British Second Rate ship of the line 'Saint George' (1785)

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Saint George

112
Nominal Guns98BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered16.7.1774BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down8.1774BWAS-1714
Named23.8.1774BWAS-1714
Launched4.10.1785BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardPortsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
Ship ClassDuke Class (1771)BWAS-1714
CategorySecond RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Wrecked24.12.1811BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck177' 6"Imperial Feet53.9516 
Length of Keel145' 2"Imperial Feet44.1971 
Breadth50' 3"Imperial Feet15.3162 
Depth in Hold21' 2"Imperial Feet6.4516 
Draught Forward12' 8"Tons BM 
Draught Aft17' 10"Tons BM 
Burthen1,949 70⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1785Broadside Weight = 931 Imperial Pound ( 422.2085 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

1790Broadside Weight = 958 Imperial Pound ( 434.453 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 12-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1790750EstablishmentBWAS-1714
1794738EstablishmentBWAS-1714

21 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
21.7.1790 - 20.12.1790Captain
Sir George CollierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1795
ADM 6/24/52BWAS-171426.3.1791 - 4.9.1791Captain
John Samuel SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1796
: on board from 29.3.1791 ADM 6/24/112BWAS-17143.9.1791 - 2.12.1792Captain
Thomas HickesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1801
: on board from 4.9.1791 Transfered ADM 6/24/133BWAS-17143.12.1792 - 8.2.1793Captain
Sir Thomas ByardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1762-1799
Transfered ADM 6/24/182BWAS-17142.1793Captain
William Hancock KellyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1810
BWAS-171411.2.1793 - 1.1796Captain
Thomas FoleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1830
ADM 6/24/208BWAS-17141.1796 - 4.1798Captain
Shuldham PeardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1814
BWAS-17145.1798 - 3.1799Captain
John HollowayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1821
BWAS-17143.1799 - 1.1801Captain
Sampson EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1794
BWAS-17142.1801 - 3.1801Captain
George EyreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1825
BWAS-17143.1801 - 8.1801Captain
Thomas Masterman HardyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1837
ODNB8.1801 - 11.1801Captain
Henry NichollsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1814
BWAS-171411.1801 - 4.1802Captain
Lennox ThompsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1803
BWAS-17144.1802 - 7.1803Captain
William Granville LobbBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1806
BWAS-171411.1804 - 12.1805Captain
The Hon. Michael de CourcyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1814
BWAS-171412.1805 - 27.4.1808Captain
Thomas HoarBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1773-1825
ref:6165.1808 - 10.1808Captain
Edward Snyd ClayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1814
BWAS-171410.1808 - 7.1809Captain
James HillyerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1814
BWAS-17147.1809 - 8.1809Commander
Thomas WhiteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1821
BWAS-17149.1809 - 1810Captain
Joseph JamesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1815
BWAS-17144.1810 - 24.12.1811Captain
Daniel Oliver GuionBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1792-1797
†BWAS-1714

12 Flag Officers


DatesRankNameSource
29.3.1791 - 2.9.1791Rear-Admiral of the Red
Sir Richard KingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1805
BWAS-17144.9.1791 - 8.1792Rear-Admiral of the Red
Sir Richard KingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1805
TransferedBWAS-171422.2.1794 - 28.2.1795Rear-Admiral
John GellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1760-1805
BWAS-17141.3.1795 - 17.1.1796Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Sir Hyde ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1751-1805
BWAS-171418.1.1796 - 9.3.1798Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Charles ThompsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1799
BWAS-17141.2.1801 - 29.3.1801Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Horatio Nelson (1st Duke of Bronté in the Kingdom of Sicily)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1804
BWAS-17142.4.1801 - 19.6.1801Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Horatio Nelson (1st Duke of Bronté in the Kingdom of Sicily)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1804
NA-ROA1808Rear-Admiral
Thomas SothebyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1814
BWAS-17145.1808 - 10.1808Rear-Admiral
Eliab HarveyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1819
BWAS-17145.1809 - 9.1809Rear-Admiral
Francis PickmoreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1801
BWAS-171428.4.1810 - 31.7.1810Rear-Admiral of the Blue
Robert Carthew ReynoldsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1807
BWAS-171431.7.1810 - 24.12.1811Rear-Admiral of the Red
Robert Carthew ReynoldsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1807
†BWAS-1714

55 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1.10.1787 - 20.5.1790Seventh Lieutenant
James BlakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1794
Transfered ADM 6/23/421ADM 6/2322.10.1787 - 20.7.1790Third Lieutenant
Martin HintonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1801
ADM 6/23/431ADM 6/2321.7.1790 - 20.12.1790Fourth Lieutenant
Martin HintonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1801
ADM 6/24/52ADM 6/2311.8.1790 - 20.12.1790Third Lieutenant
Sampson MichellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1793
ADM 6/24/60ADM 6/2430.9.1790 - 20.12.1790First Lieutenant
Andrew CongaltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1810
ADM 6/24/72ADM 6/2430.9.1790 - 20.12.1790Second Lieutenant
John DeaconBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1791
ADM 6/24/72ADM 6/2426.10.1790 - 20.12.1790Sixth Lieutenant
John ClelandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1798
ADM 6/24/82ADM 6/2426.3.1791 - 2.9.1791First Lieutenant
Richard RaggettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1825
ADM 6/24/112ADM 6/2426.3.1791 - 2.9.1791Second Lieutenant
Henry ParkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1793
ADM 6/24/112ADM 6/2426.3.1791 - 2.9.1791Third Lieutenant
Edward CoveyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1793
ADM 6/24/112ADM 6/2426.3.1791 - 2.9.1791Fourth Lieutenant
James ThresherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1794
ADM 6/24/112ADM 6/2426.3.1791 - 2.9.1791Fifth Lieutenant
Richard WellandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1793
ADM 6/24/112ADM 6/2426.3.1791 - 25.3.1792Sixth Lieutenant
James MurrayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1802
Transfered ADM 6/24/112ADM 6/2418.4.1791 - 1.5.1792Seventh Lieutenant
William LloydBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1794
Transfered ADM 6/24/118ADM 6/2431.5.1791 - 27.2.1793Eighth Lieutenant
James AlmsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1793
ADM 6/24/123ADM 6/242.9.1791 - 14.9.1791Second Lieutenant
Mathew BuckleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1799
ADM 6/24/133ADM 6/243.9.1791 - 14.9.1791First Lieutenant
Francis WatersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1793
ADM 6/24/133ADM 6/243.9.1791 - 14.9.1791Third Lieutenant
John StilesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1807
ADM 6/24/133ADM 6/243.9.1791 - 14.9.1791Fourth Lieutenant
John BeslyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1792
ADM 6/24/133ADM 6/243.9.1791 - 14.9.1791Fifth Lieutenant
Philip BartholomewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1800
ADM 6/24/133ADM 6/2415.9.1791 - 7.2.1793First Lieutenant
Thomas DalbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1794
Transfered ADM 6/24/135ADM 6/2415.9.1791 - 18.9.1792Second Lieutenant
Francis WatersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1793
ADM 6/24/135ADM 6/2415.9.1791 - 10.10.1791Third Lieutenant
Mathew BuckleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1799
ADM 6/24/135ADM 6/2415.9.1791 - 10.10.1791Fourth Lieutenant
John StilesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1807
ADM 6/24/135ADM 6/2415.9.1791 - 16.12.1792Fifth Lieutenant
John BeslyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1792
ADM 6/24/135ADM 6/2415.9.1791 - 26.3.1792Sixth Lieutenant
Philip BartholomewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1800
ADM 6/24/135ADM 6/2411.10.1791 - 18.9.1792Third Lieutenant
John StilesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1807
ADM 6/24/139ADM 6/2411.10.1791 - 16.12.1792Fourth Lieutenant
William PateyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1806
ADM 6/24/139ADM 6/2427.3.1792 - 7.2.1793Sixth Lieutenant
Philip BartholomewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1800
Transfered ADM 6/24/159ADM 6/2419.9.1792 - 7.2.1793Second Lieutenant
George HireBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1793
Transfered ADM 6/24/174ADM 6/2419.9.1792 - 2.12.1792Third Lieutenant
Charles WoodgerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1809
ADM 6/24/174ADM 6/243.12.1792 - 16.12.1792Third Lieutenant
James Murray NortheyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1816
ADM 6/24/182ADM 6/2417.12.1792 - 7.2.1793Third Lieutenant
Ralph Willett MillerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1793
Transfered ADM 6/24/185ADM 6/2417.12.1792 - 7.2.1793Fourth Lieutenant
John StilesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1807
Transfered ADM 6/24/185ADM 6/2417.12.1792 - 27.2.1793Fifth Lieutenant
William PateyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1806
ADM 6/24/185ADM 6/248.2.1793 - 27.2.1793First Lieutenant
Robert BasdenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1793
ADM 6/24/206ADM 6/248.2.1793 - 17.2.1793Second Lieutenant
William BeviansBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1810
Transfered ADM 6/24/206ADM 6/248.2.1793 - 27.2.1793Third Lieutenant
George HireBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1793
ADM 6/24/206ADM 6/248.2.1793 - 20.2.1793Fourth Lieutenant
Lionel HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1752
Transfered ADM 6/24/206ADM 6/248.2.1793 - 28.2.1793Fifth Lieutenant
Abraham WillsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1794
Transfered ADM 6/24/206ADM 6/248.2.1793 - 27.2.1793Sixth Lieutenant
George Burgoyne SaltBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1814
ADM 6/24/206ADM 6/2428.2.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant
John GardinerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1811
ADM 6/24/214ADM 6/2428.2.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
James SewardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1802
ADM 6/24/214ADM 6/2428.2.1793 - 1793Third Lieutenant
Richard ThomasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1793
ADM 6/24/214ADM 6/2428.2.1793 - 1793Fourth Lieutenant
Anthony JepsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1793
ADM 6/24/214ADM 6/2428.2.1793 - 1793Fifth Lieutenant
Francis CorrieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1793
ADM 6/24/214ADM 6/2428.2.1793 - 1793Sixth Lieutenant
James HarrisonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1801
ADM 6/24/214ADM 6/2428.2.1793 - 1793Seventh Lieutenant
John HarfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1798
ADM 6/24/214ADM 6/2428.2.1793 - 1793Eighth Lieutenant
Jeremiah EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1796
ADM 6/24/214ADM 6/247.1.1794 - 17.1.1796Lieutenant
Christopher LarocheBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1807
Transfered ADM 196/5/1ADM 1961795Lieutenant
John Wentworth LoringBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1837
ADM 171/81795Lieutenant
Robert HoneymanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1847
ADM 171/85.4.1799 - 1801Lieutenant
Richard KevernBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1785-1827
NBD184914.11.1800 - 24.11.1800Acting Lieutenant
Buckland Stirling BluettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1815
NBD18492.3.1808 - 7.5.1808Lieutenant
James BrasierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1799-1837
NBD1849

8 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1790 - bef.30.12.1790First Surgeons' Mate
James WilsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1790-1791
ref:19811792 - bef.11.4.1792Surgeon
Thomas KeenBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1792-1793
ref:198122.2.1793 - 26.7.1795Master
Thomas BellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1799
ADM 29-11795 - 18.7.1795Surgeon
William WoodruffeBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1777-1795
†TGM26.7.1795 - 1796Master
John FryerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1812
30.1.1796 - 9.3.1798Master
William McKinlayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1801
ADM 29-11.6.1798 - 10.2.1801Master
William McKinlayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1801
ADM 29-11.2.1801 - 1803Master
Thomas AtkinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1806
E-WIKI

6 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
9.1787 - 12.1793Midshipman
John BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1810
NBD18492.1793Midshipman
William PardoeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1830
NBD18491795Midshipman
Thomas DenchBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1814
ADM 171/81795Midshipman
William ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1801
ADM 171/81795Steward
Andrew WoodmasonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1847
ADM 171/81801 - 27.7.1802Midshipman
George BrownBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1840
NBD1849

11 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
4.9.1781 - 5.2.1782Able Seaman
William Gordon RutherfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1807
NAO13.1.1793 - 4.4.1796Ordinary Seaman
Francis HallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1833
ADM 29/82.1793 - 4.1793Captain's Servant
William KellyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1811
NBD18491795Able Seaman
George ShirleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795
ADM 171/81795Able Seaman
William EvansBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795
ADM 171/81795Servant
John CheverallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1847
ADM 171/81795Boy
Charles MattersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795
ADM 171/81795Boy
William LyonsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795
ADM 171/81795Boy
George GriffithsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795
ADM 171/85.4.1796 - 4.5.1798Able Seaman
Francis HallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1833
ADM 29/811.3.1801 - 3.1803Able Seaman
Simon Edward AntramBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801-1815
NBD1849

1 Marine


DatesRankNameSource
1795Sergeant, 25th Regiment of Foot
John WardBritish
Marine
Soldier
Service 1694-1847
ADM 171/8

Service History


DateEventSource
10.1787Commissioned, but no captain appointedBWAS-1714
12.1787Paid off imcompleteBWAS-1714
7.1790Recommissioned for the Spanish ArmamentBWAS-1714
11.9.1790Completed at a cost of £50,605.16.6d plus £3,970 for fittingBWAS-1714
20.12.1790

Paid off

BWAS-1714
2.9.1791Paid offADM 51
13.2.1793Paid offADM 51
5.4.1793Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
14.4.1793Took the 20-gun privateer General Dumourier in company with other ships off FinisterreBWAS-1714
14.3.1795Action off Genoa
13.7.1795Battle of Hyeres
18.1.1797Grounded in the Cachop Shoal but refloated and repaired at LisbonBWAS-1714
7.1797Involved in MutinyBWAS-1714
9.3.1798

Paid off at Chatham

BWAS-1714
5.1798Recommissioned for Channel serviceBWAS-1714
7.1798Completed refitting at Chatham at a cost of £18,239BWAS-1714
28.1.1799

Sailed from Portsmouth

TNC
7.4.1799

Sailed from Portsmouth

TNC
1.6.1799Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1800Service in the ChannelBWAS-1714
1801Service in the BalticBWAS-1714
2.4.1801Battle of Copenhagen
12.1801Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
7.1803Returned ot Plymouth and paid offBWAS-1714
4.1804Began a middling repair and refit at PlymouthBWAS-1714
11.1804Recommissioned for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
2.1805Completed middling repair and refit at a cost of £42,853BWAS-1714
9.1805Recommissioned for Channel serviceBWAS-1714
2.1810Started refitting at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
4.1810Completed refitting at a cost of £12,102BWAS-1714
24.12.1811Wrecked of Rongkobing, Jutland with over 730 losses. Only 11 survivors.BWAS-1714

 
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