British Fifth Rate ship 'Winchelsea' (1708)

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Winchelsea	7422
Nominal Guns	36	B028
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Purchased	3.2.1707/8	B028
First Commissioned	12.2.1707/8	B028
Shipyard	Unknown	B028
Designed by	John IdesBritish Designer Ship Builder	B028
Constructor	John IdesBritish Designer Ship Builder	B028
Category	Fifth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Broken Up	12.1735	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck108' 2 ½"Imperial Feet32.9311
Length of Keel87' 7 ½"Imperial Feet26.5303
Breadth29' 10"Imperial Feet8.8392
Depth in Hold12' 9 ½"Imperial Feet3.6703
Burthen414 ⁷⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

2.1708Broadside Weight = 114 Imperial Pound ( 51.699 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck8 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
2.1708155 BWAS-1603

7 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
12.2.1707/8 - 8.2.1708/9Captain ADM 6/9/140BWAS-160311.3.1708/9 - 18.10.1713Captain ADM 6/10/41BWAS-16039.8.1716 - 1.12.1718Captain ADM 6/12/76BWAS-16031.6.1720 - 31.5.1722Captain: on board from 4.6.1720 ADM 6/12/204BWAS-16031.6.1722 - 8.8.1727CaptainBWAS-160325.10.1728 - 6.2.1731/32Captain ADM 6/14/3BWAS-16037.2.1731/32 - 28.8.1735Captain ADM 6/14/100BWAS-1603

13 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
12.2.1707/8 - 27.2.1708/9Lieutenant ADM 6/9/140ADM 6/928.2.1708/9 - 10.3.1708/9Lieutenant ADM 6/10/94ADM 6/1011.3.1708/9 - 30.3.1709Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/10/43ADM 6/1031.3.1709 - 8.9.1709Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/10/50ADM 6/109.9.1709 - 19.12.1711Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/11/240
Confirmed 25.11.1712ADM 6/1119.12.1711 - 6.8.1713Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/11/274
Confirmed 9.10.1713ADM 6/117.8.1713 - 18.10.1713Lieutenant ADM 6/11/274
Confirmed 9.10.1713ADM 6/119.8.1716 - 24.5.1717Lieutenant ADM 6/12/76ADM 6/1225.5.1717 - 1.12.1718Lieutenant ADM 6/12/147
Confirmed 18.12.1718ADM 6/122.6.1720 - 19.8.1720Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/12/204ADM 6/1220.8.1722 - 23.1.1725/26Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/13/43ADM 6/1327.10.1726 - 23.12.1726Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/13/219
Confirmed 5.9.1728ADM 6/1325.10.1728 - 6.2.1731/32Lieutenant ADM 6/14/4ADM 6/14

4 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
7.9.1724 - 9.12.1727Midshipman ADM 107/3/197ADM 107/328.2.1733/34 - 28.8.1735Midshipman Ordinary ADM 107/3/343ADM 107/32.8.1734 - 28.8.1735Midshipman ADM 107/3/313ADM 107/330.12.1734 - 28.8.1735Midshipman ADM 107/3/344ADM 107/3

5 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
22.6.1720 - 28.9.1720Able Seaman Transfered ADM 107/3/122ADM 107/32.10.1721 - 15.6.1722Able Seaman ADM 107/3/122ADM 107/312.8.1723 - 6.9.1724Able Seaman ADM 107/3/197ADM 107/310.12.1727 - 10.8.1728Able Seaman TransferedADM 107/36.4.1732 - 1.8.1734Able Seaman Transfered ADM 107/3/313ADM 107/3

Service History

DateEventSource
8.2.1708/9Taken by a French 40-gun privateer off Beachy HeadBWAS-1603
2.3.1708/9Retaken by BWAS-1603
28.7.1709Took the privateer in the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
30.7.1709Took the privateers and in the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
22.3.1710/11In action off VadoBWAS-1603
18.10.1713

Sailed home to pay off

ADM 51
1716Reduced to a 20-gun Sixth RateBWAS-1603
1716Refitted as a 20 gun Sixth Rate
1717Recommissioned and sailed to New YorkBWAS-1603
1718Surveying in the West IndiesBWAS-1603
1.12.1718Paid offADM 51
1720Off Salee until 1722BWAS-1603
1723Sailed to JamaicaBWAS-1603
1724At JamaicaBWAS-1603
1725At JamaicaBWAS-1603
1726Off Porto BelloBWAS-1603
1729Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
1730At CanceauxBWAS-1603
1732Sailed for VirginiaBWAS-1603
28.8.1735

Paid off

ADM 51

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 23rd of May 2026 12:07

London, 4 August 1722: His Majesty’s ship the Winchelsea, Capt Humphrey Orme, sailed lately from Spithead into the dock at Portsmouth, in order to be sheathed and otherwise fitted out for a West India voyage, being ordered for the Leeward Islands. [Stamford Mercury, 9 August 1722]

Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 21st of May 2026 10:39

Lisbon, 28 January 1720: The Minister of Great Britain, who resides at this Court, has received advice by the Winchelsea man of war, lately arrived from Gibraltar, that the Treaty of Peace with the Regency of Salee is concluded, and that Commodore Stewart who who concluded the same will shortly come hither and send the Treaty to London, in order to its being ratified, proposing to stay in this city till he receives the ratification which he will carry and exchange with that of the King of Morocco. [Newcastle Courant, 18 February 1720]

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