British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Dunkirk' (1704)

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Dunkirk

7622
Nominal Guns50BWAS-1603
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered20.9.1703BWAS-1603
Acquired12.1704BWAS-1603
First Commissioned1.1.1704/5BWAS-1603
ShipyardBlackwall Yard - Blackwall BWAS-1603
Constructor
Sir Henry JohnsonBritish
Ship Owner
Ship Builder
Service 1681-1709
BWAS-1603
CategoryFourth RateBWAS-1603
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1603
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1603
Broken Up to Rebuild7.1729BWAS-1603

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck141' 6"Imperial Feet42.9805 
Length of Keel116' 6"Imperial Feet35.3663 
Breadth38' 3"Imperial Feet11.5919 
Depth in Hold15' 7"Imperial Feet4.6076 
Burthen906 59⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1703Broadside Weight = 366 Imperial Pound ( 165.981 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck24 British Culverin
Upper Gun Deck24 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck10 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1705365 BWAS-1603

11 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1.1.1704/5 - 24.1.1704/5Captain
The Hon. Algernon GrevilleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1709
Transfered ADM 6/8/128ADM 6/824.1.1704/5 - 8.3.1704/5Captain
Richard HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1689-1754
Transfered ADM 6/8/142ADM 6/88.3.1704/5 - 23.3.1704/5Captain
Thomas CleasbeyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1705
Transfered ADM 6/8/161ADM 6/821.3.1704/5 - 15.8.1708Captain
The Hon. Algernon GrevilleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1709
Transfered ADM 6/8/165ADM 6/816.8.1708 - 26.6.1711Captain
Thomas ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711
ADM 6/11/54
Confirmed 20.6.1710BWAS-160327.6.1711 - 24.7.1711Captain
Augustus RouseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1711
ADM 6/11/243
Confirmed 5.1.1712/13ADM 6/1123.7.1711 - 24.3.1714/15Captain
Henry GoreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1715
ADM 6/11/173
Confirmed 31.10.1711BWAS-160314.3.1717/18 - 28.9.1719Captain
Francis DrakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1683-1720
Transfered ADM 6/12/118BWAS-160329.9.1719 - 8.1.1720/21Captain
Archibald HamiltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1684-1724
ADM 6/13/10
Confirmed 13.4.1721BWAS-160329.4.1723 - 21.6.1726Captain
Francis HumeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1728
Transfered ADM 6/13/55BWAS-160322.6.1726 - 18.5.1728Captain
Sir Yelverton Peyton (5th Baronet Peyton, of Isleham)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1742
ADM 6/14/202
Confirmed 23.4.1728BWAS-1603

27 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1.1.1704/5 - 23.1.1704/5First Lieutenant
Joshua RoydhouseBritish
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1679-1709
ADM 6/8/128ADM 6/81.1.1704/5 - 23.1.1704/5Second Lieutenant
Thomas KnightleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1719
Transfered ADM 6/8/128ADM 6/824.1.1704/5 - 19.2.1704/5First Lieutenant
James StewartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1751
ADM 6/8/142ADM 6/825.1.1704/5 - 18.2.1704/5Second Lieutenant
John MilesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1666-1707
ADM 6/8/143ADM 6/819.2.1704/5 - 26.3.1705First Lieutenant
Thomas RochfortBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1712
Transfered ADM 6/8/154ADM 6/819.2.1704/5 - 26.3.1705Second Lieutenant
Robert TrevorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1741
Transfered ADM 6/8/154ADM 6/821.3.1704/5 - 22.11.1705First Lieutenant
Joshua RoydhouseBritish
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1679-1709
ADM 6/8/165ADM 6/821.3.1704/5 - 16.10.1708Second Lieutenant
Thomas KnightleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1719
ADM 6/8/165ADM 6/821.3.1704/5 - 16.10.1708Second Lieutenant
Robert KightlyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1708
ADM 6/8/165ADM 6/823.11.1705 - 16.10.1708First Lieutenant
Arthur BasseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1713
ADM 6/8/205ADM 6/817.10.1708 - 19.3.1710/11First Lieutenant
Thomas KnightleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1719
ADM 6/11/55
Confirmed 4.7.1710ADM 6/1117.10.1708 - 24.3.1714/15Second Lieutenant
David WarrenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1730
ADM 6/11/54
Confirmed 20.6.1710ADM 6/1120.3.1710/11 - 24.3.1714/15First Lieutenant
Edward NicholasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1718
ADM 6/11/123ADM 6/1117.3.1717/18 - 2.10.1719First Lieutenant
John AldridgeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1719
ADM 6/12/119ADM 6/1217.3.1717/18 - 12.5.1718Second Lieutenant
Edward NicholasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1718
ADM 6/12/119ADM 6/1213.5.1718 - 25.5.1718Second Lieutenant
Rowland FrogmereBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1743
ADM 6/12/222
Confirmed 8.12.1720ADM 6/1226.5.1718 - 26.2.1718/19Second Lieutenant
Robert BoothBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1740
ADM 6/12/135ADM 6/1227.2.1718/19 - 13.1.1720/21Second Lieutenant
Thomas CooperBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712-1746
ADM 6/12/228
Confirmed 3.1.1720/21ADM 6/123.10.1719 - 13.1.1720/21First Lieutenant
Hugh MartinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1700-1721
ADM 6/12/222ADM 6/1213.5.1720 - 13.1.1720/21Third Lieutenant
James LloydBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1761
ADM 6/12/222
Confirmed 8.12.1720ADM 6/121.5.1723 - 18.5.1728First Lieutenant
Benjamin YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1742
ADM 6/13/56ADM 6/131.5.1723 - 13.8.1724Second Lieutenant
Duncomb DrakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1710-1720
ADM 6/13/56ADM 6/1314.8.1724 - 11.12.1727Second Lieutenant
George WestonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1727
ADM 6/13/76ADM 6/1324.1.1725/26 - 21.7.1727Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Richard OrchardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1732
Transfered ADM 6/13/96ADM 6/1312.12.1727 - 23.12.1727Second Lieutenant
Francis HolburneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1768
Transfered ADM 6/13/219
Confirmed 5.9.1728ADM 6/1323.12.1727 - 20.5.1728Second Lieutenant
Thomas CooperBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712-1746
ADM 6/14/205
Confirmed 17.5.1728ADM 6/1323.12.1727 - 20.5.1728Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
James ComptonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1743
ADM 6/14/202
Confirmed 16.4.1728ADM 6/13

5 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
12.3.1706/7 - 1707Purser
Robert AbrahamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1707-1711
ADM 6/11/53ref:17881717Boatswain
William StoneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717
ref:16181717Gunner
David BrandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717
ref:16181717Carpenter
James DorsetBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717
ref:16181717Purser
Philip ShalesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717
ref:1618

6 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
21.5.1705 - 1.4.1706Trumpeter
William BrockettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1717
Transfered ADM 107/2/210ADM 107/225.3.1716 - 12.12.1718Volunteer-per-order
Charles GugelmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1716-1747
Transfered ADM 107/3/300ADM 107/314.10.1724 - 16.3.1725/26Midshipman Ordinary
John DaviesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1744
Transfered ADM 107/3/165ADM 107/312.7.1725 - 5.2.1726Midshipman
Peter ForbesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1714-1763
ADM 107/5/412ADM 107/523.2.1725/26 - 20.5.1728Volunteer-per-order
Warwick CalmadyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1757
ADM 107/3/263ADM 107/31.6.1726 - 8.3.1727Midshipman
Peter ForbesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1714-1763
ADM 107/5/412ADM 107/5

4 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
30.9.1719 - 13.1.1720/21Ordinary Seaman
Giles NaishBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1727
ADM 107/3/143ADM 107/328.4.1720 - 13.1.1720/21Able Seaman
Rice EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1745
ADM 107/3/146ADM 107/323.6.1724 - 13.10.1724Able Seaman
John DaviesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1744
ADM 107/3/165ADM 107/36.2.1726 - 31.5.1726Able Seaman
Peter ForbesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1714-1763
ADM 107/5/412ADM 107/5

Service History


DateEventSource
1705Commissioned for the Channel and Bay of BiscayBWAS-1603
22.9.1705Took the Privateer
L'Hocquart (26) 1704-1705
French 26 Gun
Privateer Unknown

1707In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
9.1708In Minorca operationBWAS-1603
1709In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
1711On the St Lawrence expeditionBWAS-1603
1712In the ChannelBWAS-1603
1713In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
1714Guardship at PlymouthBWAS-1603
24.3.1714/15

Paid off

ADM 33
10.1716Began large repair at Plymouth - Devon BWAS-1603
2.1717Completed large repair at Plymouth - Devon at a cost of £3682.11.7dBWAS-1603
1718Underwent a small repair and was fitted for the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
11.8.1718Battle of Cape Passaro
13.1.1720/21

Paid off

ADM 33
1723Guardship at PlymouthBWAS-1603
1723fitting at Plymouth - Devon at a cost of £2422.7.9dBWAS-1603
1724Guardship at PlymouthBWAS-1603
1725Guardship at PlymouthBWAS-1603
1726In the West Indies and at Porto BelloBWAS-1603
1726fitting at Plymouth - Devon at a cost of £1982.10.4dBWAS-1603
1727In the West IndiesBWAS-1603
20.5.1728

Paid off

ADM 33
7.1729Broken up at Plymouth and useable remains transported to Portsmouth to be rebuiltBWAS-1603


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
29.4.1711-9.10.1711British Fleet For North America
Sir Hovenden WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1715
 
 
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