry BarnsleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1744
ADM 6/15/325ADM 6/1510.10.1740 - 21.10.1740Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Thomas WalshBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1745
ADM 6/15/349ADM 6/1531.10.1740 - 5.4.1744Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Samuel CouchmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1748
ADM 6/16/285
Confirmed 4.4.1744ADM 6/1610.12.1743 - 5.4.1744First Lieutenant
Best MihellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1755
ADM 6/16/293
Confirmed 16.4.1744ADM 6/16

5 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
3.3.1733/34 - 21.7.1736Master's Mate
Thomas WinterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1742
ADM 107/3/310ADM 107/31.3.1735/36 - 26.6.1736Midshipman
Marriot ArbuthnotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1793
Transfered ADM 107/3/344ADM 107/318.9.1739 - 6.8.1740Midshipman
Samuel HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1741
Transfered ADM 107/3/397ADM 107/3c.23.12.1739 - c.23.12.1740Midshipman
Joseph CaveBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1761
Transfered ADM 6/86/161ADM 6/8629.9.1740 - 17.8.1741Midshipman
Thomas RiggsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1754
Transfered ADM 6/86/100ADM 6/86

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
28.6.1736 - 21.7.1736Able Seaman
Marriot ArbuthnotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1793
ADM 107/3/344ADM 107/329.8.1739 - 25.10.1739Able Seaman
Joseph CaveBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1761
Transfered ADM 6/86/161ADM 6/86

Service History


DateEventSource
25.3.1730building at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £11342.3.2dBWAS-1714
1735In the TagusBWAS-1714
21.7.1736Paid offADM 33
1740In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
4.3.1740/41Operations against Cartagena
1742At JamaicaBWAS-1714
8.1742Expedition to Roatan Island in the Bay of HondurasBWAS-1714
10.1743Took the Sloop
San Raphael (14) 1743-1743
Spanish 14 Gun
Privateer Sloop

10.1743Took the Sloop
San Antonio de Las Animas (8) 1743-1743
Spanish 8 Gun
Privateer Sloop

5.4.1744

Paid off

ADM 33
1.6.1744Refitted as a 44 gun Fifth Rate Ship
11.6.1744

Ordered to be broken up

BWAS-1714
7.1744

Breaking up completed

BWAS-1714

 
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