British Sixth Rate frigate 'Aldborough' (1727)

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Aldborough
Alborough
Nominal Guns	20	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	British Sixth Rate ship 'Aldborough' (1706) (20) 1706-1727 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship
Ordered	27.4.1727	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	29.3.1727	BWAS-1714
Launched	21.10.1727	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	15.3.1727/28	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Blackwall - London	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	1719 Establishment 20-Gunner (1719)	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	31.3.1742	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck106' 0"Imperial Feet32.3088
Length of Keel87' 9"Imperial Feet26.5503
Breadth28' 4"Imperial Feet8.5471
Depth in Hold9' 2"Imperial Feet2.794
Burthen374 ⁹⁰⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

21.10.1727Broadside Weight = 60 Imperial Pound ( 27.21 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1719140Design Complement

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
15.3.1727/28 - 29.8.1728Captain Transfered ADM 6/14/199BWAS-171430.8.1728 - 18.7.1734CaptainBWAS-171418.4.1735 - 8.5.1735Captain ADM 6/15/208ADM 6/148.5.1735 - 7.6.1737Captain ADM 6/15/211BWAS-17141.8.1738 - 15.12.1741Captain ADM 6/16/445
Confirmed 26.8.1741BWAS-1714

5 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
16.1.1727/28 - 28.8.1728Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/14/188ADM 6/1318.4.1735 - 22.8.1735Lieutenant ADM 6/14/208ADM 6/1422.8.1735 - 12.12.1735Lieutenant ADM 6/14/219ADM 6/142.12.1735 - 7.6.1737Lieutenant ADM 6/15/226ADM 6/148.2.1740/41 - 15.12.1741Lieutenant ADM 6/15/445
Confirmed 26.8.1741ADM 6/15

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
11.11.1737 - 6.10.1741Master's Mate ADM 107/3/447ADM 107/3

Service History

DateEventSource
21.10.1727building at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £4657.13.2dBWAS-1714
21.10.1727Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
3.1727/28Commissioned for surveying the West IndiesBWAS-1714
12.3.1727/28Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £2804.12.10dBWAS-1714
18.7.1734

Paid off at Deptford

ADM 51
1735Began middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
5.1735Recommissioned for the North SeaBWAS-1714
6.1735Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £5417.3.6dBWAS-1714
1736Paid offBWAS-1714
1.1737small repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £259.18.2dBWAS-1714
8.1737Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
12.1737Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated Fireship
12.1737Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £1546.0.1dBWAS-1714
8.1738Recommissioned for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
8.1738Refitted as a 20 gun Sixth Rate Frigate
15.12.1741Paid offADM 51
17.12.1741Ordered to be broken upBWAS-1714
31.3.1742Break up completed at DeptfordBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 107/3 Archive

ADM 51 Archive

ADM 6/13 Archive

ADM 6/14 Archive

ADM 6/15 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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