British Third Rate ship of the line 'Intrepid' (1770)

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Intrepid

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Nominal Guns64BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered16.11.1765BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down1.1767BWAS-1714
Launched4.12.1770BWAS-1714
First Commissioned17.11.1770BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardWoolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
Ship ClassIntrepid Class (1765)BWAS-1714
Designed by
John WilliamsBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1762-1784
BWAS-1793
Constructor
William GrayBritish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1746-1775
BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Sold1815BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck159' 6"Imperial Feet48.4658 
Length of Keel131' 0"Imperial Feet39.9288 
Breadth44' 5"Imperial Feet13.443 
Depth in Hold19' 0"Imperial Feet5.7912 
Draught Forward10' 11 ½"Imperial Feet3.0607 
Draught Aft16' 6"Imperial Feet4.9022 
Burthen1,374 65⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


4.12.1770Broadside Weight = 600 Imperial Pound ( 272.1 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1777500Design Complement

13 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
17.11.1770 - 17.6.1771Captain
Henry MartinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1780
ADM 6/20/315BWAS-171417.6.1771 - 22.4.1775Captain
James CranstonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1783
ADM 6/20/381BWAS-171415.1.1779 - 17.4.1780Captain
The Hon. Henry St JohnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1778
† ADM 6/21/498BWAS-171418.4.1780 - 23.7.1780Captain
James FergusonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1749
ADM 6/22/263
Issued by
Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 22.3.1781BWAS-171423.7.1780 - 6.9.1782Captain
Anthony James Pye MolloyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1768-1794
ADM 6/22/351
Issued by
Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 17.10.1781BWAS-171420.2.1793 - 1.12.1796Captain
The Hon. Charles CarpenterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1775-1802
ADM 6/24/211BWAS-17143.1797 - 23.11.1797Captain
Robert ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1797
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/24/186BWAS-17143.1798 - 1802Captain
William HargoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1837
BWAS-17148.1805 - 1807Captain
The Hon. Philip WodehouseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1807
BWAS-17141807 - 10.1807Captain
John LaugharneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1816
BWAS-171410.1807 - 12.1808Captain
Richard WorsleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1837
BWAS-171412.1808 - 1809Captain
Warwick LakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1804-1810
BWAS-17141809 - 12.12.1809Captain
Christopher John Williams NeshamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1810
BWAS-1714

9 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
21.11.1770 - 22.4.1775First Lieutenant
Edward ReddishBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1779
ADM 6/20/316ADM 6/201.4.1772 - 22.4.1775Third Lieutenant
St Alban RoyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1783
ADM 6/20/437ADM 6/2024.12.1780 - 6.9.1782Fourth Lieutenant
Ludlow SheilsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1793
ADM 6/22/537ADM 6/2218.4.1782 - 6.9.1782Third Lieutenant
James CarpenterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1837
ADM 6/22/516
Issued by
Sir Peter ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1799
, Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 17.9.1782ADM 6/2220.2.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
John FyffeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1815
ADM 6/24/211ADM 6/2420.2.1793 - 1793Third Lieutenant
Philip TomlinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1799
ADM 6/24/211ADM 6/2420.2.1793 - 1793Fourth Lieutenant
George NortonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1814
ADM 6/24/211ADM 6/2420.2.1793 - 1793Fifth Lieutenant
Thomas BrowneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1846
ADM 6/24/211ADM 6/2419.3.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant
Thomas BondBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1814
ADM 6/24/221ADM 6/24

2 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
16.3.1793 - 2.12.1796Master
John PikeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1803
ADM 29-14.4.1797 - 21.2.1798Master
Charles ThompsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1827
ADM 29-1

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
9.5.1793 - 14.4.1803Volunteer
William BlightBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1855
ref:10595.1797 - 1798Midshipman
William Henry BoyceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1792-1813
NBD18493.3.1798 - 28.4.1798Midshipman
William Westcott DanielBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1814
NAO

Service History


DateEventSource
1771Guard ship at PlymouthBWAS-1714
31.1.1771Completed at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £28281.9.9dBWAS-1714
10.1771fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
3.1772fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £5547.5.7dBWAS-1714
16.4.1772Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
22.4.1775

Paid off

BWAS-1714
5.1775fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
7.1778Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
1.1779RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1779Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £12550.6.3dBWAS-1714
5.1779Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
12.1779Completed coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £5071.2.4dBWAS-1714
30.1.1780Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
15.4.1780Took the Privateer
Providence (Unknown) 1780-1780
American Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

17.4.1780Battle of Martinique
15.5.1780Action of March 15 1780
19.5.1780Action of March 19 1780
14.6.1780Took the Privateer
Retaliation (Unknown) 1780-1780
American Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

13.9.1780Took the Privateer
Tracey (Unknown) 1780-1780
American Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

23.10.1780Took the Schooner
Greyhound (10) 1780-1780
American 10 Gun
Privateer Schooner

3.2.1781At St EustatiusBWAS-1714
29.4.1781Battle of Fort Royal
5.9.1781Battle of the Chesapeake
5.12.1781Arrived in the West IndiesBWAS-1714
25.1.1782Battle of Saint Kitts
5.1782Sailed to JamaicaBWAS-1714
6.9.1782

Paid off

ADM 51
10.1783fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
2.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
20.5.1794Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
1.1795Took the Privateer
La Perroux (Unknown) 1794-1795
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the West Indies
1.1795Took the Privateer
Le Républicain Pagest (Unknown) 1794-1795
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the West Indies
2.1795Took the Privateer
Le Sans Pareil (Unknown) 1794-1795
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the West Indies
29.2.1796Took the Corvette
La Perçante (20) 1795-1796
French 20 Gun
6th Rate Corvette
off Porto PlataBG
12.1796Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
1.12.1796

Paid off

ADM 51
3.1797RecommissionedBWAS-1714
5.1797Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £15239.0.0dBWAS-1714
17.6.1797Sailed with a convoy to the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1714
3.1798In the East IndiesBWAS-1714
10.1804Began repairs at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey BWAS-1714
7.1805Completed repairs at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey at a cost of £38215.0.0dBWAS-1714
7.1805Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
8.1805RecommissionedBWAS-1714
8.1805Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
6.1806At NaplesBWAS-1714
30.11.1807Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
24.12.1807Occupation of Madeira
28.1.1809Capture of Martinique
2.1809Capture of MartiniqueBWAS-1714
12.12.1809Paid offADM 51
5.1810Refitted as a Unrated Receiving Ship
5.1810fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
26.3.1828Sold to David Beatson for £3,030BWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
12.1807-12.1807Hood's fleet at Madeira
Lord Samuel Hood (1st Viscount Hood of Whitley)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1793
 
12.1807-12.1807Hood's fleet at Madeira
Lord Samuel Hood (1st Viscount Hood of Whitley)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1793
 
 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 13th of June 2026 11:59

The death of Captain Parker of the Intrepid, is particularly singular, as well as truly unfortunate. He was sitting in his cabin, when upon a sudden heel of the ship, and his chair giving way, he fell against the sash window of one of the port-holes, with which he went through into the sea. It blew so strong, that before any assistance could be given, by backing the sails, he unhappily disappeared. Capt Parker was brother to Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Parker, at Lisbon. [Hampshire Chronicle, 23 December 1797]

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