British Fifth Rate ship of the line 'Woolwich' (1749)

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Woolwich

7442
Nominal Guns44BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered5.4.1746BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down4.1746BWAS-1714
Named9.5.1747BWAS-1714
Launched7.3.1748/49BWAS-1714
First Commissioned21.5.1755BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardBuckler's Hard - Hampshire BWAS-1714
Ship Class1745 Establishment 44-Gunner (1745)BWAS-1714
Constructor
Moody JanverinBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Sold30.12.1762BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck133' 4"Imperial Feet40.5415 
Length of Keel108' 6"Imperial Feet32.9375 
Breadth37' 9 ¾"Imperial Feet11.2967 
Depth in Hold16' 0 ½"Imperial Feet4.8895 
Burthen825 16⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


7.3.1748/49Broadside Weight = 282 Imperial Pound ( 127.887 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1745280Design Complement

4 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
21.5.1755 - 29.1.1759Captain
Peter ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1799
Transfered ADM 6/18/168BWAS-171429.1.1759 - 29.5.1760Captain
Daniel DeringBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1759
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/19/78
Issued by
John MooreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1778
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 11.7.1759BWAS-17141.7.1760 - 1.7.1762Captain
William BayneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1782
Transfered ADM 6/19/178BWAS-17141.7.1762 - 29.11.1762Captain
Lucius O'BrienBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1770
ADM 6/19/465
Issued by
George Brydges RodneyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 18.2.1763BWAS-1714

4 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
29.5.1755 - 14.10.1755Third Lieutenant
Robert KerrBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748
ADM 6/18/170ADM 6/1814.10.1755 - 21.12.1758Third Lieutenant
Edward St LoeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1760
ADM 6/18/202ADM 6/1824.7.1759 - 29.11.1762First Lieutenant
John BrownBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1762
ADM 6/19/81ADM 6/195.7.1762 - 29.11.1762Second Lieutenant
Robert KerrBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748
ADM 6/19/454
Issued by
George Brydges RodneyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782

Confirmed 10.12.1762ADM 6/19

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
24.11.1745 - 1.8.1748Midshipman
Arthur ClarkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1765
Transfered ADM 107/5/112ADM 107/5

Service History


DateEventSource
7.3.1748/49building at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire at a cost of £12349.3.11dBWAS-1714
2.4.1749Sailed from the builder's yardBWAS-1714
5.12.1756Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1.1759At Martinique and GuadeloupeBWAS-1714
16.1.1759Attack on Martinique
20.1.1759Capture of Guadeloupe
1760In the DownsBWAS-1714
6.10.1760Sailed for Africa and the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
7.1.1762Operations against Martinique
7.2.1762Took the Privateer
La Dame Auguste (Unknown) 1762-1762
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown
At Martinique
22.10.1762SurveyedBWAS-1714
29.11.1762Paid offADM 51
30.12.1762

Sold for £1,000

BWAS-1714

 
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Posted by Brian Stephens on Saturday 26th of April 2014 16:24

The Gentleman's Magazine Vol. 32 1762 p. 446
Thursday 9, Commodore Sir James Douglas, in the Centurian, with the Woolwich and Falkland, arrived in the Downs with part of the fleet from Jamaica and the Leeward Islands. Captain O'Brien of the Woolwich, in a letter to Mr. Cleveland, has these remarkable words. I am sorry I have occasion to say it, but since I have been in the service, and this is the 13th convoy I have been with this war, I never saw masters of merchant ships behave so ill, with the greatest disregard to signals and his Majesty's colours; and with the assistance of the Crescent and Falkland, we could not keep them in order, nor did they ever obey a signal that was not repeated more than once, and the gunners experience will show how great has been the consumption of powder.

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