British Fifth Rate ship of the line 'Diamond' (1723)

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Diamond

7605
Nominal Guns40BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered11.10.1720BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down5.1721BWAS-1714
Acquired13.3.1722/23BWAS-1714
First Commissioned8.5.1723BWAS-1714
ShipyardDeptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
Ship Class1719 Establishment 40-Gunner (1719)BWAS-1714
Constructor
Richard StaceyBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1695-1742
BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Sold18.12.1744BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck124' 0"Imperial Feet37.7952 
Length of Keel101' 8"Imperial Feet30.988 
Breadth33' 2"Imperial Feet10.0753 
Depth in Hold14' 0"Imperial Feet4.2672 
Burthen594 55⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


13.3.1722/23Broadside Weight = 180 Imperial Pound ( 81.63 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20 British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1719190Design Complement

10 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
8.5.1723 - 3.1.1724/25Captain
James WindhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1708-1722
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/13/56BWAS-160322.3.1724/25 - 21.6.1726Captain
Sir Yelverton Peyton (5th Baronet Peyton, of Isleham)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1705-1742
Transfered ADM 6/13/202
Confirmed 23.4.1728BWAS-160329.6.1726 - 6.12.1726Captain
Charles CotterelBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712-1747
ADM 6/14/17
Confirmed 25.2.1728/29BWAS-16032.6.1727 - 10.6.1728Captain
Henry AnnesleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1714-1726
† Discharged DeadADM 5120.6.1728 - 21.11.1728Captain
Miles StapletonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1747
ADM 6/14/2
Confirmed 8.10.1728ADM 6/145.5.1730 - 19.5.1731Captain
Henry MedleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1747
Transfered ADM 6/14/49BWAS-160319.5.1731 - 4.9.1731Captain
George AnsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Service 1711-1761
ADM 6/14/76BWAS-160320.11.1733 - 10.8.1736Captain
Richard HerbertBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712-1718
ADM 6/14/154BWAS-16034.2.1736/37 - 5.8.1740Captain
Charles KnowlesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1770
Transfered ADM 6/15/50BWAS-16036.8.1740 - 15.8.1740Captain
Peter OsbornBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1744
ADM 6/15/319ADM 6/15

19 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
8.5.1723 - 17.7.1723First Lieutenant
The Hon. William HerveyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1743
Transfered ADM 6/14/56ADM 6/138.5.1723 - 31.7.1726Second Lieutenant
Francis PercivalBritish
Naval Sailor
Transfered ADM 6/13/56ADM 6/138.5.1723 - 23.1.1725/26Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Edward NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1742
Transfered ADM 6/13/56ADM 6/1318.7.1723 - 7.12.1726First Lieutenant
Stephen DowseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1709-1728
ADM 6/13/59ADM 6/137.9.1726 - 7.12.1726Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
James ComptonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1743
ADM 6/13/202
Confirmed 16.4.1728ADM 6/1325.10.1726 - 21.6.1728Third Lieutenant
Charles CraufordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1741
ADM 6/14/2
Confirmed 8.10.1728ADM 6/1422.6.1728 - 21.11.1728First Lieutenant
Charles CraufordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1741
ADM 6/14/2
Confirmed 8.10.1728ADM 6/145.5.1730 - 4.9.1731First Lieutenant
Scroop LyonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1735
ADM 6/14/49ADM 6/145.5.1730 - 4.9.1731Second Lieutenant
John DraperBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1715-1738
ADM 6/14/49ADM 6/145.5.1730 - 4.9.1731Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Charles WyndhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1747
ADM 6/14/49ADM 6/1420.11.1733 - 11.8.1736First Lieutenant
George BeechBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1686-1736
ADM 6/15/154ADM 6/1420.11.1733 - 11.8.1736Second Lieutenant
Mathew FortescueBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1741
ADM 6/15/154ADM 6/1420.11.1733 - 30.7.1736Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Thomas BrodrickBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1759
ADM 6/15/154ADM 6/1430.7.1736 - 11.8.1736Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
James KinkaidBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1739
ADM 6/15/30ADM 6/1522.7.1738 - 25.5.1739Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Philip SaumarezBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1743
ADM 6/15/213
Confirmed 22.8.1739ADM 6/1526.5.1739 - 4.12.1739Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
John BowdlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1748
ADM 6/15/321
Confirmed 8.8.1740ADM 6/154.12.1739 - 4.2.1739/40Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Best MihellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1755
Transfered ADM 6/16/12
Confirmed 10.2.1741/42ADM 6/165.12.1739 - 6.10.1740Second Lieutenant
John BowdlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1748
ADM 6/15/321
Confirmed 8.8.1740ADM 6/155.2.1739/40 - 6.10.1740Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms
Robert ColemanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1748
ADM 6/15/321
Confirmed 11.8.1740ADM 6/15

15 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
14.3.1722/23 - 23.4.1723Midshipman
George CunningBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1719-1726
Transfered ADM 107/3/159ADM 107/328.12.1726 - 8.7.1727Midshipman Ordinary
Thomas BrodrickBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1759
Transfered ADM 107/3/180ADM 107/315.5.1727 - 23.3.1727/28Midshipman
John DennisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1744
ADM 107/3/298ADM 107/324.3.1727/28 - 5.11.1728Master's Mate
John DennisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1744
ADM 107/3/298ADM 107/32.5.1730 - 21.7.1730Midshipman
John DennisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1744
ADM 107/3/298ADM 107/316.1.1730/31 - 4.9.1731Midshipman
John DennisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1744
ADM 107/3/298ADM 107/310.4.1731 - 8.2.1732Midshipman
John HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1770
Transfered ADM 107/3/273ADM 107/316.7.1731 - 15.11.1732Volunteer-per-order
Hugh BonfoyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1735
Transfered ADM 107/3/324ADM 107/318.11.1733 - 25.2.1734Midshipman
William BoysBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1774
Transfered ADM 107/5/248ADM 107/530.6.1734 - 20.3.1736/37Midshipman
Sampson SaltBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1759
ADM 107/3/353ADM 107/315.10.1737 - 14.3.1738/39Midshipman
Sampson SaltBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1759
Transfered ADM 107/3/353ADM 107/37.1738 - 2.1740Midshipman
Edward HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1793
TransferedODNB20.2.1738/39 - 6.10.1740Midshipman Extra
Nicholas CoodeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1750
ADM 107/3/520ADM 107/325.6.1739 - 23.9.1740Midshipman
Thomas SaumarezBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1760
Transfered ADM 107/3/536ADM 107/37.8.1740 - 6.10.1740Midshipman
Samuel HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1741
ADM 107/3/397ADM 107/3

9 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
8.2.1724/25 - 21.11.1728Master's Servant
John DunkleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1746
ADM 107/3/459ADM 107/36.11.1728 - 21.11.1728Able Seaman
John DennisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1744
Transfered ADM 107/3/298ADM 107/315.5.1730 - 27.4.1731Able Seaman
William GallowayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1738
Transfered ADM 107/3/235ADM 107/322.7.1730 - 15.1.1730/31Able Seaman
John DennisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1744
ADM 107/3/298ADM 107/321.9.1730 - 16.11.1730Ordinary Seaman
Henry SpekeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1760
ADM 107/3/328ADM 107/317.11.1730 - 4.9.1731Able Seaman
Henry SpekeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1760
ADM 107/3/328ADM 107/32.2.1733/34 - 10.8.1736Able Seaman
Baker PhillipsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1734-1745
ADM 107/3/398ADM 107/318.2.1736/37 - 19.2.1738/39Captain's Servant
Nicholas CoodeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1737-1750
ADM 107/3/520ADM 107/321.3.1736/37 - 14.10.1737Able Seaman
Sampson SaltBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1759
ADM 107/3/353ADM 107/3

Service History


DateEventSource
13.3.1722/23building at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £6096.19.10dBWAS-1714
3.1724/25At JamaicaBWAS-1714
21.11.1728Paid offADM 33
4.9.1731

Paid off

ADM 33
5.1733Began small repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
11.1733Commissioned for the African coast and then to BarbadosBWAS-1714
1.1734Completed small repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
11.8.1736

Paid off

ADM 33
3.1736/37fitting at UnknownBWAS-1714
9.1739Took two Spanish ships off CubaBWAS-1714
28.10.1739

In Port Royal with two prizes "a ship and a brigantine, said to be worth £30,000"

TRN3
23.3.1739/40Attack on Chagres
6.1740Sailed home with a convoyBWAS-1714
6.10.1740

Paid off

ADM 33
11.1740SurveyedBWAS-1714
18.12.1744

Sold at Portsmouth for £301

BWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
25.7.1739-1741British Fleet in the West indies
Edward VernonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1746
 
 
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Posted by Brian Stephens on Saturday 26th of April 2014 22:16

Gentleman's Magazine Vol 10 1740 p. 126
Letter from a gentlemen on board his Majesty's ship Burford, to his brother in this town, dated Port Royal in Jamaica, Nov. 4, 1739.
We arrived at Jamaica the 23d of October, and were greatly overjoyed to see the Diamond man of war standing for the fort, having two Spanish vessels in tow; one of them a Register-Ship for the Havanna with 120,000 pieces of eight, and cloaths for 6000 men to the value of 40,000l. In the whole the other was laden with hides to a good value. The war had begun about two months before we arrived, and the merchants had fitted out several Privateers, and taken some sloops. Before you receive this, I fancy you will have heard that our Admiral had dispatched the Strafford, Louisa, and Norwich in his passage, to a rich town belonging to the Spaniards upon the Caracca coast, well fortified with three forts; they found seventeen sail of ships in the harbour, all which they would have carried off, if, after several hours engagement with the forts and the strongest being silenced, a storm had not arose, which they feared would drive them ashore, or upon sands, so that they were obliged to make out to sea ?...? the whole town and Church in ashes, and have done vast damage to all the forts.

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