British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Chatham' (1691)

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Chatham

3578
Nominal Guns54BWAS-1603
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered14.3.1689/90BWAS-1603
Acquired20.4.1691B028
ShipyardChatham Dockyard - Chatham B028
Constructor
Robert LeeBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1681-1698
BWAS-1603
CategoryFourth RateBWAS-1603
Ship TypeShip of the LineB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Broken Up to Rebuild4.7.1718BWAS-1603

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck126' 0"Imperial Feet38.4048 
Length of Keel109' 6"Imperial Feet33.2401 
Breadth34' 4"Imperial Feet10.3886 
Depth in Hold13' 4"Imperial Feet3.9963 
Burthen686 54⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1696Broadside Weight = 285 Imperial Pound ( 129.2475 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck22 British Culverin
Gun Deck18 British 8-Pounder
Gun Deck10 British Minions

1703Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck22 British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

10 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
4.1691 - 22.12.1695Captain
John LeaderBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1702
BWAS-160323.12.1695 - 26.1.1696/97Captain
John WorrellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1702
ADM 6/3/104BWAS-160327.1.1696/97 - 11.1.1698/99Captain
Samuel WhitakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1805
ADM 6/4/66BWAS-160328.2.1700/1 - 25.12.1701Captain
Robert HancockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1706
ADM 6/6/63BWAS-160326.12.1701 - 18.8.1705Captain
Robert BokenhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1707
Transfered ADM 6/6/126ADM 6/631.8.1705 - 16.10.1705Captain
John WardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1705
ADM 6/8/191ADM 6/817.10.1705 - 22.3.1709/10Captain
Richard HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1689-1754
Transfered ADM 6/8/197BWAS-160322.3.1709/10 - 31.12.1712Captain
Nicholas HaddockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1744
ADM 6/11/241
Confirmed 22.1.1712/13BWAS-16032.3.1714/15 - 27.3.1716Captain
Robert HarlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1700-1716
ADM 6/12/30BWAS-160328.3.1716 - 23.11.1717Captain
Edward StoreyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1717
ADM 6/12/65BWAS-1603

25 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
5.2.1693/94 - 25.12.1695First Lieutenant
John WatkinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1707
ADM 6/3/85
Issued by
Sir Francis WhelerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1678-1689

Confirmed 14.10.1695ADM 6/35.2.1693/94 - 24.9.1695Second Lieutenant
Thomas ParsonsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1703
Transfered ADM 6/3/88
Issued by
Sir Francis WhelerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1678-1689
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 28.10.1695ADM 6/326.12.1695 - 6.3.1695/96First Lieutenant
Robert WatkinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1711
Transfered ADM 6/3/108ADM 6/33.1.1695/96 - 6.3.1695/96Second Lieutenant
Thomas ParsonsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1703
ADM 6/3/113ADM 6/37.3.1695/96 - 28.2.1696/97Second Lieutenant
Jeremiah FownesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1719
ADM 6/3/136ADM 6/31.3.1696/97 - 4.1.1697/98Second Lieutenant
John HerringBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1701
ADM 6/4/78ADM 6/418.6.1697 - 11.1.1698/99First Lieutenant
George LumleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1710
ADM 6/4/105ADM 6/45.1.1697/98 - 11.1.1698/99Second Lieutenant
George FaneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1704
ADM 6/5/37
Issued by
Thomas WhitakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1709
, West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean
Confirmed 5.1.1698/99ADM 6/527.2.1700/1 - 12.5.1701First Lieutenant
John PowerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1703
Transfered ADM 6/6/63ADM 6/628.2.1700/1 - 4.4.1701Second Lieutenant
James BrothersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1704
ADM 6/6/64ADM 6/65.4.1701 - 15.11.1702Second Lieutenant
Thomas HowardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1718
ADM 6/6/85ADM 6/616.11.1702 - 9.1.1703/4Second Lieutenant
William GrahamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1713
ADM 6/7/60ADM 6/722.3.1702/3 - 18.8.1705First Lieutenant
William CarrBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1718
Transfered ADM 6/7/107ADM 6/710.1.1703/4 - 12.12.1704Second Lieutenant
Michael SansomBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699-1709
Transfered ADM 6/8/41ADM 6/828.12.1704 - 17.8.1705Second Lieutenant
James HartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1713
Transfered ADM 6/8/128ADM 6/817.10.1705 - 18.3.1706/7First Lieutenant
Arthur JonesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1713
ADM 6/8/197ADM 6/817.10.1705 - 6.3.1706/7Second Lieutenant
Digby DentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1737
Transfered ADM 6/8/197ADM 6/87.3.1706/7 - 18.3.1706/7Second Lieutenant
John ShorterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1715
ADM 6/9/75
Confirmed 6.6.1707ADM 6/919.3.1706/7 - 10.6.1711First Lieutenant
John ShorterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1715
ADM 6/9/75
Confirmed 6.6.1707ADM 6/914.4.1707 - 7.7.1707Second Lieutenant
John StevensBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1718
ADM 6/9/84
Confirmed 21.7.1707ADM 6/98.7.1707 - 10.6.1711Second Lieutenant
Robert CallisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1732
ADM 6/9/82ADM 6/911.6.1711 - 20.5.1713First Lieutenant
Robert CallisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1732
ADM 6/11/242
Confirmed 28.1.1712/13ADM 6/1114.6.1711 - 20.5.1713Second Lieutenant
Humphrey HaycockeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701-1734
ADM 6/11/237
Confirmed 26.12.1712ADM 6/114.3.1714/15 - 10.12.1717First Lieutenant
Samuel ToftBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1727
ADM 6/12/30ADM 6/124.3.1714/15 - 10.12.1717Second Lieutenant
Edward AllenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1743
ADM 6/12/30ADM 6/12

19 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
26.2.1690/91 - 23.2.1692/93Gunner
Nathaniel BallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1701
Transfered ADM/A/1792/277ADM/A1695 - 8.12.1695Carpenter
Robert SwitingtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695
Transfered ADM 6/3/99ADM 6/31695 - 10.12.1695Gunner
John FidoBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1698
Transfered ADM 6/3/100ADM 6/310.12.1695 - bef.14.5.1697Carpenter
Richard CullierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1697
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/3/100ADM 6/311.12.1695 - bef.14.5.1697Gunner
Nathaniel HenryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1697
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/3/100ADM 6/328.2.1695/96 - 2.3.1696/97Chaplain
Adam ShawBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1696-1697
ADM 6/3/133ADM 6/31697 - 17.3.1696/97Purser
Ralph PettitBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
ADM 6/4/83ADM 6/41697 - 31.3.1697Boatswain
George ElliotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
Transfered ADM 6/4/86ADM 6/43.3.1696/97 - 4.7.1699Chaplain
William CumingBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1697-1699
ADM 6/4/79ADM 6/418.3.1696/97 - 6.6.1697Purser
William PayneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1697
Dismissed ADM 6/4/83ADM 6/41.4.1697 - bef.14.5.1697Boatswain
John AshburneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1697
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/4/86ADM 6/414.5.1697 - 1697Carpenter
Thomas HallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1697
ADM 6/4/97ADM 6/414.5.1697 - bef.9.12.1697Boatswain
Thomas WilkinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1697
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/4/97ADM 6/414.5.1697 - bef.29.12.1697Gunner
George AustinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1697
Discharged Dead ADM 6/4/97ADM 6/47.6.1697 - aft.3.1.1698/99Purser
Daniel LaundersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1699
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/4/103ADM 6/49.8.1697 - 14.3.1700/1Boatswain
Richard LucasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1701
Dismissed ADM 6/5/38
Issued by
Samuel WhitakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1805
, West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean
Confirmed 10.1.1698/99ADM 6/529.12.1697 - 1699Gunner
John TrickerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1699
ADM 6/5/39
Issued by
Samuel WhitakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1805
, West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean
Confirmed 10.1.1698/99ADM 6/55.1.1698/99 - 1699Purser
Thomas EastwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
ADM 6/5/37ADM 6/59.3.1700/1 - 19.1.1701/2Purser
Israel AlfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1726
Transfered ADM 6/6/71ref:1788

6 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
13.2.1695/96 - 1696Volunteer
William BarberBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/3/128ADM 6/317.2.1695/96 - 3.8.1696Volunteer
John GrayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1730
ADM 6/3/130ADM 107/119.2.1695/96 - 16.2.1695/96Volunteer
Henry TolhillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/3/130ADM 6/31.3.1696/97 - 1697Volunteer
William PhillipsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1697
ADM 6/4/78ADM 6/412.3.1696/97 - 11.7.1697Volunteer
Charles WrothBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
Transfered ADM 6/4/83ADM 6/410.6.1697 - 25.2.1699/1700Volunteer
John GrayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1730
ADM 107/1/307ADM 107/1

Service History


DateEventSource
19.5.1692Battle of Barfleur
7.1.1692/93Took the Privateer
La Marguerite (Unknown) 1692-1693
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

17.6.1693Battle of Lagos
1694In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
7.1697Sailed to Jamaica with a convoyBWAS-1603
1698Ordered homeBWAS-1603
4.7.1699

Paid off

ADM 33
28.5.1702Took the Privateer
La Marianne (Unknown) 1702-1702
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

28.8.1702Took the Privateer
Le Bienvenu (Unknown) 1702-1702
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

7.3.1703/4Took the Privateer
L'Envoi (Unknown) 1704-1704
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

29.10.1704Took the Privateer
La Duchesse de Main (Unknown) 1704-1704
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

23.11.1704Action of 1704-11-23
14.1.1704/5Took the Privateer
Le Connétable (30) 1704-1705
French 30 Gun
Privateer Unknown

30.5.1705Entered Falmouth with two prizes. the Europa of Nantes, 130 tuns, 16-guns and 50 men and the Catherine of St Malo, 90 tuns, 8 guns and 19 men.
31.5.1705Left FalmouthBG
8.8.1705Took the Ship of the Line
L'Auguste (60) 1704-1705
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line

1706In the North SeaBWAS-1603
1708In the Downs and North SeaBWAS-1603
1709In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
2.1713Began large repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1603
20.5.1713

Paid off

ADM 33
13.1713Completed large repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £3317.0.3dBWAS-1603
1715In the BalticBWAS-1603
10.12.1717

Paid off

ADM 33
4.7.1718Docked at Deptford to be broken up for rebuildingBWAS-1603


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
18.5.1715-29.11.1716British Baltic Fleet 1715
Sir John NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1740
 
 
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