British fireship 'Nazareth' (1744)

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Nazareth

7764
Nominal Guns8
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Purchased3.1743/44
First Commissioned6.3.1743/44
ShipyardUnknown
CategoryUnrated
Ship TypeFireship
Condemned4.1747

3 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
6.3.1743/44 - 18.8.1744Commander
Henry MarshBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1748
Transfered ADM 6/17/59
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 8.2.1745/46ADM 6/1719.8.1744 - 28.5.1745Commander
Thomas KnowlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1775
ADM 6/16/501
Confirmed 26.6.1745BWAS-171429.5.1745 - 20.12.1745Commander
Thomas Howard HutchensonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1758
ADM 6/17/56
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 5.2.1745/46BWAS-1714

5 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
6.3.1743/44 - 8.11.1744Lieutenant
George GaytonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1795
ADM 6/17/131
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 22.7.1746ADM 6/178.11.1744 - 26.5.1745Lieutenant
James ChaplenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1763
ADM 6/17/395
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 28.10.1748ADM 6/1727.5.1745 - 23.6.1745Acting Lieutenant
Humphrey GillbeeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1748
ADM 6/86/188ADM 6/8624.6.1745 - 17.12.1745Lieutenant
Humphrey GillbeeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1748
Transfered ADM 6/17/132
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 25.7.1746ADM 6/1717.12.1745 - 20.12.1745Lieutenant
Isaac MarshBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1748
ADM 6/17/55
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 4.2.1745/46ADM 6/17

Service History


DateEventSource
3.1743/44Purchased in the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
12.1745Paid off and laid up at Port MahonBWAS-1714
4.1747Reported as fit for nothing but firewoodBWAS-1714

 
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