British Third Rate ship of the line 'Swiftsure' (1696)

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Swiftsure ➡ 1716 Revenge

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Nominal Guns64B028
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
British Third Rate ship of the line 'Swiftsure' (1673) (70) 1673-1696
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Ordered5.1695BWAS-1714
Acquired1696B028
ShipyardHarwich - Essex B028
Constructor
Edward SnelgroveBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1690-1700
BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateB028
Ship TypeShip of the LineB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Broken Up to Rebuild3.10.1716B028

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck148' 0"Imperial Inch3.7592 (12′ 3″ Imperial)
Length of Keel122' 0"Imperial Inch3.0988 (10′ 1″ Imperial)
Breadth39' 0"Imperial Inch0.9906 (3′ 2″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold14' 10"Imperial Inch0.3556 (1′ 1″ Imperial)
Burthen987 3⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1703Broadside Weight = 375 Imperial Pound ( 170.0625 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck24 British Culverin
Upper Gun Deck26 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck10 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1703440 BWAS-1714

10 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
16.9.1696 - 23.11.1697Captain
Gerard EllwesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1711
ADM 6/4/26BWAS-171424.11.1697 - 29.12.1699Captain
William JumperBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1682-1708
ADM 6/4/126BWAS-171426.2.1700/1 - 16.11.1701Captain
William JumperBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1682-1708
ADM 6/6/61ADM 6/614.1.1701/2 - 4.2.1702/3Captain
Robert WynnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711
ADM 6/6/130BWAS-17145.2.1702/3 - 14.2.1702/3Captain
William CaldwellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1718
ADM 6/7/87ADM 6/724.12.1705 - 29.6.1708Captain
Richard GriffithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672-1713
Transfered ADM 6/8/212BWAS-171430.6.1708 - 15.7.1711Captain
John CooperBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1721
ADM 6/9/173BWAS-171416.7.1711 - 13.9.1711Captain
Joseph SoanesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1718
Transfered ADM 6/11/169
Confirmed 16.10.1711BWAS-171414.9.1711 - 27.8.1712Captain
George PaddonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1682-1715
ADM 6/11/167
Confirmed 12.10.1711BWAS-171430.8.1712 - 23.12.1712Captain
John CooperBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1721
ADM 6/11/221ADM 6/11

28 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
16.9.1696 - 15.1.1696/97First Lieutenant
Nathaniel HubbardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1713
ADM 6/416.9.1696 - 24.11.1697Second Lieutenant
Richard NeedhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1697
ADM 6/4/26ADM 6/416.9.1696 - 25.11.1697Third Lieutenant
Joseph BerryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1701
ADM 6/4/26ADM 6/416.1.1696/97 - 24.11.1697First Lieutenant
William TugwellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1697
ADM 6/4/62ADM 6/425.11.1697 - 19.2.1699/1700First Lieutenant
Peter ChamberlainBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1714
ADM 6/4/127ADM 6/425.11.1697 - 19.2.1699/1700Second Lieutenant
Nicholas SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1715
ADM 6/4/127ADM 6/425.11.1697 - 29.3.1698Third Lieutenant
Mathew GregoryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1701
ADM 6/4/127ADM 6/430.3.1698 - 29.11.1699Third Lieutenant
Paul SorrellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1701
Transfered ADM 6/5/15ADM 6/530.11.1699 - 19.2.1699/1700Third Lieutenant
Edward LeighBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1701
ADM 6/6/19ADM 6/628.2.1700/1 - 16.11.1701Second Lieutenant
Sir Charles Rich (3rd Baronet Rich, of London)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1695
ADM 6/6/63ADM 6/628.2.1700/1 - 16.11.1701Third Lieutenant
George StandishBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1705
ADM 6/6/63ADM 6/64.3.1700/1 - 16.11.1701First Lieutenant
George RamsayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1713
ADM 6/6/67ADM 6/616.1.1701/2 - 29.7.1705Second Lieutenant
Andrew HorsemanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1712
Transfered ADM 6/6/134ADM 6/619.1.1701/2 - 21.12.1702First Lieutenant
Stephen GoultonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1682-1702
ADM 6/6/135ADM 6/629.1.1701/2 - 21.1.1703/4Third Lieutenant
William PyneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1706
ADM 6/7/3ADM 6/722.12.1702 - 2.2.1702/3First Lieutenant
Thomas StephensonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1703
ADM 6/7/67ADM 6/73.2.1702/3 - 29.7.1705First Lieutenant
John DoleingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1674-1716
ADM 6/7/85ADM 6/721.1.1703/4 - 20.7.1704Third Lieutenant
Benjamin WilshawBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1711
Transfered ADM 6/8/44ADM 6/831.12.1705 - 16.11.1709First Lieutenant
Andrew HorsemanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1712
ADM 6/8/214ADM 6/88.1.1705/6 - 4.6.1706Second Lieutenant
Andrew HodgesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1709
ADM 6/8/217ADM 6/88.1.1705/6 - 18.2.1707/8Third Lieutenant
Thomas RipleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1711
ADM 6/8/217ADM 6/84.6.1706 - 27.12.1708Second Lieutenant
John BiltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1723
Transfered ADM 6/8/257ADM 6/819.2.1707/8 - 4.1.1710/11Second Lieutenant
Thomas RipleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1711
ADM 6/9/140ADM 6/917.11.1709 - 23.12.1712First Lieutenant
William WeighmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1679-1735
ADM 6/11/5ADM 6/112.12.1709 - 4.1.1710/11Third Lieutenant
John St LoeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1747
ADM 6/11/10ADM 6/115.1.1710/11 - 27.7.1711Second Lieutenant
John StanleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1740
ADM 6/11/91ADM 6/115.1.1710/11 - 25.2.1710/11Third Lieutenant
John RipleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1711
Transfered ADM 6/11/92ADM 6/1128.7.1711 - 23.12.1712Second Lieutenant
Robert MarshamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1729
ADM 6/11/178
Confirmed 26.11.1711ADM 6/11

11 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
5.9.1696 - 1696Boatswain
John FrighterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1696
ADM 6/4/22ADM 6/428.10.1696 - 1696Cook
William CosleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1696
ADM 6/4/41ADM 6/430.10.1696 - 1696Chaplain
Robert DavisonBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1695-1696
ADM 6/4/41ADM 6/423.12.1696 - 5.8.1697Purser
Nathaniel TaylorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1697
Transfered ADM 6/4/56ADM 6/423.2.1696/97 - 18.4.1697Chaplain
David WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1697-1699
Transfered ADM 6/4/76ADM 6/412.4.1697 - 1697Chaplain
John JeffreyBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1697
ADM 6/4ADM 6/415.9.1698 - 1698Chaplain
James CunninghamBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1698
ADM 6/5/30ADM 6/527.12.1698 - 1698Carpenter
Nicholas EdwinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1698
ADM 6/5/37ADM 6/51700 - 21.2.1699/1700Gunner
Philip LefebureBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1700
ADM 6/6/23ADM 6/61700 - 18.3.1699/1700Boatswain
Richard FrostBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1700
Transfered ADM 6/6/28ADM 6/622.2.1699/1700 - 1700Gunner
Leonard BuckBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1700
ADM 6/6/23ADM 6/6

21 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
16.9.1696 - 1696Volunteer
Richard PaulBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/4/26ADM 6/416.9.1696 - 1696Volunteer
John RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/4/26ADM 6/416.9.1696 - bef.23.9.1696Volunteer
Timothy GardnerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
Transfered ADM 6/4/26ADM 6/416.9.1696 - bef.20.10.1696Volunteer
John OldhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
Transfered ADM 6/4/26ADM 6/421.10.1696 - 1696Volunteer
Richard ByngleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1698
ADM 6/4/38ADM 6/427.10.1696 - 1696Volunteer
Charles MolloyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1753
ADM 6/4/41ADM 6/49.12.1697 - 4.12.1697Volunteer
John PhilipsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
ADM 6/4/130ADM 6/420.12.1697 - 1697Volunteer
Francis ArcherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1697
ADM 6/4/132ADM 6/420.12.1697 - 29.3.1698Volunteer
Robert RichBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1700
Transfered ADM 6/4/132ADM 6/41698 - 21.3.1697/98Volunteer
William RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1705
Transfered ADM 6/5/13ADM 6/58.1.1697/98 - 1698Volunteer
William DoreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1698
ADM 6/4/136ADM 6/411.3.1697/98 - 27.6.1695Volunteer
Younger CookeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1695
ADM 6/5/11ADM 6/530.3.1698 - 1698Volunteer
John ClevelandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1700
ADM 6/5/15ADM 6/54.5.1699 - 1699Volunteer
Robert MarshallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1699
ADM 6/5/45ADM 6/52.6.1699 - 6.6.1699Volunteer
Frederick HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
ADM 6/6/2ADM 6/61701 - 16.11.1701Volunteer-per-order
Charles BargraveBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1742
ADM 6/6/124ADM 6/61701 - 16.11.1701Volunteer-per-order
William ProbynBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1713
ADM 6/6/124ADM 6/62.12.1706 - 14.9.1707Midshipman
Francis RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1729
ADM 107/2/195ADM 107/215.9.1707 - 2.9.1708Midshipman
Francis RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1729
Transfered ADM 107/2/195ADM 107/223.1.1707/8 - 31.3.1709Volunteer-per-order
Rupert WaringBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1743
Transfered ADM 107/3/11ADM 107/330.11.1712 - 23.12.1712Volunteer-per-order
Samuel MaistersonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712-1750
ADM 107/3/97ADM 107/3

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
2.12.1701 - 28.3.1702Ordinary Seaman
Alexander BissettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1709
ADM 107/2/204ADM 107/228.3.1702 - 15.1.1703/4Able Seaman
Alexander BissettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1709
Transfered ADM 107/2/204ADM 107/2

Service History


DateEventSource
11.1696

Commissioned for the North Sea

BWAS-1714
1699In the DownsBWAS-1714
8.1702In operations against CadizBWAS-1714
12.10.1702Battle of Vigo
21.7.1704Capture of Gibraltar
13.8.1704Battle of Malaga
1707In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
2.1707Action against privateersBWAS-1714
7.1710With a Russian convoyBWAS-1714
1711In the St Lawrence expeditionBWAS-1714
23.12.1712

Paid off

BWAS-1714
2.1.1716Renamed RevengeBWAS-1714
3.10.1716Docked at Woolwich to be broken up for rebuildingBWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
29.4.1711-9.10.1711British Fleet For North America
Sir Hovenden WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1715
 
 
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