British Third Rate ship of the line 'Alfred' (1778)

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Alfred	368
Nominal Guns	74	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	13.8.1772	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	11.1772	BWAS-1714
Named	9.1772	BWAS-1714
Launched	22.10.1778	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Alfred Class (1772)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	John WilliamsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1762-1784	BWAS-1714
Constructor	William PownallBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1714
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	5.1814	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck169' 0"Imperial Feet51.5112
Length of Keel138' 5 ⅛"Imperial Feet42.0656
Breadth47' 2"Imperial Feet14.3329
Depth in Hold20' 0"Imperial Feet6.096
Draught Forward11' 3"Imperial Feet3.429
Draught Aft16' 6"Imperial Feet4.9022
Burthen1,638 ³⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1778Broadside Weight = 781 Imperial Pound ( 354.1835 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 9-Pounder

1810Broadside Weight = 888 Imperial Pound ( 402.708 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 24-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 24-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 24-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 24-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1778600EstablishmentBWAS-1714

13 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
21.10.1778 - 9.4.1782Captain† Discharged Dead ADM 6/21/462BWAS-171419.4.1782 - 13.6.1782Captain ADM 6/23/156
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 24.10.1783ADM 6/2313.6.1782 - 26.7.1783Captain ADM 6/23/137
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 11.9.1783BWAS-171424.6.1790 - 15.10.1790Captain: on board from 29.6.1790 Transfered ADM 6/24/44BWAS-171415.10.1790 - 29.8.1791Captain ADM 6/24/78BWAS-171431.8.1791 - 30.3.1792Captain ADM 6/24/131ADM 6/2431.3.1792 - 13.11.1794CaptainBWAS-17142.1796 - 1.1797CaptainBWAS-17141.1797 - 8.1798CaptainBWAS-17933.1807 - 3.1809CaptainBWAS-17143.1809 - 1809CaptainBWAS-17145.1809 - 8.1811CaptainBWAS-17148.1811 - 11.1812CaptainBWAS-1714

20 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
27.10.1790 - 28.12.1792Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/82ADM 6/2414.12.1790 - 30.8.1791Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/95ADM 6/2431.8.1791 - 6.2.1792First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/131ADM 6/2431.8.1791 - 4.9.1791Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/131ADM 6/2431.8.1791 - 5.9.1791Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/132ADM 6/245.9.1791 - 12.2.1792Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/132ADM 6/244.10.1791 - 1791Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/138ADM 6/2411.10.1791 - 5.2.1793Third Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/139ADM 6/2413.2.1792 - 14.4.1793First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/155ADM 6/2413.2.1792 - 17.4.1793Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/155ADM 6/2429.12.1792 - 25.3.1793Fifth Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/189ADM 6/246.2.1793 - 1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/204ADM 6/2418.4.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/230ADM 6/2418.4.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/230ADM 6/2422.7.1793 - 20.1.1794Fifth Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/257ADM 6/242.7.1795 - 1795LieutenantADM/L7.2.1809 - 9.5.1810LieutenantNBD18494.11.1810 - 23.4.1811LieutenantNBD184928.11.1810 - 19.1.1811Acting LieutenantNBD184919.1.1811 - 12.1811LieutenantNBD1849

25 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
- bef.19.11.1798Acting Surgeon's Materef:198122.6.1790 - bef.30.12.1790Third Surgeons' Materef:198128.6.1790 - bef.15.6.1795Surgeonref:19813.7.1790 - bef.20.10.1791First Surgeons' Materef:19813.7.1790 - bef.20.10.1791First Surgeons' Materef:198130.12.1790 - bef.9.4.1791Third Surgeons' Materef:19819.4.1791 - 5.2.1793Third Surgeons' Materef:198131.8.1791 - 25.7.1794MasterADM 29-120.11.1791 - bef.3.6.1793First Surgeons' Materef:19815.2.1793 - bef.11.5.1793Second Surgeons' Materef:198111.5.1793 - 3.6.1793Second Surgeons' Materef:19813.6.1793 - bef.4.6.1795First Surgeons' Materef:198116.7.1793 - bef.16.8.1793Second Surgeons' Materef:198118.8.1793 - bef.11.11.1795Second Surgeons' Materef:19811794ChaplainADM 171/81794Yeoman of the Powder RoomADM 171/81794 - 1.6.1794Surgeonref:166516.6.1795 - bef.30.9.1795Surgeonref:198128.6.1795 - 1795Third Surgeons' Materef:19814.9.1795 - bef.28.11.1795First Surgeons' Materef:198130.9.1795 - bef.1798Surgeonref:19819.11.1795 - bef.4.12.1795Second Surgeons' Materef:198128.11.1795 - 1795First Surgeons' Materef:19814.12.1795 - 1795Second Surgeons' Materef:198112.9.1798 - 1798Acting First Surgeons' Materef:1981

5 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1794MidshipmanADM 171/81794MidshipmanADM 171/81794Master's MateADM 171/81794CoxswainADM 171/87.1812 - 8.1812MidshipmanNBD1849

18 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
14.4.1792 - 15.8.1792Captain's ServantADM 29/818.11.1792 - 7.1794ServantNBD18491794Able SeamanADM 171/81794Able SeamanADM 171/81794Able SeamanADM 171/81794Able SeamanADM 171/81794Able SeamanADM 171/81794Ordinary SeamanADM 171/81794Ordinary SeamanADM 171/81794Ordinary SeamanADM 171/81794LandmanADM 171/81794Captain's ServantADM 171/81794Captain's ServantADM 171/81794Captain's ServantADM 171/81794Captain's ServantADM 171/81794Surgeon's ServantADM 171/81794CooperADM 171/82.1794 - 11.17941st Class VolunteerNBD1849

3 Marines

DatesRankNameSource
1794Private, 29th Regiment of FootADM 171/81794Ensign, 29th Regiment of FootADM 171/81794Corporal, 29th Regiment of FootADM 171/8

Service History

DateEventSource
1779In Charles Hardy's Fleet
1.1779Completed at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £39170.14.2d
5.1780coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £6134.12.9d
26.10.1780Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
29.4.1781Battle of Fort Royal
8.1781In Drake's squadron at Tobago
8.1781Sailed for America with Samuel Hood
5.9.1781Battle of the Chesapeake
5.12.1781Arrived in the West Indies with Hood
25.1.1782Battle of Saint Kitts
12.4.1782Battle of the Saintes
19.4.1782Battle of the Mona Passage
21.7.1782Sailed for AmericaBWAS-1793
26.4.1783Left Jamaica for homeBWAS-1793
7.1783Began small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
26.7.1783

Paid off

BWAS-1793
4.1785Completed small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £15063.12.0dBWAS-1714
7.1790Fitted for sea and recommissionedBWAS-1793
8.1791Recommissioned as guard ship in the MedwayBWAS-1793
1.6.1794Glorious 1st of June
13.11.1794

Paid off

BWAS-1793
5.1795RecommissionedBWAS-1793
1.1796Began making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
2.1796Completed making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £18105.0.0dBWAS-1714
24.2.1796Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
3.1796Took the Corvette off Finisterre
12.7.1796Took the Frigate off San Domingo
1797At JamaicaBWAS-1793
16.12.1797Took the Schooner off MartiniqueBG
20.1.1798Took the Privateer off Dominica
16.2.1798Took the Unrated at Basse Terre
27.8.1798

Paid off

BWAS-1793
6.1.1799

At Plymouth. 'is to be immediately fitted for a temporary hopital ship'

TNC
1800In use as a hospital ship at PlymouthBWAS-1793
1800Refitted as a Unrated Hospital Ship
1.1807Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
3.1807RecommissionedBWAS-1793
3.1807Refitted as a 74 gun Third Rate Ship of the Line
4.1807Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £32444.0.0dBWAS-1714
15.8.1807Second Battle of Copenhagen
4.2.1808Sailed for PortugalBWAS-1793
8.11.1809Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
25.9.1810Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
8.1811In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
11.1812Paid off into OrdinaryBWAS-1793
5.1814Broken up at PorstmouthBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 171/8British Admiralty, Document

ADM 29-1 Document

ADM 29/8 Archive

ADM 6/23 Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

ADM/LAuthority, Document

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

TNCVarious, Periodical

ref:1665Thomas Trotter, Book

ref:1981 Document

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Cy on Tuesday 24th of May 2016 08:18

Tim
You are correct, I have added him

Posted by Tim Oakley on Saturday 21st of May 2016 20:16

I have Thomas Totty as Captain in 1798

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Dimensions

Armament

Crew Complement

13 Ship Commanders

20 Commissioned Officers

25 Warrant Officers

5 Petty Officers

18 Crewmen

3 Marines

Service History

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