British Sixth Rate ship 'Rippon's Prize' (1744)

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Rippon's Prize
Chinchon Ripon Prize
Nominal Guns	20	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Spanish Merchant ship 'Conde de Chinchon' (1741) (20) 1741-1744 Spanish 20 Gun Merchant Ship
Captured	21.3.1743/44	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	5.1744	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	France - Europe	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	7.1747	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck105' 6"Imperial Feet32.0345
Length of Keel83' 8"Imperial Feet25.3661
Breadth29' 10"Imperial Feet8.8392
Depth in Hold8' 9"Imperial Feet2.667
Burthen396 ⁹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
5.1744150 BWAS-1714

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
12.5.1744 - 10.9.1744Captain Transfered ADM 6/16/491BWAS-171411.9.1744 - 10.5.1747Captain ADM 6/17/408
Confirmed 18.11.1748BWAS-1714

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
12.5.1744 - 10.7.1745Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/17/30
Confirmed 6.12.1745ADM 6/17

Service History

DateEventSource
12.5.1744Purchased at Unknown at a cost of £2500.0.0dBWAS-1714
20.5.1744Commissioned at JamaicaBWAS-1714
10.5.1747Paid offADM 51

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 51 Archive

ADM 6/17 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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