British Fifth Rate ship of the line 'Weymouth' (1804)

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Weymouth

7404
Nominal Guns44BWAS-1793
NationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
OperatorRoyal Navy
Purchased5.1804BWAS-1793
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1793
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1793
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1793
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1793
Sold for Break Up2.7.1865BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck136' 0"Imperial Feet41.4528 
Length of Keel121' 0"Imperial Feet36.8808 
Breadth37' 0"Imperial Feet11.2776 
Depth in Hold12' 4"Imperial Feet3.7084 
Burthen826Tons BM 

Armament


8.1804Broadside Weight = 450 Imperial Pound ( 204.075 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck18 British 24-Pound Carronade

1807Broadside Weight = 198 Imperial Pound ( 89.793 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck10 British 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck6 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1807121as a storeshipBWAS-1793

7 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
8.1804 - 9.1804Captain
Alexander FraserBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1814
BWAS-17939.1804 - 1806Captain
John DraperBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1820
BWAS-17938.1806 - 9.1806Master
Stephen TrounceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1814
BWAS-179325.9.1806 - 1809Commander
Martin WhiteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1800-1851
BWAS-17931811 - 1814Master
Thomas HoskinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1827
BWAS-17933.1814 - 1820Master
Richard TurnerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1838
BWAS-17939.1828 - 1829Master
William MillerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1813-1829
BWAS-1793

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1805 - aft.24.10.1805Surgeon
Timothy MakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1803-1805
ref:719

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
1816Master's Mate
Frederick BedwellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1823
NBD1849

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
11.1805 - 18061st Class Volunteer
Benjamin AplinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1805-1852
NBD184924.9.1807 - 16.7.1808Able Seaman
Henry JamesBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1807-1824
ADM 29/8

Service History


DateEventSource
1.2.1805

Departed Portsmouth convoying a flotilla of EIC ships consisting of the Earl of Abergavenny, Royal George, Henry Addington, Wexford, and Bombay Castle

ref:1825

 
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Posted by AvM on Friday 21st of July 2017 12:42

Papers Respecting The Navy, Presented In Pursuance Of Addresses of the House of Lords to His Majesty.
Navy Office, 18th March 1805

HMS Weymouth was purchased form Curling & Co.
'Wellesey' was 8 years old and has 825bm
was purchased for £19,600
moreover £7,242 were spent to fitting the ship at King'S Yard.

Rowan Hackman
"Ships of the EI Company"
She was launched 7 Jun 1796 at Calcutta by Hugh Edwards, Jonathan Gillett & Michael Luckins for Lambert & Co.

BT111/02 London register
#110 on 19 Mar 1804 825 5/94
master Peter Gordon

1828 hulket at Bermuda as Receiving and convict ship

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