Recent updates


Recent Comments

1745 Establishment 24-Gunner

NationalityGreat Britain
Nominal Guns24
Approved1745
Designer 
RateSixth Rate
TypeShip
Designed Crew160
Ships in Class6

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 102.00 Imperial Pound ( 46.26 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck2 x British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 x British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 x British 3-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     113' 0"93' 4"32' 0"11' 0"508 3294
Arundel (24) 1746-1765
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
3.10.1745West Itchenor - Chichester 23.11.17469.7.1765Sold111' 8 ½"90' 10 ¾"32' 0"11' 0"508 3294
Queenborough (24) 1747-1761
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
9.8.1746Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 21.1.1746/471.1.1761Foundered113' 3 ½"93' 3 ¼"32' 4" 518 6394
Boston (24) 1748-1752
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
1.9.1746Boston - Massachusetts 3.5.17484.3.1752Broken Up119' 0"98' 4 ¼"32' 8 ¾"11' 2 ¼"560 3894
Sphinx (24) 1748-1770
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
26.9.1747Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 10.12.174828.8.1770Sold113' 8"93' 6"32' 4 ½"11' 0"520 5794
Fowey (24) 1749-1781
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
26.9.1747Lepe - Hampshire 4.7.17496.10.1781Burnt to avoid capture113' 2 ¾"93' 3"32' 2"11' 0 ½"513 2094
Dolphin (24) 1751-1777
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
26.9.1747Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 1.5.17511.1777Broken Up113' 0"93' 4"32' 1"11' 0"511 294

Previous comments on this page

Posted by John D Broadwater on Wednesday 14th of January 2026 05:08

This site is an excellent resource! HMS Fowey was not burned, but was scuttled by boring a hole "beneath the starboard forechains" - log of Fowey.


Make a comment about this page







Recent comments to other pages

Date postedByPage
Saturday 13th of June 2026 08:07Jon Miller
British sloop 'Kingfisher' (1782) (18) 1782-1798
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
Saturday 13th of June 2026 08:05Jon Miller
Saturday 13th of June 2026 08:02Jon Miller
Saturday 13th of June 2026 07:58Jon Miller
Saturday 13th of June 2026 07:56Jon Miller
Sir William BoltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1815