British Sixth Rate ship 'Scarborough' (1756)

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Scarborough

6488
Nominal Guns20BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered12.6.1755BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down21.7.1755BWAS-1714
Named17.7.1755BWAS-1714
Launched17.4.1756BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardKingston upon Hull - Yorkshire - The Humber BWAS-1714
Ship ClassGibraltar Class (1753)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Sir Thomas SladeBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1744-1783
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Hugh BlaydesBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1686
BWAS-1714
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShipBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Foundered5.10.1780BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck107' 8"Imperial Feet32.6426 
Length of Keel88' 6"Imperial Feet26.8415 
Breadth30' 4"Imperial Feet9.2456 
Depth in Hold9' 8"Imperial Feet2.9464 
Burthen433 13⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


17.4.1756Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
8.1753160Design Complement

9 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
29.4.1756 - 1.8.1758Captain
Robert RouthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1760
Transfered ADM 6/18/260BWAS-17143.8.1758 - 23.10.1764Captain
John StottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1772
ADM 6/19/333BWAS-171420.6.1765 - 29.11.1766Captain
Michael Henry PascalBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1766
ADM 6/20/78BWAS-171429.11.1766 - 20.3.1769Captain
Robert GregoryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1769
Transfered ADM 6/20/148BWAS-171420.3.1769 - 17.1.1772Captain
William GarnerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1781
ADM 6/20/432
Issued by
Thomas PyeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1783
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 28.2.1772BWAS-171420.4.1774 - 8.10.1774Captain
James ChadsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1776
ADM 6/21/25BWAS-17148.10.1774 - 29.4.1779Captain
Andrew BarkleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1783
ADM 6/21/53BWAS-171425.6.1779 - 26.8.1780Captain
Robert Boyle NicholasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1772-1780
ADM 6/21/576BWAS-171426.8.1780 - 5.10.1780Captain
Samuel Hood WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780
†BWAS-1714

Service History


DateEventSource
21.7.1755Began building at Kingston upon Hull - Yorkshire - The Humber BWAS-1714
17.4.1756Completed building at Kingston upon Hull - Yorkshire - The Humber at a cost of £3400.0.0dBWAS-1714
8.1756Began fitting at Portsmouth - Hampshire BWAS-1714
9.1756Completed fitting at Portsmouth - Hampshire at a cost of £417.9.11dBWAS-1714
24.9.1757Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
29.5.1758Took the Frigate
Echo (28) 1757-1758
French 28 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1758 Renamed "Echo"
off Louisbourg
6.6.1758The Siege of Louisbourg
1759At QuebecBWAS-1714
6.1759Seige of Quebec
1760At LouisbourgBWAS-1714
8.7.1760Action in Chaleur Bay
29.7.1761SurveyedBWAS-1714
1762In Home WatersBWAS-1714
23.8.1762Saield for North America and the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
23.10.1764

Paid off

BWAS-1714
1.11.1764SurveyedBWAS-1714
5.1765Began large repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
26.10.1765SurveyedBWAS-1714
11.1766RecommissionedBWAS-1714
2.1767Completed large repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £8747.17.8dBWAS-1714
13.4.1767Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1769In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
17.1.1772

Paid off

BWAS-1714
2.1772SurveyedBWAS-1714
8.1773Began large repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
5.1774Completed large repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £7539.19.5dBWAS-1714
11.6.1774Sailed for BostonBWAS-1714
10.1774Returned homeBWAS-1714
24.10.1774Sailed from Plymouth for BostonNDARI
3.12.1774Arrived in Boston carrying dispatchesNDARI
19.12.1774Moored in the Piscataqua RiverNDARI
31.12.1774At Noon came on board His Excellency Governour [John] Wentworth Saluted him with 17 Guns. at 4 P M His Excellency Lef the Ship Saluted him with 17 Guns.NDARI
1775In North AmericaBWAS-1714
5.4.1778Took the Schooner
Abigal (Unknown) 1778-1778
American Unknown Gun
Merchant Schooner
off Nantucket Shoalsref:632
29.4.1779Paid offADM 51
5.1779Began coppering and fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
8.1779Completed coppering and fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £4267.14.11dBWAS-1714
22.5.1780Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
1.1.1775-1.1.1775North American Squadron on the 1st of January 1775
Samuel GravesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1783
 
 
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