British sloop 'Wasp' (1749)

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Wasp

7386
Nominal Guns8BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered4.4.1749BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down18.4.1749BWAS-1714
Named23.6.1749BWAS-1714
Launched4.7.1749BWAS-1714
First Commissioned24.7.1749BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardPortsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
Designed by
Peirson LockBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1716-1755
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Peirson LockBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1716-1755
BWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSloopBWAS-1714
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1714
Sold4.1.1781BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck73' 3"Imperial Feet22.2758 
Length of Keel61' 9"Imperial Feet18.8214 
Breadth20' 8"Imperial Feet6.2992 
Depth in Hold9' 2"Imperial Feet2.794 
Draught Forward5' 3"Imperial Feet1.6002 
Draught Aft7' 9"Imperial Feet2.3622 
Burthen140 37⁄84Tons BM 

Armament


7.1749Broadside Weight = 14.5 Imperial Pound ( 6.576 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck8 British 3-Pounder
Gun Deck10 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
7.174950 BWAS-1714

17 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
24.7.1749 - 17.10.1754Commander
John BarkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1725-1754
ADM 6/17/484BWAS-171426.6.1755 - 2.6.1760Commander
William LeaverBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1749
ADM 6/18/176BWAS-17142.6.1760 - 6.8.1761Commander
Edward Vernon YatesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1778
ADM 6/19/170BWAS-17146.8.1761 - 12.7.1762Commander
George CollierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1795
ADM 6/19/338ADM 6/1912.7.1762 - 14.10.1762Commander
The Hon. William CornwallisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1807
Transfered ADM 6/19/422BWAS-171414.10.1762 - 20.2.1763Commander
William WebsterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1777
ADM 6/19/443BWAS-171411.4.1763 - 7.6.1763Commander
Joseph NorwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1777
ADM 6/19/481ADM 6/197.6.1763 - 12.8.1763Commander
Charles LeslieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1757-1775
Transfered ADM 6/19/506BWAS-171412.8.1763 - 25.8.1766Commander
George TalbotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1782
ADM 6/19/527BWAS-171425.8.1766 - 30.8.1769Commander
James CummingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1751-1805
ADM 6/20/134BWAS-171430.8.1769 - 21.10.1772Commander
Henry DuncanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1782
ADM 6/20/30NRS02021.10.1772 - 4.4.1773Commander
Richard TobyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1773
ADM 6/20/462BWAS-171413.4.1773 - 25.6.1773Commander
Saint John ChinneryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1780
ADM 6/20/487BWAS-171426.6.1773 - 27.10.1774Commander
Saint John ChinneryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1780
ADM 6/20/501ADM 6/2027.10.1774 - 6.12.1777Commander
Richard Rodney BlighBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1750-1813
ADM 6/21/56BWAS-17146.12.1777 - 18.4.1778Commander
William BlairBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1781
BWAS-171429.4.1778 - 31.10.1780Commander
James LysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1780
ADM 6/21/398BWAS-1714

1 Commissioned Officer


DatesRankNameSource
9.11.1756 - 23.4.1757Lieutenant
George MackenzieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1756-1760
ADM 6/18/321ADM 6/18

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
19.1.1753 - 4.12.1754Master's Mate
Robert WalterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1781
ADM 107/5/287ADM 107/5

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
30.6.1750 - 3.8.1750Able Seaman
Robert WalterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1781
Transfered ADM 107/5/287ADM 107/5

Service History


DateEventSource
18.4.1749Began building at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
4.7.1749Completed building at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £2688.11.5dBWAS-1714
1750In the ChannelBWAS-1714
1751In the ChannelBWAS-1714
1752In the ChannelBWAS-1714
1.1753Sailed to Nova ScotiaBWAS-1714
25.10.1754

Paid off and laid up at Deptford

BWAS-1714
14.1.1755SurveyedBWAS-1714
6.1755RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1756In the DownsBWAS-1714
1757In the DownsBWAS-1714
20.4.1758

Paid off?

ADM 51
6.1760Recommissioned for cruising in home watersBWAS-1714
20.2.1763

Paid off

BWAS-1714
8.3.1763SurveyedBWAS-1714
4.1763RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1764Irish SeaBWAS-1714
4.4.1773

Paid off?

BWAS-1714
22.6.1773At the Spithead ReviewBWAS-1714
9.1774Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
11.1774Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £746.16.6dBWAS-1714
31.10.1780

Paid off

BWAS-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
 
 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 20th of May 2026 10:44

London, 12 August 1749: The Wasp sloop of war is put in commission, and the command given to Robert Hatcherly, Esq. [Kentish Post, 16 August 1749]

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 20th of May 2026 10:31

London 8 July 1749: Last Tuesday, was launched from the King’s Yard at Portsmouth, a fine new sloop of war called the Wasp, the command of which we hear will be given to Capt Cheape. [Kentish Post, 12 July]

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