British Fifth Rate ship of the line 'Roebuck' (1774)

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Roebuck

6230
Nominal Guns44BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered30.11.1769BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down10.1770BWAS-1714
Launched28.4.1774BWAS-1714
First Commissioned4.7.1775BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardChatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
Ship ClassRoebuck Class (1769)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Sir Thomas SladeBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1744-1783
BWAS-1714
Constructor
William GrayBritish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1746-1775
BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up7.1811BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck140' 0"Imperial Feet42.672 
Length of Keel115' 9"Imperial Feet35.0672 
Breadth37' 9 ½"Imperial Feet11.2903 
Depth in Hold16' 4"Imperial Feet4.8937 
Burthen879 26⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


9.1775Broadside Weight = 285 Imperial Pound ( 129.2475 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
7.1775280 BWAS-1714
1783300 BWAS-1714

12 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
4.7.1775 - 2.7.1781Captain
Andrew Snape HamondBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1794
ADM 6/21/101BWAS-17142.7.1781 - 8.4.1783Captain
Sir John OrdeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1814
ADM 6/22/539
Issued by
Thomas GravesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1802
, North America
Confirmed 11.11.1782BWAS-171424.6.1790 - 21.9.1790Commander
George LindsayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1797
ADM 6/24/43BWAS-171422.9.1790 - 25.1.1793Commander
James MayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1803
Transfered ADM 6/24/70ADM 6/2419.9.1793 - 1793Commander
Andrew ChristieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1793
ADM 6/24/268ADM 6/244.7.1795 - 2.1796Commander
David McIverBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1796
BWAS-17142.1796 - 22.7.1796Lieutenant
Alexander Saunderson BurrowesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1800
BWAS-171422.7.1796 - 11.1798Commander
Alexander Saunderson BurrowesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1800
BWAS-17147.1799 - 1.1802Commander
John BuchananBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1802
BWAS-17147.1.1802 - 22.4.1802Commander
James HawesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1807
BWAS-17147.1803 - 1805Captain
George McKinleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1813
BWAS-17143.1806 - 30.7.1811Captain
Richard CurryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1846
BWAS-1714

4 Flag Officers


DatesRankNameSource
4.1780 - 1781Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Marriot ArbuthnotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1793
BWAS-171411.1803 - 23.4.1804Vice-Admiral of the Red
Richard Rodney BlighBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1750-1813
BWAS-171411.1805 - 1809Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Billy DouglasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1813
BWAS-17141810 - 1811Rear-Admiral of the White
Lord Alan Hyde Gardner (2nd Baron Gardner of Uttoxeter)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1814
BWAS-1714

14 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
9.8.1775 - 9.10.1776First Lieutenant
Henry Sebastian LeekeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1771
ADM 6/21/111ADM 6/2110.10.1776 - 23.4.1778Third Lieutenant
Peter AplinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1764-1814
ADM 6/22/210
Issued by
Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe)British
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
, North America
Confirmed 15.12.1780ODNB9.4.1782 - 8.4.1783Second Lieutenant
Joseph CrouchBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1814
ADM 6/22/446ADM 6/2228.6.1790 - 27.9.1790First Lieutenant
Thomas HardyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1810
Transfered ADM 6/24/44ADM 6/2428.6.1790 - 29.10.1790Second Lieutenant
Thomas WardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1793
ADM 6/24/44ADM 6/2428.9.1790 - 29.10.1790First Lieutenant
Henry Young DarracottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1790
ADM 6/24/71ADM 6/2430.10.1790 - 28.7.1791First Lieutenant
Thomas WardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1793
ADM 6/24/83ADM 6/2430.10.1790 - 28.7.1791Second Lieutenant
Tristram WhitterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1795
ADM 6/24/83ADM 6/2429.7.1791 - 21.12.1792First Lieutenant
Tristram WhitterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1795
Transfered ADM 6/24/128ADM 6/2429.7.1791 - 31.12.1792Second Lieutenant
The Hon. Courtnay BoyleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1831
Transfered ADM 6/24/128ADM 6/2411.10.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant
Thomas JennisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1793
ADM 6/24/274ADM 6/2415.11.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
Alexander CameronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793
ADM 6/24/283ADM 6/243.4.1804 - 6.12.1805Lieutenant
David KeysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1841
NBD18494.11.1810 - 21.6.1811Lieutenant
Henry BirdBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1803-1814
NBD1849

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1775 - 23.4.1778Midshipman
Andrew Snape DouglasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1797
ref:6161776 - 9.8.1776Midshipman
Peter AplinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1764-1814
ref:67611.1805 - 1805Master's Mate
Thomas BevisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1829
NBD1849

3 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
5.1782 - 11.17841st Class Volunteer
John BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1810
NBD18491.4.1801 - 9.18011st Class Volunteer
Charles James BeartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801-1815
NBD184910.12.1804 - 18041st Class Volunteer
Alexander AitkinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1804-1815
NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
8.1775Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
22.8.1775Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £495.1.4dBWAS-1714
4.9.1775Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
9.10.1776In action in the Hudson RiverBWAS-1714
2.4.1777Took the Schooner
Defence (12) 1775-1777
American 12 Gun
Unrated Schooner

5.4.1777Took the Sloop
Sachem (10) 1776-1777
American 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop

22.7.1778Encounter at Sandy Hook
11.8.1778Howe's encounter with d'Estaing
2.1779Began coppering at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
24.2.1779Took the Privateer
Revenge (Unknown) 1779-1779
American Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

4.1779Completed coppering at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £4848.7.6dBWAS-1714
5.12.1779Took the Ship
Lady Washington (16) 1779-1779
American 16 Gun
Privateer Ship

1.1780Operations against Charleston
14.4.1781Action of 1781-04-14
14.4.1781Took the Frigate
Confederacy (36) 1778-1781
American 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate

5.5.1781Took the Ship
Protector (26) 1779-1781
American 26 Gun
6th Rate Ship

4.2.1782Took the Privateer
La Providence (Unknown) 1782-1782
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

3.1782Returned to England and stationed in the North SeaBWAS-1714
4.1783Paid offBWAS-1714
9.1783Began middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
10.1783SurveyedBWAS-1714
2.1785Completed middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £11388.0.10dBWAS-1714
10.1788Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
6.1790RecommissionedBWAS-1714
6.1790Refitted as a Unrated Hospital Ship
7.1790Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £1814.0.0dBWAS-1714
9.1791Paid offBWAS-1714
9.1793Recommissioned as a troop shipBWAS-1714
9.1793Refitted as a Unrated Troop Ship
26.11.1793Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
6.7.1797Took the Sloop
Batave (12) 1797-1797
Dutch 12 Gun
Privateer Sloop
off BarbadosBG
19.2.1798Took the Privateer
La Parfaite (Unknown) 1798-1798
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown
off Martinique
11.1798Returned to EnglandBWAS-1714
4.1799Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
7.1799Recommissioned as a troopship for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
7.1799Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £10044.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.1802Paid off into ordinary at WoolwichBWAS-1714
7.1803Recommissioned as a guard ship at LeithBWAS-1714
7.1803Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
9.1803Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £4201.0.0dBWAS-1714
9.1805Guardship at Great YarmouthBWAS-1714
7.1811Broken up at SheernessBWAS-1714

 
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