British Sixth Rate frigate 'Hind' (1749)

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Hind

4741
Nominal Guns24BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered26.9.1747BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down10.1747BWAS-1714
Named6.12.1748BWAS-1714
Launched29.11.1749BWAS-1714
First Commissioned29.7.1752BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardChichester - Sussex BWAS-1714
Ship Class1745 Establishment 100-Gunner (1745)BWAS-1714
Constructor
and Vernon ChittyBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1714
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Sold8.1.1784BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck112' 10"Imperial Feet34.1376 
Length of Keel91' 10 ¾"Imperial Feet27.7559 
Breadth32' 3 ¾"Imperial Feet9.7727 
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528 
Burthen510 34⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


29.11.1749Broadside Weight = 102 Imperial Pound ( 46.257 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck2 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1745160Design Complement

17 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
29.7.1752 - 4.4.1756Captain
Timothy NucellaBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1745
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/18/41BWAS-17145.4.1756 - 18.9.1756Captain
Charles WebberBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1780
ADM 6/18/304
Issued by
Thomas CoatesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1722-1762
, Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 30.8.1756BWAS-171410.11.1756 - 13.1.1758Captain
Richard HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1805
Transfered ADM 6/18/321BWAS-171413.1.1758 - 19.5.1761Captain
Robert BondBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1771
ADM 6/18/470BWAS-171419.5.1761 - 11.8.1762Captain
Philips CosbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1805
Transfered ADM 6/19/316BWAS-171411.8.1762 - 8.12.1762Captain
George JohnstonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1787
ADM 6/19/429BWAS-17148.12.1762 - 18.8.1766Captain
William McClevertyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1773
ADM 6/19/453BWAS-171418.8.1766 - 30.8.1769Captain
George WatsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1773
ADM 6/20/133BWAS-171430.8.1769 - 16.11.1770Captain
William LongBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1770
ADM 6/20/249BWAS-171416.11.1770 - 29.11.1773Captain
William McClevertyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1773
ADM 6/20/315BWAS-171429.11.1773 - 2.3.1774Captain
James ChadsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1776
ADM 6/20/530BWAS-171425.8.1774 - 20.11.1775Captain
William GarnerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1781
Transfered ADM 6/21/43ADM 6/2120.11.1775 - 5.9.1777Captain
Henry BryneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1773
ADM 6/21/302
Issued by
James YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1778
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 14.8.1777BWAS-17145.9.1777 - 29.11.1777Captain
Samuel WarrenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1759-1778
ADM 6/21/307ADM 6/2129.11.1777 - 23.9.1778Captain
Charles HopeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1767-1792
Transfered ADM 6/21/340BWAS-171423.9.1778 - 13.3.1782Captain
William YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1769-1812
BWAS-17144.1782 - 4.12.1783Lieutenant
George BrisacBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1801
BWAS-1714

4 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
8.7.1752 - 8.7.1753Lieutenant
James JonesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1764
ADM 6/18/40ADM 6/188.7.1753 - 17.4.1754Lieutenant
Gamaliel NightingaleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1763
ADM 6/18/173
Issued by
Thomas PyeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1783
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 10.6.1755ADM 6/189.12.1760 - 1.12.1761Lieutenant
Percy PowlettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1771
Transfered ADM 6/19/391
Issued by
Charles SaundersBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1727-1773

Confirmed 9.3.1762ADM 6/195.9.1777 - 1778Lieutenant
Robert HibbsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1811
Transfered ADM 6/21/307ADM 6/21

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
5.4.1756 - 20.9.1756Master's Mate
Connolly HodgsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1777
ADM 107/4/395ADM 107/4

Service History


DateEventSource
10.1747Began building at Chichester - Sussex BWAS-1714
29.11.1749Completed building at Chichester - Sussex at a cost of £4165.12.0dBWAS-1714
25.12.1749Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
7.1752Commissioned for JamaicaBWAS-1714
20.8.1752Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £3849.11.5dBWAS-1714
4.1756Ordered homeBWAS-1714
20.9.1756Paid offADM 33
15.10.1756SurveyedBWAS-1714
11.1756RecommissionedBWAS-1714
3.5.1757Took the Privateer
L'Ardencourt (14) 1756-1757
French 14 Gun
Privateer Unknown

5.5.1757Took the Privateer
Le Difficile (8) 1756-1757
French 8 Gun
Privateer Unknown

25.1.1758Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
6.6.1758The Siege of Louisbourg
1759At QuebecBWAS-1714
6.1759Seige of Quebec
19.5.1762Sailed with a troop convoy to LisbonBWAS-1714
1763In the Irish SeaBWAS-1714
4.1774Began middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
16.4.1774

Paid off

ADM 33
8.1774RecommissionedBWAS-1714
10.1774Completed middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £7395.12.6dBWAS-1714
25.10.1774Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
31.12.1774Arrived at Newport, RINDARI
2.1.1775At Newport, RI, taking on beefNDARI
8.1777Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
10.1777Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £2763.9.4dBWAS-1714
12.1777Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
6.1779Began coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
8.1779Completed coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £3453.8.10dBWAS-1714
1780At QuebecBWAS-1714
1780Took the Sloop
Macaroni (6) 1778-1780
American 6 Gun
Privateer Sloop
off Newfoundland
17.6.1780Took the Privateer
Harlequin (16) 1780-1780
American 16 Gun
Privateer Unknown

22.7.1780Took the Privateer
Hope (Unknown) 1780-1780
American Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

21.7.1781Took the Brig
Eagle (12) 1780-1781
American 12 Gun
Privateer Brig

13.3.1782

Paid off

ADM 34
4.1782Refitted as a 10 gun Unrated Armed Storeship
24.5.1782Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
9.1782Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
1.1783Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £5251.11.11dBWAS-1714
4.12.1783

Paid off

BWAS-1714
8.1.1784Sold for £915BWAS-1714

 
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