British Sixth Rate ship 'Greyhound' (1741)

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Greyhound

4551
Nominal Guns20B028
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered5.12.1740BWAS-1603
Keel Laid Down26.1.1741BWAS-1603
Launched19.9.1741B028
How acquiredPurpose builtB028
ShipyardLimehouse - London B028
Ship Class1733 Establishment 20-Gunner (1733)B028
Designed by
The SurveyorsBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1739-1806
B028
Constructor
Thomas SnelgroveBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1740-1745
BWAS-1603
CategorySixth RateB028
Ship TypeShipB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Sold5.4.1768BWAS-1603

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck106' 0"Imperial Feet32.3088 
Length of Keel87' 0"Imperial Feet26.5176 
Breadth30' 6"Imperial Feet9.2964 
Depth in Hold9' 5"Imperial Feet2.8702 
Burthen430 46⁄94Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck108' 1"Imperial Feet32.9216 
Length of Keel88' 3 ⅜"Imperial Feet26.8319 
Breadth30' 11 ¾"Imperial Feet9.1631 
Depth in Hold10' 1 ½"Imperial Feet3.0607 
Burthen450 64⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


9.1741Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1603
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

19.9.1741Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

1745Broadside Weight = 102 Imperial Pound ( 46.257 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1733140Design Complement

15 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
16.9.1741 - 9.2.1741/42Captain
Rupert WaringBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1743
Transfered ADM 6/16/457ADM 6/1510.2.1741/42 - 17.4.1742Captain
Francis ParryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1739
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/16/12BWAS-160310.5.1742 - 24.6.1743Captain
Philip CarteretBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1748
ADM 6/16/53BWAS-160325.6.1743 - 14.10.1744Captain
William BoysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1774
ADM 6/16/194BWAS-160311.12.1744 - 8.2.1744/45Captain
Augustus KeppelBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1743-1783
ADM 6/16/401ADM 6/169.2.1744/45 - 30.6.1745Captain
Peter DenisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1778
Transfered ADM 6/16/438BWAS-160312.4.1745 - 2.2.1745/46Captain
Hugh BonfoyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1735
Transfered ADM 6/16/463ADM 6/1612.11.1745 - 9.7.1747Captain
Thomas NoelBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1734
Transfered ADM 6/17/19BWAS-16039.7.1747 - 30.9.1751Captain
Robert RoddamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1805
ADM 6/17/242BWAS-160324.6.1755 - 17.1.1757Captain
Nicholas VincentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1805
Transfered ADM 6/18/176BWAS-160317.1.1757 - 31.3.1758Captain
Thomas HarrisonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1766
Transfered ADM 6/18/345BWAS-160320.4.1758 - 12.11.1759Captain
James LogieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1766
ADM 6/18/503BWAS-160312.11.1759 - 21.10.1762Captain
Thomas FrancisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1759
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/19/111BWAS-160322.10.1762 - 17.3.1763Captain
Patrick DrummondBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1776
ADM 6/19/467
Issued by
George Brydges RodneyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 3.3.1763BWAS-160311.7.1765 - 2.2.1768Captain
Francis GrantBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1776
ADM 6/20/81ADM 6/20

2 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
18.5.1748 - 30.9.1751Lieutenant
John HowBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1756
ADM 3/17/357ADM 6/1730.3.1759 - 8.1.1761Lieutenant
Joshua LewisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1758
ADM 6/19/52ADM 6/19

2 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
19.1.1756 - 9.11.1758Master
John Fhoedra ChubbBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1781
ADM 107/5/67ADM 107/510.6.1758 - 4.10.1758Master
James BoydBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1763
ADM 107/5/56ADM 107/5

Service History


DateEventSource
19.9.1741building at Limehouse - London at a cost of £3717.7.6dBWAS-1714
19.9.1741Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
10.11.1741Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £3176.5.10dBWAS-1714
1742Off LisbonBWAS-1714
23.5.1743Took the Privateer
Nuestra Señora de Misericordia (Unknown) 1743-1743
Spanish Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown
off Lisbon
1744Off the African coastBWAS-1714
11.1744Wooden sheathing reported as badly worm-eatenBWAS-1714
4.1745Began small repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
11.1745Completed small repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £1566.12.2dBWAS-1714
1.5.1746Action of 1746-05-01
1749At New YorkBWAS-1714
1750At New YorkBWAS-1714
1751At New YorkBWAS-1714
30.9.1751

Paid off

ADM 33
12.3.1755SurveyedBWAS-1714
4.1755Began fitting at Deptford - London BWAS-1714
6.1755RecommissionedBWAS-1714
7.1755Completed fitting at Deptford - London at a cost of £2437.14.9dBWAS-1714
1756Off the south coast of IrelandBWAS-1714
1.5.1758Sailed with a convoy for GibraltarBWAS-1714
12.1761Sailed to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
7.1.1762Operations against Martinique
17.3.1763

Paid off

ADM 33
4.4.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
7.1763RecommissionedBWAS-1714
15.10.1763Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1765Sheathed at AntiguaBWAS-1714
1767Sheathed at AntiguaBWAS-1714
2.1768SurveyedBWAS-1714
2.2.1768

Paid off

ADM 51
17.2.1768Ordered to be soldBWAS-1714
5.4.1768Sold for £220BWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
9.1754-16.9.1754Convoy for the King from Holland
Lord George Anson (1st Baron Anson)British
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Service 1711-1761
 
 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 27th of May 2026 15:52

London, 19 February 1752: Yesterday the Right Worshipful Sir Thomas Salusbury, Knt, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty of England, preceded by the Marshal of the Admiralty carrying the Silver Oar before him, and attended by other officers went from his house in Doctors Commons, to the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, and having opened his commission, proceeded on the trials of the following persons confined for high crimes and misdemeanors on the open Seas, viz:….. Lieutenant John How, of his Majesty’s ship Greyhound, indicted for the murder of a woman, who was killed by a shot fired by his order, to bring to a pleasure-boat that had a pendant flying. He was acquitted. [Kentish Post, 22 February 1752]

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