British Third Rate ship of the line 'Burford' (1699)

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Burford

7506
Nominal Guns70B028
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
British Third Rate ship of the line 'Burford' (1679) (70) 1679-1699
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Ordered12.1696BWAS-1714
Acquired5.1699B028
ShipyardWoolwich Dockyard - Woolwich B028
Ship Class1677 Programme - 3rd Rates (1677)B028
Constructor
Edward SnelgroveBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1690-1700
BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateB028
Ship TypeShip of the LineB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Wrecked14.2.1718/19B028

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB065
Length of Gundeck152' 3"Imperial Feet46.3311 
Length of Keel126' 2"Imperial Feet38.4068 
Breadth40' 8 ¾"Imperial Feet12.2111 
Depth in Hold16' 4"Imperial Feet4.8937 
Burthen1,112Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck152' 9"Imperial Feet46.334 
Length of Keel126' 2"Imperial Feet38.4068 
Breadth40' 8 ¾"Imperial Feet12.2111 
Depth in Hold16' 4 ¼"Imperial Feet4.8832 
Burthen1,113 25⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1703Broadside Weight = 459 Imperial Pound ( 208.1565 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck24 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck12 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse4 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1703460 BWAS-1714

16 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1.3.1699/1700 - 4.8.1701Captain
Simon FowkesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1680-1702
: on board from 11.3.1699/1700 ADM 6/6/24BWAS-171426.12.1701 - 6.12.1702Captain
Hovenden WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1715
Transfered ADM 6/6/126BWAS-17143.1.1702/3 - 9.3.1702/3Captain
Thomas MeadeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1715
Transfered ADM 6/8/25
Issued by
Hovenden WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1715
, West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean
Confirmed 10.11.1703BWAS-171410.3.1702/3 - 21.8.1703Captain
William FairborneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1701
Transfered ADM 6/8/28
Confirmed 22.11.1703BWAS-171422.8.1703 - 24.2.1703/4Captain
Jonathan SpannBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1679-1711
Transfered ADM 6/8/23
Confirmed 1.11.1703ADM 6/825.2.1703/4 - 22.3.1703/4Captain
James MoodyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1721
ADM 6/8/56ADM 6/823.3.1703/4 - 26.3.1704Captain
Robert FairfaxBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1707
ADM 6/8/64ADM 6/827.3.1704 - 26.2.1704/5Captain
Kerrit RoffeyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1711
ADM 6/8/65BWAS-171427.2.1704/5 - 13.9.1706Captain
Baron WyldeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1683-1707
Transfered ADM 6/8/158BWAS-1714c.13.9.1706 - 15.8.1708Captain
John EvansBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1711
TransferedBWAS-171416.8.1708 - 21.4.1710Captain
Robert KirktownBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711
ADM 6/10/63
Confirmed 23.5.1709BWAS-171422.4.1710 - 15.9.1711Captain
Thomas KempthorneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1719
ADM 6/11/40BWAS-17142.3.1714/15 - 29.12.1716Captain
Edward HopsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1682-1730
ADM 6/12/30BWAS-171411.2.1716/17 - 5.7.1717Captain
Thomas ScottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1723
Transfered ADM 6/12/88BWAS-17146.7.1717 - 2.12.1717Captain
James MighellsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1719
ADM 6/12/108
Confirmed 29.11.1717ADM 6/1214.3.1717/18 - 14.2.1718/19Captain
Charles VanbrughBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1736
ADM 6/12/118BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1711 - 24.11.1711Commodore
Charles CornewallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1718
BWAS-1714

42 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
16.3.1699/1700 - 5.3.1700/1First Lieutenant
John BalchenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1736
ADM 6/6/26ADM 6/613.4.1700 - 16.2.1700/1Second Lieutenant
Strickland TyrwhitBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1707
ADM 6/6/32ADM 6/614.5.1700 - 17.9.1700Third Lieutenant
Gilbert TalbotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1703
ADM 6/6/40ADM 6/617.2.1700/1 - 21.2.1700/1Second Lieutenant
Nicholas GibbonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1677-1705
ADM 6/6/56ADM 6/624.2.1700/1 - 27.2.1700/1Third Lieutenant
Thomas TeddimanBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1690-1744
ADM 6/6/59ADM 6/628.2.1700/1 - 4.8.1701Third Lieutenant
Nicholas RandallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1709
ADM 6/6/63ADM 6/68.3.1700/1 - 4.8.1701First Lieutenant
William JamesonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1708
ADM 6/6/70ADM 6/61.1.1701/2 - 16.11.1702First Lieutenant
John PepysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1709
Transfered ADM 6/6/127ADM 6/61.1.1701/2 - 26.4.1703Second Lieutenant
Thomas CampionBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1712
ADM 6/6/128ADM 6/61.1.1701/2 - 18.2.1701/2Third Lieutenant
Charles ChristianBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1702
ADM 6/6/127ADM 6/619.2.1701/2 - 16.9.1702Third Lieutenant
The Hon. Charles StewartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1736
ADM 6/7/12ADM 6/717.9.1702 - 3.5.1703Third Lieutenant
Robert BrounkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1697
ADM 3/8/164
Confirmed 16.3.1704/5ADM 6/823.11.1702 - 11.5.1703Third Lieutenant
Peter HorroyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1720
Transfered ADM 6/8/28
Confirmed 24.11.1703ADM 6/84.5.1703 - 2.6.1703First Lieutenant
Robert BrounkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1697
Transfered ADM 6/8/164
Confirmed 16.3.1704/5ADM 6/84.5.1703 - 25.1.1704/5Second Lieutenant
Charles RocheBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1706
ADM 6/8/23
Confirmed 1.11.1703ADM 6/814.5.1703 - 8.4.1706Third Lieutenant
John EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1727
ADM 6/8/22
Confirmed 31.10.1703ADM 6/820.8.1703 - 13.12.1704First Lieutenant
Jeremiah FownesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1719
ADM 6/8/23
Confirmed 1.11.1703ADM 6/813.12.1704 - 28.7.1706First Lieutenant
Thomas FaunceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1706
ADM 6/8/119ADM 6/82.3.1704/5 - 28.7.1706Second Lieutenant
James ToddBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1706
ADM 6/8/159ADM 6/89.4.1706 - 28.7.1706Third Lieutenant
Francis ReedBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1711
ADM 6/9/73
Confirmed 30.5.1707ADM 6/929.7.1706 - 20.8.1708First Lieutenant
John EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1727
Transfered ADM 6/9/84
Confirmed 30.7.1707ADM 6/929.7.1706 - 5.9.1708Second Lieutenant
Francis ReedBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1711
ADM 6/9/73
Confirmed 30.5.1707ADM 6/929.7.1706 - 27.2.1708/9Third Lieutenant
John BarkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1721
ADM 6/9/73
Confirmed 30.5.1707ADM 6/921.8.1708 - 23.4.1710First Lieutenant
Justinian MillerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1711
ADM 6/11/18
Confirmed 3.1.1709/10ADM 6/1128.2.1708/9 - 23.4.1710Second Lieutenant
John BarkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1721
ADM 6/10/36ADM 6/1028.2.1708/9 - 24.4.1710Third Lieutenant
George StewartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1713
ADM 6/10/36ADM 6/1024.4.1710 - 15.9.1711First Lieutenant
Charles KilligrewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1723
ADM 6/11/41ADM 6/1124.4.1710 - 15.9.1711Second Lieutenant
Peter SolgardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1727
ADM 6/11/41ADM 6/1124.4.1710 - 15.9.1711Third Lieutenant
Caesar BlountBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1743
ADM 6/11/41ADM 6/114.3.1714/15 - 29.12.1716First Lieutenant
Luke RichardsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1732
ADM 6/12/30ADM 6/124.3.1714/15 - 13.12.1715Second Lieutenant
William PooleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1720
ADM 6/12/30ADM 6/124.3.1714/15 - 13.12.1715Third Lieutenant
Richard BrambleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1718
ADM 6/12/30ADM 6/1214.12.1715 - 29.12.1716Second Lieutenant
Richard BrambleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1718
ADM 6/12/59
Confirmed 4.1.1715/16ADM 6/1214.12.1715 - 14.10.1716Third Lieutenant
John ElliotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1728
Transfered ADM 6/12/59
Confirmed 4.1.1715/16ADM 6/1215.10.1716 - 29.12.1716Third Lieutenant
John BarnsleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1716-1831
ADM 6/12/83
Confirmed 14.12.1716ADM 6/1222.2.1716/17 - 5.7.1717First Lieutenant
Yelverton PeytonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1742
Transfered ADM 6/12/91ADM 6/1222.2.1716/17 - 2.12.1717Second Lieutenant
Francis DansaysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1754
ADM 6/12/91ADM 6/1222.2.1716/17 - 5.7.1717Third Lieutenant
John SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1717
Transfered ADM 6/12/91ADM 6/1227.10.1717 - 2.12.1717Third Lieutenant
George CundettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1737
ADM 6/12/106
Confirmed 19.11.1717ADM 6/1217.3.1717/18 - 14.2.1718/19First Lieutenant
George HartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1719
ADM 6/12/119ADM 6/1217.3.1717/18 - 14.2.1718/19Second Lieutenant
Christopher SimonsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1727
ADM 6/12/119ADM 6/1217.3.1717/18 - 14.2.1718/19Third Lieutenant
John OrmeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1748
ADM 6/12/119ADM 6/12

5 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
2.2.1696/97 - 24.2.1698/99Purser
Richard BurdettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1699
ADM 6/4/68ADM/A25.2.1698/99 - 1699Purser
John JolleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
ADM 6/5/41ADM/A21.3.1699/1700 - 5.3.1700/1Midshipman Extra
Josiah HickmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1701
ADM 6/6/28ADM 6/614.5.1700 - 27.2.1700/1Midshipman Extra
John StephensBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1679-1718
Transfered ADM 6/6/39ADM 6/616.5.1700 - 26.2.1700/1Midshipman Extra
Francis KestallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1706
Transfered ADM 6/6/40ADM 6/6

9 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
26.4.1709 - 20.5.1709Midshipman
George AllenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1709
ADM 107/2/225ADM 107/213.9.1709 - 7.2.1709/10Midshipman
Gilbert BuryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1723
ADM 107/2/303ADM 107/28.2.1709/10 - 23.4.1710Midshipman
Gilbert BuryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1723
Transfered ADM 107/2/303ADM 107/223.3.1714/15 - 29.12.1716Midshipman
George GoslingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1707-1743
ADM 107/3/47ADM 107/35.2.1716/17 - 20.12.1717Volunteer-per-order
The Hon. James HayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1720
Transfered ADM 107/3/110ADM 107/320.7.1717 - 29.11.1717Midshipman
Merrick de l'AngleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1710-1752
Transfered ADM 107/3/135ADM 107/330.7.1717 - 2.12.1717Midshipman
Robert HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1720
ADM 107/3/98ADM 107/326.8.1717 - 2.12.1717Midshipman Ordinary
Thomas PellattBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712-1742
ADM 107/3/107ADM 107/314.9.1718 - 16.2.1718/19Midshipman
Thomas FortBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1715-1736
Transfered ADM 107/3/129ADM 107/3

5 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
16.5.1708 - 15.7.1708Captain's Servant
Stuart PowellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1700-1745
Transfered ADM 107/3/239ADM 107/330.7.1709 - 12.9.1709Able Seaman
Gilbert BuryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1723
ADM 107/2/303ADM 107/29.5.1710 - 15.9.1711Able Seaman
James FalconerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1707-1727
ADM 107/3/59ADM 107/326.4.1718 - 13.9.1718Able Seaman
Thomas FortBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1715-1736
ADM 107/3/129ADM 107/32.5.1718 - 14.2.1718/19Able Seaman
Richard DavisBritish
Naval Sailor
ADM 107/3/175ADM 107/3

Service History


DateEventSource
1700Guard ship at SheernessBWAS-1714
4.8.1701Paid offADM 33
1703To the West Indies in the AutumnBWAS-1714
21.7.1704Capture of Gibraltar
13.8.1704Battle of Malaga
28.4.1708Took the Ship of the Line
L'Heureux Retour (54) 1691-1708
French 54 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
BWAS-1603
18.2.1709/10

Paid off

ADM 33
24.11.1711

Paid off

ADM 33
10.1712Began large repair at Portsmouth - Hampshire BWAS-1714
5.1714Completed large repair at Portsmouth - Hampshire at a cost of £12494.13.6dBWAS-1714
29.12.1716Paid offADM 33
2.12.1717Paid offADM 33
11.8.1718Battle of Cape Passaro
14.2.1718/19

Wrecked in Pentemelia Bay in a storm, the crew were saved

BWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
18.5.1715-29.11.1716British Baltic Fleet 1715
Sir John NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1740
 
 
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