British sloop 'Bonetta' (1732)

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Bonetta

3365
Nominal Guns8BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered4.5.1732BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down5.7.1732BWAS-1714
Launched24.8.1732BWAS-1714
First Commissioned29.8.1732BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardWoolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
Constructor
John HaywardBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1701-1742
BWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSloopBWAS-1714
Sailing RigSnowBWAS-1714
Wrecked20.10.1744BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck81' 4"Imperial Feet24.7904 
Length of Keel65' 6"Imperial Feet19.8425 
Breadth24' 0"Imperial Feet7.3152 
Depth in Hold10' 0"Imperial Feet3.048 
Burthen200 64⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


8.1732Broadside Weight = 15 Imperial Pound ( 6.8028 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck8 British 3-Pounder
Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

7 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
22.8.1732 - 2.6.1734Commander
Sir Roger ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1739
Transfered ADM 6/14/119BWAS-17143.6.1734 - 15.11.1737Commander
James CusackBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1743
ADM 6/14/189BWAS-171423.6.1738 - 7.8.1740Commander
Benjamin YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1703-1742
ADM 6/15/126BWAS-17148.8.1740 - 16.7.1741Commander
Thomas TuckerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1756
ADM 6/15/320BWAS-171417.7.1741 - 5.12.1743Commander
William LeaBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1743
ADM 6/15/437BWAS-17145.12.1743 - 11.9.1744Commander
Samuel GravesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1783
ADM 6/17/431
Confirmed 17.1.1748/49ADM 6/1711.9.1744 - 20.10.1744Commander
George ElliottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1762
ADM 6/16/490ADM 6/16

8 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
22.8.1732 - 6.6.1734Lieutenant
Charles SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1739
Transfered ADM 6/14/119ADM 6/147.6.1734 - 17.10.1735Lieutenant
Edward FalkinghamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1770
Transfered ADM 6/15/189ADM 6/1423.6.1738 - 5.12.1739Lieutenant
Francis WithersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1746
Transfered ADM 6/15/126ADM 6/156.12.1739 - 23.6.1741Lieutenant
Thomas BradleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1725-1742
ADM 6/15/239ADM 6/1524.6.1741 - 11.1.1741/42Lieutenant
Edward SeymourBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1742
ADM 6/15/431ADM 6/1514.10.1742 - 18.7.1743Lieutenant
Ambrose CramerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1744
ADM 6/17/200
Issued by
Edward VernonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1746
, Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 14.2.1746/47ADM 6/1725.2.1743/44 - 1.9.1744Lieutenant
Joseph RussellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744
ADM 6/17/457
Issued by
Sir Chaloner OgleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1749

Confirmed 18.4.1749ADM 6/171.9.1744 - 14.9.1744Lieutenant
John SaundersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1746
Transfered ADM 6/17/181
Confirmed 16.12.1746ADM 6/17

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
5.7.1734 - 31.3.1735Midshipman
Henry SpekeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1760
Transfered ADM 107/3/328ADM 107/3

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
25.5.1739 - 9.1.1739/40Able Seaman
Morgan JonesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1747
Transfered ADM 107/3/565ADM 107/312.2.1739/40 - 3.4.1741Steward
John HickesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1763
Transfered ADM 107/4/67ADM 107/4

Service History


DateEventSource
5.7.1732Began building at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
24.8.1732Completed building at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £2728.1.2dBWAS-1714
24.8.1732Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
1.9.1732Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
1733Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
15.11.1737

Paid off

ADM 51
6.1738Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
7.1738Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £1417.6.2dBWAS-1714
10.1740Sailed for the West IndiesBWAS-1714
7.1741Operations against Santiago
20.10.1744Wrecked in a hurricane off JamaicaBWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
20.10.1744-21.10.1744Jamaica Hurricane, 1744  
 
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Posted by Brian on Saturday 6th of February 2016 03:12

July 1740 - The Bonetta sloop, Capt. Young, in her passage from Oporto, met with a Spanish privateer that took the Townshend packet, and engaged her above four hours, in which the privateer lost a great many men, and was so damaged that it is beleived she foundered beforeshe got into port. The privateer had 200 men and the sloop but 40.

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