British Fifth Rate ship of the line 'Dover' (1718)

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Dover

7614
Nominal Guns40BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered24.5.1716BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down12.1716BWAS-1714
Acquired7.1718BWAS-1714
First Commissioned27.5.1718BWAS-1714
ShipyardDeptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the Line
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Broken Up7.1730BWAS-1714

4 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
27.5.1718 - 29.6.1719Captain
Philip CavendishBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1743
ADM 6/12/136BWAS-160330.6.1719 - 5.12.1721Second Captain
Edmund HookeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1739
ADM 6/12/173BWAS-160313.2.1722/23 - 11.9.1724Captain
Tyrwit CyleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1745
ADM 6/13/49BWAS-160313.1.1727/28 - 30.6.1730Captain
Mathew ConsettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1737
ADM 6/13/188BWAS-1603

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1721 - 5.12.1721Commodore
The Hon. Charles StewartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1736
BWAS-1603

14 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
27.5.1718 - c.25.8.1719First Lieutenant
Daniel FurzerBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1705-1719
Discharged Dead ADM 6/12/136ADM 6/126.6.1719 - 27.5.1720Second Lieutenant
Charles CotterelBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712-1747
ADM 6/12/183
Confirmed 19.11.1719ADM 6/1228.5.1720 - 21.12.1721Second Lieutenant
John DumaresqueBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1733
ADM 6/13/26
Confirmed 6.12.1721ADM 6/1322.12.1720 - 21.12.1721Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Cornelius MitchellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1748
ADM 6/13/23
Confirmed 2.12.1721ADM 6/1313.2.1722/23 - 14.9.1724First Lieutenant
William DouglasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712-1727
ADM 6/13/49ADM 6/1313.2.1722/23 - 14.9.1724Second Lieutenant
Andrew HamiltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1725
ADM 6/13/49ADM 6/1313.2.1722/23 - 14.9.1724Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
William Henry BruceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1741
ADM 6/13/49ADM 6/1316.1.1727/28 - 1.8.1728First Lieutenant
John WardenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1020-1741
ADM 6/13/188ADM 6/1316.1.1727/28 - 22.4.1728Second Lieutenant
William LisleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1713-1754
ADM 6/13/188ADM 6/1316.1.1727/28 - 31.7.1728Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
William LutherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1735
ADM 6/13/188ADM 6/1323.4.1728 - 31.7.1728Second Lieutenant
Charles SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1739
ADM 6/13/202ADM 6/131.8.1728 - 3.7.1730First Lieutenant
Charles SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1739
ADM 6/14/214ADM 6/131.8.1728 - 3.7.1730Second Lieutenant
William LutherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1735
ADM 6/14/214ADM 6/131.8.1728 - 3.7.1730Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Thomas SwantonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1724-1744
ADM 6/14/214ADM 6/13

6 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
24.6.1718 - 1.1.1721Volunteer-per-order
Thorpe FowkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1760
ADM 107/3/150ADM 107/321.11.1718 - 2.1.1719/20Midshipman
William LutherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1735
Transfered ADM 107/3/122ADM 107/329.2.1719/20 - 21.12.1721Midshipman
The Hon. John ByngBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1757
ODNB28.9.1720 - 2.10.1721Midshipman
William LutherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1735
Transfered ADM 107/3/122ADM 107/32.1.1721 - 21.12.1721Midshipman Ordinary
Thorpe FowkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1760
ADM 107/3/150ADM 107/32.5.1728 - 30.6.1730Midshipman Ordinary
Sheldrake LatonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1756
ADM 107/3/222ADM 107/3

Service History


DateEventSource
12.1716Began great repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1603
5.1718Sailed for SaleeBWAS-1603
7.1718Completed great repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £7526.10.9dBWAS-1603
9.12.1719In action against the Spanish off Cape St VincentBWAS-1603
21.12.1719San Vicente battle 1719
21.12.1721

Paid off

ADM 33
14.9.1724

Paid off

ADM 33
3.11.1724SurveyedBWAS-1603
1725small repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £1334.17.5dBWAS-1603
3.7.1730

Paid off

ADM 33
11.1730Completed breaking up at DeptfordBWAS-1603

 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 21st of May 2026 16:43

London, 13 April 1721: This week Capt Davis arrived on board the Experiment man of war, being one of the squadron that cruized on the coast of Barbary, and has brought over the Treaty of Peace concluded between Capt Steward, his Majajesty’s Ambassador and Plenipotentiary, and the Minister of the Emperor of Morrocco, and as soon as the same is sent back again and ratified, and the English captives ransomed Capt Steward will return to England, on board the Winchelsea, in the mean time the Dover and Sheerness, 2 ships of his squadron, are ordered home. The said Capt Davis since his arrival, has been made Capt of the Jersey man of war, one of the guard ships lately put into commission. [Newcastle Courant, 22 April 1721]

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