British Fifth Rate ship of the line 'Severn' (1786)

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Severn

6619
Nominal Guns44BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered17.4.1782BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down6.1783BWAS-1714
Launched29.4.1786BWAS-1714
First Commissioned3.1793BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardBristol - England BWAS-1714
Ship ClassAdventure Class (1782)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Edward HuntBritish
Ship Builder
Administrator
Dockyard Staff
Service 1757-1809
BWAS-1714
Constructor
James Martin HillhouseBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1779-1804
BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Wrecked21.12.1804BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck140' 2"Imperial Feet42.6733 
Length of Keel115' 1 ½"Imperial Feet35.0647 
Breadth38' 5"Imperial Feet11.5983 
Depth in Hold16' 10 ¾"Imperial Feet4.8959 
Burthen903 70⁄94Imperial Feet0.0189 

Armament


29.4.1786Broadside Weight = 318 Imperial Pound ( 144.213 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

7.1793Broadside Weight = 506 Imperial Pound ( 229.471 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck22 British 24-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck20 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1782300Design Complement

9 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
8.10.1790 - 2.2.1791Commander
John ShortlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1790
Transfered ADM 6/24/75ADM 6/2430.4.1793 - 9.7.1794Captain
Paul MinchinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1810
Transfered ADM 6/24/233BWAS-171414.7.1794 - 5.1796Captain
George TrippBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1773-1800
ADM 6/25/61BWAS-17145.1796 - 12.1797Captain
Thomas WatkinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1786-1797
BWAS-171412.1797 - 9.1798Captain
Thomas BoysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1814
BWAS-17149.1798Captain
William Edward CracraftBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1805
BWAS-17145.1799 - 3.1801Captain
John WhitbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1805
BWAS-171421.2.1801 - 1.1803Captain
George BarkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1825
NBD18499.1803 - 21.12.1804Commodore
Philip d'AuvergneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1769-1814
BWAS-1714

9 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
15.10.1790 - 25.10.1790Lieutenant
Joseph SpearBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1812
ADM 6/24/77ADM 6/2426.10.1790 - 13.1.1791Lieutenant
Martin BrookesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1793
Transfered ADM 6/24/82ADM 6/243.11.1790 - 2.12.1792Second Lieutenant
Robert SpicerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1794
Transfered ADM 6/24/85ADM 6/241.5.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant
James JackBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1814
ADM 6/24/234ADM 62.5.1793 - 27.1.1794Second Lieutenant
Henry CarewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1804
ADM 6/24/234ADM 6/2423.5.1793 - 27.1.1794Third Lieutenant
George GrantBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1794
ADM 6/24/241ADM 6/2428.1.1794 - 1794Second Lieutenant
George GrantBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1794
ADM 6/25/7ADM 6/2528.1.1794 - 1794Third Lieutenant
John MolyneuxBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1810
ADM 6/25/7ADM 6/2516.5.1799 - 1.1803Lieutenant
William Westcott DanielBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1814
NAO

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
31.8.1803 - 13.3.1805Master
Luke BrokenshaBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801-1827
NAO

2 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
4.1794 - 6.1794Midshipman
Patrick CampbellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1788-1830
ref:61619.11.1796 - 12.12.1796Midshipman
William HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1819
NAO

Service History


DateEventSource
1786fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £4438.0.0dBWAS-1714
29.4.1786building at Bristol - England at a cost of £14000.10.7dBWAS-1714
17.7.1793fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £5503.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.5.1795Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
12.1797Took the Corvette
La République Triomphante (14) 1797-1797
French 14 Gun
Unrated Corvette
BG
5.1798Returned to EnglandBWAS-1714
9.1798Paid offBWAS-1714
5.1799RecommissionedBWAS-1714
26.4.1800Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
3.1801Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
3.1803Returned home to pay offBWAS-1714
8.1803Began fitting at UnknownBWAS-1714
9.1803Recommissioned as a guard shipBWAS-1714
10.1803Completed fittingBWAS-1714
21.12.1804Wrecked in Grouville Bay, JerseyBWAS-1714

 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Johnathan Bull on Sunday 8th of June 2025 06:18

The wreck was sold by public auction in Gorey Harbour Jersey, the hull on the 18th April 1805 and the rest of the wreckage followed on the 15th May.

Posted by Johnathan Bull on Saturday 19th of October 2024 08:53

The 1803 refit was at Woolwich, Sept-Oct, she had some copper sheathing refitted as a piece came up in Jersey dates Aug 1803 Woolwich. National Archive show her heading to Woolwich and also back out.

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