British Sixth Rate frigate 'Flamborough' (1727)

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Flamborough

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Nominal Guns20BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
British Sixth Rate ship 'Flamborough' (1707) (24) 1707-1727
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
Ordered27.4.1727BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down29.3.1727BWAS-1714
Launched21.10.1727BWAS-1714
First Commissioned4.1.1727/28BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardWoolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
Ship ClassFlamborough Class (1707)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Richard StaceyBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1695-1742
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Richard StaceyBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1695-1742
BWAS-1714
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Sold10.1.1748/49BWAS-1714
Becomes
British Merchant ship 'Flying Flamborough' (1749) (Unknown) 1749-1756
British Unknown Gun
Merchant Ship

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck105' 11"Imperial Feet32.0091 
Length of Keel87' 10 ½"Imperial Feet26.5303 
Breadth28' 5"Imperial Feet8.5503 
Depth in Hold9' 3"Imperial Feet2.8194 
Burthen377 41⁄94Tons 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

13 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
4.1.1727/28 - 8.10.1731Captain
Thomas WhitneyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1740
ADM 6/14/183BWAS-171424.11.1731 - 6.12.1731Captain
Joseph LawesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1734
ADM 6/14/92ADM 6/147.12.1731 - 23.11.1732Captain
Edward BennettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1732
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/14/93BWAS-171424.12.1732 - 19.3.1733/34Captain
William BoutflowerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1711-1734
Transfered ADM 6/14/195
Confirmed 4.10.1734BWAS-171420.3.1733/34 - 5.9.1735Captain
Edward HawkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1776
ADM 6/14/219
Confirmed 26.8.1735DB01528.2.1737/38 - 24.8.1741Captain
Vincent PearceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1741
ADM 6/15/97BWAS-171425.8.1741 - 21.10.1741Captain
Sheldrake LatonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1756
ADM 6/15/445ADM 6/1522.10.1741 - 16.12.1745Captain
Joseph HamarBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1758
ADM 6/15/470BWAS-171417.12.1745 - 2.4.1746Captain
Joseph HamarBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1758
Transfered ADM 6/17/33ADM 6/173.4.1746 - 5.12.1747Captain
Jervis Henry PorterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1763
Transfered ADM 6/17/84BWAS-17145.12.1747 - 20.4.1748Captain
James GambierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1800
Transfered ADM 6/17/291BWAS-171420.4.1748 - 23.4.1748Captain
John EvansBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1793
ADM 3/17/346ADM 6/1723.4.1748 - 3.8.1748Captain
Edward KellerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1722-1748
ADM 3/17/347ADM 6/17

7 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
4.1.1727/28 - 8.10.1731Lieutenant
Richard SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1712-1736
ADM 6/14/183ADM 6/1324.11.1731 - 26.9.1732Lieutenant
Edmund HopkinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1738
Transfered ADM 6/15/92ADM 6/1424.12.1732 - 29.6.1733Lieutenant
Charles WimbletonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1757
ADM 6/14/153ADM 6/1430.6.1733 - 5.9.1735Lieutenant
Bartholomew CandlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1721-1740
ADM 6/14/222
Confirmed 18.9.1735ADM 6/1428.2.1737/38 - 16.9.1740Lieutenant
Robert SwantonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1724-1764
Transfered ADM 6/15/97ADM 6/1517.9.1740 - 9.12.1741Lieutenant
George Charles DurellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1716-1749
ADM 6/15/441
Confirmed 6.8.1741ADM 6/1513.5.1748 - 12.8.1748Lieutenant
Thomas DodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1783
ADM 3/17/355ADM 6/17

9 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
27.1.1731/32 - 7.8.1732Midshipman Ordinary
Henry BarnsleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1744
ADM 107/3/306ADM 107/38.8.1732 - 29.12.1733Midshipman
Henry BarnsleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1744
ADM 107/3/306ADM 107/38.11.1732 - 25.9.1734Midshipman
John CouchmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1741
ADM 107/3/315ADM 107/34.4.1733 - 29.11.1733Midshipman
Peter RobertsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1747
Transfered ADM 107/3/299ADM 107/330.12.1733 - 17.8.1734Midshipman Ordinary
Henry BarnsleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1744
ADM 107/3/306ADM 107/318.8.1734 - 5.9.1735Midshipman
Henry BarnsleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1744
ADM 107/3/306ADM 107/326.9.1734 - 28.11.1734Midshipman
John CouchmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1741
ADM 107/3/315ADM 107/329.11.1734 - 5.9.1735Master's Mate
John CouchmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1741
ADM 107/3/315ADM 107/37.1.1747/48 - 12.8.1748Midshipman
Robert BriceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1805
ADM 107/4/277ADM 107/4

3 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
25.10.1732 - 5.9.1735Able Seaman
Robert TaylorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1730-1759
ADM 107/3/348ADM 107/324.9.1733 - 5.9.1735Able Seaman
James AllanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1761
ADM 107/3/337ADM 107/31.4.1746 - 6.1.1747/48Able Seaman
Robert BriceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1805
ADM 107/4/277ADM 107/4

1 Passenger


DatesRankNameSource
10.11.1732 - 23.12.1732Lieutenant
Edward HawkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1720-1776
TransferedDB015

Service History


DateEventSource
21.10.1727building at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £3438.4.1dBWAS-1714
1728

Commissioned for Ireland

BWAS-1714
8.10.1731

Paid off

ADM 33
12.1731

Recommissioned for Jamaica

BWAS-1714
5.9.1735

Paid off

ADM 33
9.1737Began middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
2.1738

Recommissioned for New York

BWAS-1714
5.1738Completed middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £2953.17.5dBWAS-1714
4.1740Georgia operationsBWAS-1714
4.1740Attack on St. Augustine
16.12.1745Paid offADM 33
1.1746Began great repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
4.1746

Recommissioned

BWAS-1714
5.1746Completed great repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £4624.7.3dBWAS-1714
12.6.1746Took the Privateer
Le Chasseur (Unknown) 1746-1746
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the North Sea
6.7.1747Took the Privateer
Le Roi David (8) 1747-1747
French 8 Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the North Sea and carried into TinmouthBG
10.7.1747Took the Privateer
Le Louis Quinzième (4) 1745-1747
French 4 Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the North Sea and carried into TinmouthBG
22.10.1747Took the Privateer
L'Alexandre (4) 1746-1747
French 4 Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the North Sea and carried into TinmouthBG
2.12.1747Took the Privateer
Le Ricaud (6) 1747-1747
French 6 Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the North Sea and carried into TinmouthBG
3.1747/48Began small repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
5.1748Completed small repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £1202.8.11dBWAS-1714
12.8.1748

Paid off

ADM 33
18.11.1748

Surveyed

BWAS-1714
9.12.1748

Ordered to be sold

BWAS-1714
10.1.1748/49

Sold at Woolwich for £331

BWAS-1714

 
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