British Sixth Rate frigate 'Ranger' (1747)

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Ranger
Nominal Guns	24	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer frigate 'Les Deux Couronnes' (1745) (30) 1745-1747 French 30 Gun Privateer Frigate
Captured	5.5.1747	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	5.12.1747	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	29.5.1749	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck122' 5 ½"Imperial Feet37.1983
Length of Keel98' 5"Imperial Feet29.8863
Breadth34' 11 ½"Imperial Feet10.3759
Depth in Hold14' 0 ¼"Imperial Feet4.2736
Burthen639 ⁷⁰⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen450French Tonneaux441.529

Armament

12.1747Broadside Weight = 113 Imperial Pound ( 51.246 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck24 British 9-Pounder
Gun Deck20 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

18.12.1747Broadside Weight = 125 Imperial Pound ( 56.688 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck24 British 9-Pounder
Gun Deck20 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Quarterdeck4 British 4-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
12.1747160Establishment when first commissionedBWAS-1714
18.12.1747220Establishment as increasedBWAS-1714

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
5.12.1747 - 6.7.1748Captain ADM 6/17/291BWAS-1714

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
18.12.1747 - 6.7.1748Second Lieutenant ADM 6/17/298ADM 6/17

Service History

DateEventSource
14.5.1747Arrived at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
29.5.1747Purchased by admiralty orderBWAS-1714
8.1747Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
21.8.1747Registered as a 20-gun shipBWAS-1714
12.1747Commissioned for Warren's FleetBWAS-1714
18.12.1747Refitted as a 28 gun Sixth Rate Frigate
6.1748Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £5144.14.9dBWAS-1714
6.7.1748

Paid off at Plymouth Dockyard

ADM 6/18
14.10.1748SurveyedBWAS-1714
31.12.1748SurveyedBWAS-1714
29.5.1749Sold at Plymouth for £600BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 6/18 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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