British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Pembroke' (1733)

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Pembroke

5739
Nominal Guns60BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered8.9.1726BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down9.1729BWAS-1714
Acquired27.11.1733BWAS-1714
First Commissioned22.2.1733/34BWAS-1714
ShipyardWoolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
Ship Class1719 Establishment 60-Gunner (1719)BWAS-1714
Constructor
John HaywardBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1701-1742
BWAS-1714
CategoryFourth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Wrecked13.4.1749BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck144' 2"Imperial Feet43.8924 
Length of Keel117' 8"Imperial Feet35.6736 
Breadth39' 1"Imperial Feet11.89 
Depth in Hold16' 5"Imperial Feet4.898 
Burthen956 4⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


27.11.1733Broadside Weight = 435 Imperial Pound ( 197.2725 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck24 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1719365Design Complement

5 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
22.2.1733/34 - 5.5.1737Captain
The Hon. William HerveyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1743
ADM 6/14/166BWAS-171428.7.1738 - 15.1.1743/44Captain
The Hon. Fitzroy Henry LeeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1748
Transfered ADM 6/15/133BWAS-171426.11.1744 - 5.12.1745Captain
George BalchenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1745
ADM 6/16/394BWAS-17146.12.1745 - 12.3.1745/46Captain
Francis HolburneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1768
Transfered ADM 6/17/162BWAS-171413.3.1745/46 - 13.4.1749Captain
Thomas FincherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1740
† ADM 6/17/186
Issued by
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1746
, North America
Confirmed 3.1.1746/47BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1746Vice-Admiral of the White
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1746
ADM 107/3/58BWAS-1714

27 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
23.2.1733/34 - 11.3.1736/37First Lieutenant
John StruttBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1740
Transfered ADM 6/15/169ADM 6/1423.2.1733/34 - 12.4.1734Second Lieutenant
John PitmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1745
Transfered ADM 6/14/169ADM 6/142.3.1733/34 - 12.4.1734Third Lieutenant
Savage MostynBritish
Naval Sailor
ADM 6/14/171ADM 6/1413.4.1734 - 28.5.1736Second Lieutenant
Savage MostynBritish
Naval Sailor
Transfered ADM 6/15/182ADM 6/1413.4.1734 - 3.8.1736Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Lord George GrahamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1746
Transfered ADM 6/15/182ADM 6/144.8.1736 - 11.3.1736/37Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
George TockettsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1743
ADM 6/15/64ADM 6/1512.3.1736/37 - 6.5.1737Second Lieutenant
George TockettsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1743
ADM 6/15/62
Confirmed 10.5.1737ADM 6/1512.3.1736/37 - 6.5.1737Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Richard RidgeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1741
ADM 6/15/65
Confirmed 10.5.1737ADM 6/1528.7.1738 - 1.9.1740First Lieutenant
James HodsollBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1748
ADM 6/15/133ADM 6/1528.7.1738 - 24.5.1739Second Lieutenant
Piercy BrettBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1723-1778
Transfered ADM 6/15/133ADM 6/1528.7.1738 - 13.6.1739Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Francis ParryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1739
ADM 6/15/133ADM 6/1514.6.1739 - 30.10.1739Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Henry GodsalveBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1756
Transfered ADM 6/16/186ADM 6/1517.1.1739/40 - 31.10.1740Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
James OsbornBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1752
ADM 6/16/211
Confirmed 20.11.1743ADM 6/162.9.1740 - 30.9.1741Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Thomas SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1752
Transfered ADM 6/16/105
Confirmed 5.10.1742ADM 6/161.11.1740 - 17.5.1741Second Lieutenant
James OsbornBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1752
Transfered ADM 6/16/211
Confirmed 20.8.1743ADM 6/161.10.1741 - 6.12.1743Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Thomas CrosseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1745
Transfered ADM 6/16/203
Confirmed 4.8.1743ADM 6/1625.10.1741 - 8.8.1742First Lieutenant
James OsbornBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1752
ADM 6/16/211
Confirmed 20.8.1743ADM 6/167.12.1744 - 9.9.1745Second Lieutenant
William HarmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1763
Transfered ADM 6/16/399ADM 6/1615.12.1744 - 14.2.1744/45First Lieutenant
Francis ChristieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1745
ADM 6/16/403ADM 6/1614.5.1745 - 14.4.1746First Lieutenant
Francis SaundersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1746
Transfered ADM 6/16/477ADM 6/1626.1.1745/46 - 13.4.1746Second Lieutenant
John HallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1761
ADM 6/17/123
Issued by
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1746
, North America
Confirmed 4.7.1746ADM 6/1726.1.1745/46 - 13.4.1746Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
James InnesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1763
ADM 6/17/184
Issued by
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1746
, North America
Confirmed 26.12.1746ADM 6/1714.4.1746 - 24.7.1746Second Lieutenant
James InnesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1763
Transfered ADM 6/17/184
Issued by
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1746
, North America
Confirmed 26.12.1746ADM 6/1714.4.1746 - 7.11.1746Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Griffith CollinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1746
ADM 6/17/183
Issued by
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1746
, North America
Confirmed 24.12.1746ADM 6/1715.10.1746 - 13.4.1749First Lieutenant
John GreenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1749
ADM 6/17/179
Issued by
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1746
, North America
Confirmed 8.12.1746ADM 6/178.11.1746 - 11.11.1746Second Lieutenant
Griffith CollinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1746
Transfered ADM 6/17/183
Issued by
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1746
, North America
Confirmed 24.12.1746ADM 6/178.11.1746 - 13.4.1749Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
John BaleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1749
ADM 6/17/187
Issued by
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1746
, North America
Confirmed 6.1.1746/47ADM 6/17

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
2.8.1738 - 1738Master at arms
James AllBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738
ADM 6/15/136ref:1788

9 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
11.2.1733/34 - 6.5.1734Midshipman
Edmund TollBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1762
ADM 107/3/245ADM 107/318.2.1735 - 13.12.1737Midshipman
Elias BateBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1745
Transfered ADM 107/3/370ADM 107/318.12.1735 - 1.3.1738/39Master's Mate
William CoardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1758
ADM 107/3/334ADM 107/312.9.1738 - 17.7.1741Midshipman
Washington ShirleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1778
ADM 107/3/437ADM 107/325.9.1738 - 1.3.1738/39Master's Mate
Thomas NoelBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1734
ADM 107/3/334ADM 107/318.10.1738 - 14.9.1739Midshipman
William BrettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1763
Transfered ADM 107/3/347ADM 107/32.11.1738 - 23.4.1741Midshipman
John MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1748
ADM 6/86/86ADM 6/8624.4.1741 - 23.11.1743Master's Mate
John MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1748
Transfered ADM 6/86/86ADM 6/863.8.1745 - 20.11.1747Midshipman
Nathaniel CrosbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1778
ADM 107/4/171ADM 107/4

4 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
5.1735 - c.5.5.1737Captain's Servant
Augustus John HerveyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1778
ADM 107/3/58ODNB4.12.1735 - 17.12.1735Able Seaman
William CoardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1758
ADM 107/3/334ADM 107/322.5.1737 - 11.7.1737Able Seaman
George EdgcumbeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1782
Transfered ADM 107/3/346ADM 107/325.6.1738 - 8.9.1738Able Seaman
James ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1753
Transfered ADM 107/3/449ADM 107/3

Service History


DateEventSource
3.4.1734Completed Completed at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £15807.5.8dBWAS-1714
3.6.1734Began Completed at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
1735In the TagusBWAS-1714
1736In home watersBWAS-1714
6.4.1737Paid offBWAS-1714
30.9.1739Took the Ship of the Line
Santiago (60) 1729-1745
Spanish 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line

10.1739Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1740In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
23.9.1740Took the Brig
Santiago (8) 1735-1740
Spanish 8 Gun
Merchant Brig
off Cadiz
1741In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1743Paid offBWAS-1714
8.1743SurveyedBWAS-1714
4.1744Began great repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
22.2.1744/45Capsized at her moorings in the Medway and immediately refloatedBWAS-1714
4.1745Completed great repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £2120.7.1dBWAS-1714
8.1745Sailed to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
4.8.1746Took the Ship
La Ferme (54) 1746-1746
French 54 Gun
Hired Ship

3.5.17471st Battle of Cape Finisterre
9.1747Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
13.4.1749Wrecked in a hurricane off Fort St David, Madras. c.318 drowned with only 12 survivorsBWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
1746-1746British Fleet at Louisbourg
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1746
 
 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 3rd of June 2026 19:37

London, 3 February 1750: It not perhaps, unworthy of notice, that the Pembroke man of war, which was lost in April last, on the coast of Coromandel, had the misfortune to over set in Medway River, as she was falling down to Black Stakes in order to take in her guns; and by this accident seven of her officers, near a hundred of her men, and a good many women, who were on board to take leave of their husbands, were drowned. She had then just been rebuilt and rigged at Chatham. [Kentish Post, 7 February 1750]

Posted by Colorado Ocean on Wednesday 31st of October 2018 14:57

According to his will, proved 15 June 1750, Richard Haddock (mariner,with a sister named Mary Haddock of Southwark) was serving on board the Pembroke (formerly the Buckingham). Was he a relation to Admiral Sir Richard Haddock or Admiral Nicholas Haddock? He was not a son to either one.

Posted by Brian on Sunday 25th of May 2014 18:05

1749/04/13 Wrecked in a hurricane off Fort St David, Madras.
His Majesty's ship Pembroke of 60 guns struck on Colderoon Point, and over-set having parted her cable the 13th, at 6 P.M. she made sail out of Fort St. David road, but could not clear the point. Twelve men only were saved Captain Fincher and about 330 men were drowned and all the officers except a Capt. of the marines.

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