British First Rate ship of the line 'Britannia' (1682)

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Britannia

10
Nominal Guns100BWAS-1714
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered5.3.1677/78BWAS-1714
Launched8.1682BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardChatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
Constructor
Robert LeeBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1681-1698
BWAS-1714
CategoryFirst RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up to Rebuild1715BWAS-1714
Becomes
British First Rate ship of the line 'Britannia' (1719) (100) 1719-1750
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
Britannia in two positions

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB065
Length of Gundeck167' 5"Imperial Feet50.9035 
Length of Keel146' 0"Imperial Feet44.5008 
Breadth47' 4"Imperial Feet14.3401 
Depth in Hold17' 2 ½"Imperial Feet5.1943 
Burthen1,739Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck167' 5"Imperial Feet50.9035 
Length of Keel136' 0"Imperial Feet41.4528 
Breadth47' 4"Imperial Feet14.3401 
Depth in Hold17' 2 ½"Imperial Feet5.1943 
Burthen1,620 79⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1694Broadside Weight = 834.5 Imperial Pound ( 378.4463 kg)B065
Gun Deck28 British Cannon of 7
Gun Deck2 British Culverin
Gun Deck28 British 12-Pounder
Gun Deck22 British Saker

1703Broadside Weight = 848 Imperial Pound ( 384.568 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse2 British 6-Pounder

1964Broadside Weight = 288 Imperial Pound ( 130.608 kg)B065
Gun Deck24 British 24-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1703780EstablishmentBWAS-1714

16 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
24.12.1695 - 6.5.1696Captain
George ByngBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1684-1703
ADM 6/3/107ADM 6/324.12.1695 - 6.5.1696Second Captain
John FletcherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1693
ADM 6/3/105BWAS-17146.5.1696 - 26.10.1697Captain
William BokenhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1681-1703
ADM 6/4/49
Issued by
Sir George RookeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672-1705

Confirmed 28.11.1696ADM 6/430.8.1696 - 1696Second Captain
John FletcherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1693
ADM 6/4/51
Confirmed 3.12.1696ADM 6/413.1.1701/2 - 19.1.1701/2Second Captain
John FletcherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1693
ADM 6/6/130ADM 6/620.1.1701/2 - 29.5.1702Captain
John LeakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1712
Transfered ADM 6/6/135BWAS-171430.1.1701/2 - 11.5.1702Second Captain
William BokenhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1681-1703
Transfered ADM 6/7/4ADM 6/716.5.1702 - 26.5.1702Second Captain
Thomas FowlisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1703
ADM 6/7/36ADM 6/74.1.1702/3 - 21.7.1703Captain
Thomas FowlisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1703
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/7/70ADM 6/716.8.1703 - 1703Captain
Henry HaughtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1703
Discharged Dead ADM 6/8/11ADM 6/811.12.1704 - 12.1.1704/5Captain
James StewartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1705
ADM 6/8/118ADM 6/813.1.1704/5 - 22.2.1704/5Captain
John NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1740
ADM 6/8/135BWAS-171422.2.1704/5 - 20.8.1705Captain
Charles CornewallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1718
Transfered ADM 6/8/150ADM 6/821.8.1705 - 16.8.1706Second Captain
Edmund LoadesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1707
ADM 6/8/242
Confirmed 16.3.1705/6ADM 6/817.9.1706 - 14.10.1706Second Captain
Samuel WhitakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1805
Transfered ADM 6/9/24
Confirmed 6.11.1706ADM 6/910.1.1706/7 - 5.8.1707Second Captain
Stephen MartinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1715
ADM 6/9/39ADM 6/9

6 Flag Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1691Admiral of the Blue
Edward RussellBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1671-1702
SPD-1690-11692 - 1693Admiral of the Blue
Edward RussellBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1671-1702
BWAS-17142.1696 - 27.2.1696/97Admiral of the Blue
Lord John Berkeley (3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1689
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/4/66BWAS-17145.1697 - 1697Admiral of the Fleet
Sir George RookeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672-1705
ODNB1.1702 - 26.5.1702Admiral of the Blue
Lord Edward Russell (1st Earl of Orford)British
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1671-1702
BWAS-17142.1705 - 8.1707Admiral of the Blue
Sir Cloudisley ShovellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672-1691
BWAS-1714

58 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
24.12.1695 - 3.5.1696First Lieutenant
John MartinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1705
Transfered ADM 6/3/105ADM 6/324.12.1695 - 6.8.1696Second Lieutenant
Charles StricklandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1724
ADM 6/3/105ADM 6/324.12.1695 - 3.6.1696Third Lieutenant
Christopher CoulseaBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1698
ADM 6/3/105ADM 6/316.1.1695/96 - 5.12.1697Fifth Lieutenant
William GethingsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1699
ADM 6/3/117ADM 6/37.5.1696 - 5.12.1697Fourth Lieutenant
Rupert BillingsleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1716
ADM 6/4/40
Issued by
Sir George RookeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672-1705

Confirmed 23.10.1696ADM 6/44.6.1696 - 5.12.1697Third Lieutenant
Ralph BarrowBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1701
ADM 6/4/52
Confirmed 10.12.1696ADM 6/417.8.1696 - 30.9.1697First Lieutenant
Hercules MitchellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1705
ADM 6/4/67
Issued by
Lord John Berkeley (3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1689

Confirmed 25.1.1696/97ADM 6/416.1.1701/2 - 9.2.1701/2Third Lieutenant
Matthew TateBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1712
ADM 6/6/133ADM 6/616.1.1701/2 - 1.3.1701/2Fourth Lieutenant
Richard CanningBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1716
ADM 6/6/133ADM 6/620.1.1701/2 - 5.2.1701/2First Lieutenant
John WatkinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1707
ADM 6/6/135ADM 6/620.1.1701/2 - 1.3.1701/2Second Lieutenant
Samuel MartinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1701
ADM 6/6/135ADM 6/63.2.1701/2 - 23.8.1702Fourth Lieutenant
Jonas HanwayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711
ADM 6/7/5ADM 6/710.2.1701/2 - 23.8.1702Third Lieutenant
Robert ColemanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1739
ADM 6/7/8ADM 6/72.3.1701/2 - 6.7.1702First Lieutenant
Matthew TateBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1712
ADM 6/7/14ADM 6/72.3.1701/2 - 21.8.1702Second Lieutenant
Richard CanningBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1716
ADM 6/7/14ADM 6/711.7.1702 - 23.8.1702Fifth Lieutenant
John CastleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1674-1706
ADM 6/7/45ADM 6/724.8.1702 - 14.10.1702First Lieutenant
Robert ColemanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1739
Transfered ADM 6/7/51ADM 6/724.8.1702 - 5.1.1702/3Second Lieutenant
Jonas HanwayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711
ADM 6/7/51ADM 6/724.8.1702 - 25.9.1702Third Lieutenant
Beaumont RaymondBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1715
Transfered ADM 6/7/51ADM 6/724.8.1702 - 20.10.1702Fourth Lieutenant
John CastleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1674-1706
Transfered ADM 6/7/51ADM 6/724.8.1702 - 12.9.1702Fifth Lieutenant
Edward FalkinghamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1746
Transfered ADM 6/7/50ADM 6/717.11.1702 - 5.1.1702/3First Lieutenant
John ChilleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1689-1722
ADM 6/7/60ADM 6/76.1.1702/3 - 11.3.1702/3First Lieutenant
Edward WindsorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1708
ADM 6/7/72ADM 6/76.1.1702/3 - 31.3.1703Second Lieutenant
John ChilleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1689-1722
ADM 6/7/72ADM 6/76.1.1702/3 - 7.1.1702/3Third Lieutenant
Jonas HanwayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711
ADM 6/7/72ADM 6/76.1.1702/3 - 20.1.1702/3Fourth Lieutenant
Beaumont RaymondBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1715
ADM 6/7/72ADM 6/76.1.1702/3 - 10.1.1702/3Fifth Lieutenant
Charles StukelyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1715
ADM 6/7/72ADM 6/711.1.1702/3 - 30.3.1703Fifth Lieutenant
Michael SansomBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1709
ADM 6/7/75ADM 6/725.1.1702/3 - 31.3.1703Third Lieutenant
John BlinkherneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1705
ADM 6/7/82ADM 6/731.3.1703 - 9.4.1703Fifth Lieutenant
Thomas CanningeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1711
Transfered ADM 6/7/114ADM 6/71.4.1703 - 6.4.1703First Lieutenant
John ChilleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1689-1722
ADM 6/7/114ADM 6/71.4.1703 - 9.4.1703Second Lieutenant
John TrehearneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1705
ADM 6/7/114ADM 6/71.4.1703 - 2.4.1703Third Lieutenant
Charles StukelyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1715
ADM 6/7/114ADM 6/71.4.1703 - 2.4.1703Fourth Lieutenant
Michael SansomBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1709
ADM 6/7/114ADM 6/73.4.1703 - 9.1.1703/4Third Lieutenant
Michael SansomBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1709
Transfered ADM 6/7/117ADM 6/710.4.1703 - 16.1.1703/4First Lieutenant
John TrehearneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1705
ADM 6/7/118ADM 6/710.4.1703 - 8.7.1703Second Lieutenant
Charles StukelyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1715
ADM 6/7/117ADM 6/710.4.1703 - 16.11.1703Fourth Lieutenant
Thomas CanningeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1711
Transfered ADM 6/7/118ADM 6/710.4.1703 - 24.9.1703Fifth Lieutenant
Digby DentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1737
Transfered ADM 6/7/118ADM 6/79.7.1703 - 20.4.1704Second Lieutenant
Francis VaughanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1701
ADM 6/8/4ADM 6/818.12.1704 - 26.12.1704Second Lieutenant
Daniel ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1706
ADM 6/8/123ADM 6/818.12.1704 - 26.12.1704Third Lieutenant
Richard LestockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1746
ADM 6/8/123ADM 6/818.12.1704 - 27.12.1704Fourth Lieutenant
Edward VernonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1746
ADM 6/8/123ADM 6/827.12.1704 - 23.12.1705First Lieutenant
Daniel ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1706
ADM 6/8/128ADM 6/827.12.1704 - 13.1.1705/6Second Lieutenant
Richard LestockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1746
ADM 6/8/128ADM 6/827.12.1704 - 14.1.1705/6Third Lieutenant
Edward VernonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1746
ADM 6/8/128ADM 6/827.12.1704 - 9.10.1705Fourth Lieutenant
John HagarBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1736
ADM 6/8/128ADM 6/827.12.1704 - 14.1.1705/6Fifth Lieutenant
James GunmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1736
ADM 6/8/128ADM 6/814.1.1705/6 - 24.9.1706First Lieutenant
James GunmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1736
ADM 6/8/222ADM 6/814.1.1705/6 - 8.1.1706/7Second Lieutenant
William DavenportBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1707
ADM 6/8/222ADM 6/814.1.1705/6 - 8.1.1706/7Third Lieutenant
Lewis BillingsleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1707
ADM 6/8/222ADM 6/814.1.1705/6 - 8.1.1706/7Fourth Lieutenant
William HouldingBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1685-1723
ADM 6/8/222ADM 6/814.1.1705/6 - 9.1.1706/7Fifth Lieutenant
William OckmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1684-1715
ADM 6/8/221ADM 6/89.1.1706/7 - 5.8.1707First Lieutenant
John MichellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1707-1711
ADM 6/9/40ADM 6/99.1.1706/7 - 5.8.1707Second Lieutenant
Robert RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1726
ADM 6/9/40ADM 6/99.1.1706/7 - 5.8.1707Third Lieutenant
John GoodallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1729
ADM 6/9/40ADM 6/99.1.1706/7 - 5.8.1707Fourth Lieutenant
Nicholas EatonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1727
ADM 6/9/40ADM 6/910.1.1706/7 - 5.8.1707Fifth Lieutenant
Charles JohnsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1711
ADM 6/9/40ADM 6/9

6 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1692Master
John BenbowBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1678-1702
ODNB18.7.1694 - 1695Cook
Thomas LawrenceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1695
ADM 6/3/105
Issued by
Edward RussellBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1671-1702

Confirmed 24.12.1695ADM 6/33.6.1696 - 12.5.1697Chaplain
Thomas SkinnerBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1695-1697
Transfered ADM 6/4/47
Confirmed 20.11.1696ADM 6/413.5.1697 - 7.5.1699Chaplain
John HextBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1695-1699
Transfered ADM 6/4/97ADM 6/41699 - 29.11.1699Carpenter
Augustine RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
Transfered ADM 6/6/19ADM 6/630.11.1699 - 1699Carpenter
John RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1699
ADM 6/6/17ADM 6/6

5 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
17.4.1691 - 19.1.1691/92Midshipman
Abraham AdamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1701
ADM 107/1/26ADM 107/12.1693 - 25.11.1693Midshipman
William ClarkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1676-1715
ADM 107/1/46ADM 107/118.6.1693 - 23.9.1693Volunteer-per-order
Charles van AckrnDutch
Naval Sailor
Service 1687-1694
ADM 107/1/67ADM 107/125.11.1697 - 27.11.1698Volunteer-per-order
John FletcherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1734
Transfered ADM 107/1/300ADM 107/115.7.1703 - 13.9.1703Volunteer-per-order
George ForbesBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1702-1742
Transfered ADM 107/2/40ODNB

3 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
25.12.1691 - 10.10.1692Able Seaman
Daniel FredenhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1687-1698
ADM 107/1/18ADM 107/110.8.1693 - 27.10.1693Able Seaman
Philip SimpkinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1700
ADM 107/1/69ADM 107/119.11.1704 - 22.5.1705Ordinary Seaman
Edward GregoryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1734
Transfered ADM 107/2/206ADM 107/2

Service History


DateEventSource
8.1682Launched and immediately laid UpBWAS-1714
1684Refitted at Chatham at a cost of £2,315 for the hull and £2,138 for stores and riggingBWAS-1714
1691Started to be girdledBWAS-1714
2.1691CommissionedBWAS-1714
1692Girdling completedBWAS-1714
19.5.1692Battle of Barfleur
1694In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1695In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
5.12.1697

Paid off

ADM 33
1700Started a major repairBWAS-1714
1701Completed major repairBWAS-1714
1.1702RecommissionedBWAS-1714
26.5.1702

Paid off

ADM 51
2.1705In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
15.5.1705Cloudisley Shovell raised his flag at Portsmouth
7.8.1707

Paid off

ADM 33
1709Laid upBWAS-1714

 
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