British Sixth Rate frigate 'Shoreham' (1720)

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Shoreham	6685
Nominal Guns	20	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Shoreham' (1694) (32) 1694-1719 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Ordered	10.11.1719	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	10.1719	BWAS-1714
Launched	25.8.1720	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	1721	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Shoreham - Sussex	B028
Ship Class	1693 Program 32-Gunner (1693)	BWAS-1603
Constructor	John HaywardBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1701-1742	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	5.6.1744	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck106' 0"Imperial Feet32.3088
Length of Keel89' 11"Imperial Feet27.13
Breadth28' 4"Imperial Feet8.5471
Depth in Hold9' 2"Imperial Feet2.794
Burthen379 ⁶⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

25.8.1720Broadside Weight = 60 Imperial Pound ( 27.21 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1719140Design Complement

7 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
13.12.1720 - 1.8.1724Captain ADM 6/12/224BWAS-171421.3.1726/27 - 5.9.1727Captain ADM 6/13/137BWAS-17145.9.1727 - 1.4.1731Captain ADM 6/14/157ADM 6/131.4.1731 - 29.10.1733Captain ADM 6/14/71BWAS-171430.10.1733 - 12.6.1738Captain ADM 6/15/154BWAS-171413.6.1738 - 24.3.1740/41Captain Transfered ADM 6/16/123BWAS-171425.3.1741 - 11.5.1743Captain ADM 6/16/162
Confirmed 28.3.1742BWAS-1714

7 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
28.11.1720 - 22.10.1721Lieutenant ADM 6/12/221ADM 6/1223.10.1721 - 17.9.1723Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/13/75
Confirmed 28.7.1724ADM 6/135.11.1723 - 1.8.1724Lieutenant ADM 6/13/83
Confirmed 12.1.1724/25ADM 6/1322.3.1726/27 - 4.9.1727Lieutenant ADM 6/13/138ADM 6/135.9.1727 - 31.3.1731Lieutenant ADM 6/14/157ADM 6/131.4.1731 - 30.6.1732Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/12/71ADM 6/1430.10.1733 - 13.3.1737/38Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/15/154ADM 6/14

10 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
31.10.1729 - 24.10.1731Midshipman ADM 107/5/248ADM 107/51.4.1731 - 28.1.1731/32Volunteer-per-order Transfered ADM 6/14/71ADM 6/1425.10.1731 - 8.6.1733Master's Mate Transfered ADM 107/5/248ADM 107/515.3.1733/34 - 28.2.1734/35Master's Mate ADM 107/3/222ADM 107/320.10.1734 - 2.2.1737/38Midshipman ADM 107/3/321ADM 107/328.2.1734/35 - 2.2.1736/37Midshipman ADM 107/3/222ADM 107/313.12.1736 - 6.3.1737/38Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/3/325ADM 107/320.7.1738 - 2.7.1739Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/3/342ADM 107/313.10.1739 - 2.3.1739/40Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/3/435ADM 107/318.9.1740 - 24.3.1740/41Midshipman Transfered ADM 107/3/554ADM 107/3

8 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
2.6.1732 - 30.6.1732Ordinary Seaman ADM 107/3/328ADM 107/31.7.1732 - 18.4.1734Able Seaman Transfered ADM 107/3/328ADM 107/323.8.1732 - 15.3.1733/34Volunteer-per-order ADM 107/3/222ADM 107/329.4.1736 - 19.2.1737/38Able Seaman Transfered ADM 107/3/455ADM 107/321.5.1736 - 12.12.1736Able Seaman ADM 107/3/325ADM 107/36.6.1738 - 2.3.1740/41Ordinary Seaman ADM 107/3/555ADM 107/328.8.1738 - 18.9.1740Able Seaman ADM 107/3/554ADM 107/320.5.1739 - 12.10.1739Able Seaman ADM 107/3/435ADM 107/3

Service History

DateEventSource
25.8.1720building at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £4348.12.6dBWAS-1714
1721Commissioned for the West IndiesBWAS-1714
1.8.1721Paid offADM 51
3.1726/27Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated Bomb Vessel
4.1727fitting at Unknown at a cost of £1403.7.1dBWAS-1714
1728Sailed to New YorkBWAS-1714
1728Refitted as a 20 gun Sixth Rate Frigate
10.1730Began great repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
5.1731Completed great repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £4463.2.11dBWAS-1714
5.1733Began small repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
12.1733Completed small repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £943.14.5dBWAS-1714
1735In NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
1736In NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
1737In NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
5.1737Sheathed with a new composition?BWAS-1714
4.1738Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
8.1738Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £4183.0.0dBWAS-1714
1739Sailed to the West IndiesBWAS-1714
6.8.1739Arrived at Port RoyalTRN3
15.9.1739Landed at Porto Maria, and burnt a large quantity of timber and other stores. He was there
attacked by two half galleys and a sloop, but they kept in such shoal water that the Shoreham, though hulled more than once, could not get close enough to harm themTRN3
10.1739Grounded near Cape Antonio, but salvagedBWAS-1714
28.10.1739Arrived at Port RoyalTRN3
4.1740Operations in GeorgiaBWAS-1714
7.1741Operations against Santiago
11.5.1743

Paid off

ADM 51
50.1744Sold at Deptford for £195BWAS-1714

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