British Third Rate ship of the line 'Veteran' (1787)

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Veteran

7317
Nominal Guns64BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered3.9.1780BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down7.1781BWAS-1714
Acquired14.8.1787BWAS-1714
First Commissioned3.1793BWAS-1714
ShipyardEast Cowes - Isle of Wight BWAS-1714
Ship ClassCrown Class (1779)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Edward HuntBritish
Ship Builder
Administrator
Dockyard Staff
Service 1757-1809
BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up6.1816BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck160' 4 ½"Imperial Feet48.7807 
Length of Keel131' 3 ⅞"Imperial Feet39.951 
Breadth44' 8 ⅝"Imperial Feet13.4271 
Depth in Hold19' 5"Imperial Feet5.8053 
Burthen1,396 78⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


14.8.1787Broadside Weight = 600 Imperial Pound ( 272.1 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

1794Broadside Weight = 678 Imperial Pound ( 307.473 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder
Roundhouse6 British 18-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1779500Design Complement
30.8.1799491 BG

17 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
22.11.1790Captain
Thomas Boulden ThompsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1814
ADM 6/24/88ADM 6/247.3.1793 - 1794Captain
Charles Edmund NugentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1833
ADM 6/24/217BWAS-17141794 - 2.7.1794Captain
Lewis RobertsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1773-1794
†BWAS-17143.7.1794 - 8.1794Captain
George BowenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1814
BWAS-17148.1794 - 1795Captain
Sampson EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1794
BWAS-17141795 - 10.1796Captain
William Hancock KellyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1810
BWAS-17145.1797 - 8.1797Captain
Abraham GuyotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1765-1808
BWAS-17148.1797 - 3.1798Captain
George GregoryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1812
BWAS-17143.1798 - 6.1798Captain
James WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1821
BWAS-17146.1798 - 2.1799Captain
James Robert MosseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1765-1801
BWAS-17142.1799 - 1801Captain
Archibald Collingwood DicksonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1816
BWAS-17148.2.1804 - 26.6.1804Captain
Richard KingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1830
NAO26.6.1804 - 1807Captain
James NewmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1795
NAO1807 - 1809Captain
Andrew Fitzherbert EvansBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1817
BWAS-17146.1809 - 1811Lieutenant
Henry Masterman MarshallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1803-1814
BWAS-17141811 - 1813Lieutenant
William Henry BoyceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1792-1813
BWAS-17141814Lieutenant
Stephen DonovanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1792-1814
BWAS-1714

2 Flag Officers


DatesRankNameSource
6.1798 - 1799Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Archibald DicksonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1802
BWAS-17141808Vice-Admiral of the White
Bartholomew Samuel RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1811
BWAS-1714

26 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
22.11.1790 - 27.2.1791First Lieutenant
Richard James Walter TobyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1792
Transfered ADM 6/24/90ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 5.6.1791Second Lieutenant
Jeremiah EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1796
Transfered ADM 6/24/91ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 20.1.1793Third Lieutenant
Edward LedgerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1794
Transfered ADM 6/24/91ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 17.12.1791Fourth Lieutenant
Christopher NevilleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1797
Transfered ADM 6/24/91ADM 6/248.3.1793 - 20.10.1793First Lieutenant
William MearesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1793
ADM 6/24/217ADM 6/248.3.1793 - 11.8.1793Fourth Lieutenant
William NowellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1793
ADM 6/24/217ADM 6/248.3.1793 - 11.8.1793Fifth Lieutenant
William CashmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1809
ADM 6/24/217ADM 6/2411.4.1793 - 24.4.1793Second Lieutenant
Edward MarshBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1801
ADM 6/24/228ADM 6/2425.4.1793 - 20.10.1793Second Lieutenant
William HobbsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1793
ADM 6/24/232ADM 6/2425.4.1793 - 8.9.1793Third Lieutenant
Henry EvansBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1821
Transfered ADM 6/24/232ADM 6/2412.8.1793 - 10.10.1793Fourth Lieutenant
William CashmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1809
ADM 6/24/261ADM 6/2412.8.1793 - 10.10.1793Fifth Lieutenant
Thomas LeefBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1800
ADM 6/24/261ADM 6/2411.10.1793 - 20.10.1793Third Lieutenant
William CashmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1809
ADM 6/24/274ADM 6/2411.10.1793 - 20.10.1793Fourth Lieutenant
Thomas LeefBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1800
ADM 6/24/274ADM 6/2411.10.1793 - 20.10.1793Fifth Lieutenant
Thomas ClarkBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793
ADM 6/24/274ADM 6/2421.10.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant
William HobbsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1793
ADM 6/24/276ADM 6/2421.10.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
William CashmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1809
ADM 6/24/276ADM 6/2421.10.1793 - 1793Third Lieutenant
Thomas LeefBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1800
ADM 6/24/276ADM 6/2421.10.1793 - 1793Fourth Lieutenant
Thomas ClarkBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793
ADM 6/24/276ADM 6/2421.10.1793 - 1793Fifth Lieutenant
William WhitelockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793
ADM 6/24/276ADM 6/241804Lieutenant
Philip Henry BridgesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1827
NBD18492.1804 - 8.1804Lieutenant
George CanningBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1814
NAO18.2.1804 - 13.7.1804Lieutenant
William Westcott DanielBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1814
NAO1806 - 1807Lieutenant
David BoydBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1815
NBD18497.4.1806 - 17.1.1807Lieutenant
George Charles BlakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1799-1833
NBD184915.7.1806 - 21.1.1808Lieutenant
Edward Henry A'CourtBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1835
NBD1849

4 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1795 - 9.1796Midshipman
William KellyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1811
NBD18491800Midshipman
Justinian BarrellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1815
NBD18491801Midshipman
Henry BourchierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1846
NBD18491.3.1803 - 26.1.1805Midshipman
John ManBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1808
NAO

10 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
17.5.1793 - 16.10.1796Able Seaman
Daniel McQuieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1798
ADM 29/81794Able Seaman
John C TruemanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/81794Able Seaman
George MatthewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/81794Able Seaman
John C FreemanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/81794Ordinary Seaman
Francis PriceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/81794Ordinary Seaman
William BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/81794Landman
Thomas WardenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/81794Captain's Servant
Thomas WhinyatesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1815
ADM 171/828.6.1797 - 8.5.1802Able Seaman
Elias BodahBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1802
ref:84810.1804 - 18061st Class Volunteer
James CrutchleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1803-1821
NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
14.8.1787Completed at East Cowes - Isle of Wight at a cost of £24259.12.0dBWAS-1714
15.8.1787Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
13.9.1787Completed coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £9695.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.1793Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
5.1793Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £6613.0.0dBWAS-1714
26.11.1793Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
3.1794At MartiniqueBWAS-1714
6.1794At GuadeloupeBWAS-1714
10.1796Paid offBWAS-1714
11.10.1797Battle of Camperdown
8.1799Operations on the Dutch coastBWAS-1714
30.8.1799Seizure of the Dutch Fleet at Vlieter
1801In the BalticBWAS-1714
2.4.1801Battle of Copenhagen
1805At JamaicaBWAS-1714
6.1809Recommissioned as a prison ship at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
6.1809Refitted as a Unrated Prison Ship
7.1809fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
1815In ordinary at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
6.1816Broken up at PortsmouthBWAS-1714

 
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