British Fifth Rate ship 'Poole' (1745)

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Poole

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Nominal Guns44BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered23.5.1744BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down6.1744BWAS-1714
Named14.5.1745BWAS-1714
Launched5.6.1745BWAS-1714
First Commissioned14.5.1745BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardKingston upon Hull - Yorkshire - The Humber BWAS-1714
Ship Class1741 Establishment 44-Gunner (1741)BWAS-1714
Constructor
Hugh BlaydesBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1686
BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShipBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up12.8.1765BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck126' 0"Imperial Feet38.4048 
Length of Keel102' 6"Imperial Feet31.1658 
Breadth36' 0"Imperial Feet10.9728 
Depth in Hold15' 5 ½"Imperial Feet4.5847 
Burthen706 56⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


5.6.1745Broadside Weight = 282 Imperial Pound ( 127.887 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1741250Design Complement

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
14.5.1745 - 6.5.1748Captain
Ormond ThomsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1748
Transfered ADM 6/16/477BWAS-17146.5.1748 - 23.12.1748Captain
Matthew WhitwellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1779
ADM 6/17/414BWAS-1714

4 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
2.5.1746 - 6.7.1746Second Lieutenant
Thomas RiggsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1754
ADM 6/17/98ADM 6/177.7.1746 - 27.9.1748Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Walter BridgesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1748
ADM 6/17/125ADM 6/172.7.1747 - 26.9.1748Acting Lieutenant
George MarshallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1749
ADM 107/4/209ADM 107/427.9.1748 - 23.12.1748Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
James CunninghamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1763
ADM 6/17/444
Issued by
Henry OsborneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1710-1765
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 17.2.1748/49ADM 6/17

2 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
13.12.1745 - 10.1.1745/46Midshipman
George MarshallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1749
ADM 107/4/209ADM 107/412.1.1746/47 - 1.7.1747Master's Mate
George MarshallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1749
ADM 107/4/209ADM 107/4

3 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
1.8.1745 - 12.12.1745Able Seaman
George MarshallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1749
ADM 107/4/209ADM 107/430.12.1745 - 23.12.1748Captain's Servant
Samuel UpplebyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1764
ADM 107/4/269ADM 107/411.1.1745/46 - 11.1.1746/47Captain's Clerk
George MarshallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1749
ADM 107/4/209ADM 107/4

Service History


DateEventSource
24.7.1745Completed at Kingston upon Hull - Yorkshire - The Humber BWAS-1714
20.9.1746Lorient Operations
12.10.1746Action of 1746-10-12
1747Sailed to West Africas and then to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
26.11.1748

Arrived at Spithead . "She should be laid up and paid off at Portsmouth"

ADM 106
23.12.1748

Paid off at Portsmouth Dockyard

ADM 33
6.1749

Surveyed

BWAS-1714
12.8.1765

Break up completed at Portsmouth

BWAS-1714

 
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