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Richard Stacey


NationalityBritish 
RolesDesigner, Ship Builder, Dockyard Staff 
First Known Service13.11.1695CSORN
Last Known Service1742CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
13.11.169529.11.1698Appointed Master Mastmaker at Plymouth Dockyard ADM 6/3/92ADM 6/3
13.11.169529.11.1698Warranted Master Boat Builder at Plymouth Dockyard ADM 6/3/92ADM 6/3
30.11.169817.4.1705Appointed Master Shipwright at Kinsale Dockyard ADM 6/5/35ADM 6/5
22.5.1700 Launched
Kinsale (36) 1700-1723
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Kinsale - Cork
B028
18.4.170511.1705Appointed Master Shipwright at Sheerness DockyardBWAS-1603
12.11.170513.8.1709Appointed Master Shipwright at Woolwich DockyardBWAS-1603
18.4.1706 Launched
Chichester (80) 1706-1749
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham
BWAS-1603
13.9.1706 Launched
Elizabeth (70) 1706-1718
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-1603
1707 Designed Flamborough Class (1707) - 24 gun Ship 
29.1.1706/7 Launched
Flamborough (24) 1707-1727
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Ship at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich
BWAS-1714
8.3.1706/7 Launched
Gosport (42) 1707-1735
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich
B028
29.12.1707 Launched
Squirrel (24) 1707-1727
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Ship at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich
BWAS-1714
26.2.1707/8 Launched
Falmouth (54) 1708-1724
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich
BWAS-1603
18.6.1709 Launched
Royal Anne Galley (42) 1709-1721
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich
BWAS-1603
14.8.170921.7.1715Appointed Master Shipwright at Portsmouth DockyardBWAS-1603
18.10.1709 Designed
Delight (14) 1709-1713
British 14 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Ship
 
7.12.1709 Launched
Fowey (42) 1709-1746
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1744 Renamed "Queenborough"
, Frigate at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
B028
7.6.1711 Launched
Dolphin (36) 1711-1730
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Ship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-1603
21.8.1711 Launched
Solebay (24) 1711-1748
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Ship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-1714
17.10.1711 Launched
Launceston (42) 1711-1728
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-1603
13.2.1711/12 Launched
Seahorse (24) 1712-1727
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Ship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-1714
30.4.1712 Launched
Success (24) 1712-1743
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Ship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-1714
20.9.1712 Launched
Dorsetshire (80) 1712-1749
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Northam - Devon
BWAS-1603
16.8.1714 Launched
Expedition (70) 1714-1736
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1715 Renamed "Prince Frederick"
, Ship of the Line at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-1714
22.7.171524.8.1727Appointed Master Shipwright at Deptford DockyardBWAS-1714
19.3.1715/16 Launched
Rochester (54) 1716-1748
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1744 Renamed "Maidstone"
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
 
27.3.1716 Launched
Speedwell (24) 1716-1720
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
27.6.1716 Launched
Barfleur (90) 1716-1755
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
1.8.1718 Launched
Medway (60) 1718-1749
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
13.2.1718/19 Launched
Dursley Galley (20) 1719-1745
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
13.2.1718/19 Launched
Greyhound (20) 1719-1741
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
23.5.1719 Launched
Torbay (80) 1719-1750
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
5.10.1719 Launched
Nottingham (60) 1719-1739
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
13.2.1719/20 Launched
Blandford (20) 1720-1742
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
28.8.1720 Launched
Falkland (50) 1720-1743
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
8.11.1720 Launched
Lyme (20) 1720-1739
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Plymouth - Devon
BWAS-1714
16.1.1720/21 Launched
Katherine (8) 1721-1801
British 8 Gun
Unrated Yacht
, Yacht at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
18.4.1721 Launched
Bonetta (4) 1721-1731
British 4 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
8.8.1721 Launched
Otter (6) 1721-1742
British 6 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
15.8.1721 Launched
Chatham (50) 1721-1749
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1603
24.10.1721 Designed
Cruizer (8) 1721-1732
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop
 
24.10.1721 Launched
Cruizer (8) 1721-1732
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
19.7.1722 Launched
Burford (70) 1722-1752
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
 
19.7.1722 Launched
Scarborough (20) 1722-1739
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness
BWAS-1714
13.3.1722/23 Launched
Spence (8) 1723-1730
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
 
13.3.1722/23 Launched
Diamond (40) 1723-1744
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
23.7.1723 Launched
Berwick (70) 1723-1783
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1743 Renamed "Berwick Hulk"
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
3.9.1723 Launched
Shark (10) 1723-1732
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
4.9.1723 Launched
Prince George (90) 1723-1755
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham
BWAS-1714
22.10.1724 Launched
Seaford (20) 1724-1740
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
10.7.1725 Designed
Happy (10) 1725-1735
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop
 
10.7.1725 Launched
Happy (10) 1725-1735
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
17.10.1726 Launched
Romney (50) 1726-1757
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
17.10.1726 Launched
Pearl (40) 1726-1744
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
8.8.1727 Launched
Gibraltar (20) 1727-1749
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
25.8.17271742Appointed Master Shipwright at Deptford Dockyard ADM 6/13/157

Renewed warrant

ADM 6/13
18.11.1727 Launched
Fox (20) 1727-1738
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
1728 Designed Drake Class (1728) - 8 gun Sloop 
16.3.1727/28 Launched
Mary (8) 1728-1816
British 8 Gun
Unrated Yacht
, Yacht at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
3.4.1729 Launched
Drake (8) 1729-1740
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
17.7.1729 Launched
Torrington (40) 1729-1744
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
13.9.1729 Launched
Namur (90) 1729-1745
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
27.10.1729 Launched
Windsor (60) 1729-1742
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
1730 Launched
Navy (2) 1730-1742
British 2 Gun
Unrated Hoy
, Hoy at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
24.6.1730 Launched
Spence (8) 1730-1749
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
4.8.1730 Launched
Terrible (6) 1730-1749
British 6 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Bomb Vessel at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
4.1731 Designed
Wolf (8) 1731-1741
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop
 
13.4.1731 Launched
Buckingham (70) 1731-1745
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
20.11.1731 Launched
Wolf (8) 1731-1741
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
4.1.1731/32 Launched
Sheerness (20) 1732-1744
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
6.1.1732 Launched
Dolphin (20) 1732-1760
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
1755 Renamed "Firebrand"
1757 Renamed "Penquin"
, Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
11.7.1732 Designed
Hound (8) 1732-1745
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop
 
6.9.1732 Launched
Cruizer (8) 1732-1745
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
6.9.1732 Launched
Hound (8) 1732-1745
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
6.9.1732 Launched
Trial (8) 1732-1741
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Sloop at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
28.3.1734 Launched
Tartar (20) 1734-1755
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
5.9.1734 Launched
Prince of Orange (70) 1734-1810
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1772 Renamed "Prince of Orange Hulk"
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
29.4.1735 Launched
Deptford (24) 1735-1756
British 24 Gun
Unrated Storeship
, Storeship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
30.6.1736 Launched
Eltham (40) 1736-1763
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
30.6.1736 Launched
Kennington (20) 1736-1749
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
8.8.1738 Launched
Lion (60) 1738-1765
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
28.5.1739 Launched
Boyne (80) 1739-1763
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
18.3.1739/40 Launched
Prince Frederick (70) 1740-1784
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-1714
6.4.1741 Launched
Woolwich (50) 1741-1747
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
B028
23.5.1742 Launched
Revenge (70) 1742-1787
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
BWAS-1714
8.8.1757 Launched
Royal William (84) 1757-1813
British 84 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-1714
1760 Designed Druid Class (1760) - 10 gun Sloop 

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