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HBMC Queenborough (1747)

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Queenborough, 24 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Ordered	1746/08/09
Laid Down	1746/08/26
Launched	1747/01/21
Shipyard	Rotherhithe
Designer	Earlsman Sparrow
Constructor	Earlsman Sparrow
Rate	Sixth Rate
Commissioned
Out Service	1761/01/01
Fate	Foundered

Dimensions

Length of Gundeck	Length of Keel	Breadth	Burthen	Source
113' 3¹/₂"	93' 3¹/₄"	32' 4"	518⁶³/₉₄	B057

Armament

Date	1747
Lower Gun Deck	2	British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	20	British 3-Pounder
Quarterdeck	2	British 3-Pounder

Crew

Date		Notes	Source
1747	160	Establishment for a 24 gun ship

Flag Officers

Date From

Date to

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1747/10		Post Captain	William Willett	B057
1748/12	1752	Post Captain	Robert Duff	B057
1755/07	1756	Post Captain	William Pettigrew	B057
1756/12/02	1757	Post Captain	George Legge	B057
1757	1758/07	Post Captain	James Colville	B057
1758	1758/10	Post Captain	Richard Kempenfelt	B057
1758/07	1758	Post Captain	Digby Dent	B057
1758/10	1759/09	Post Captain	Robert Kirk	B057
1758/10	1759/09	Commander	Robert Kirk	B057
1759/09	1760	Post Captain	Richard Collins	B057
1760	1761/01/01	Post Captain	Thomas Daniell	B057

Officers

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Service record

1747/10	Commissioned for Warren's fleet	B057
1748/12	Recommissioned	B057
1749/05	Sailed for Jamaica	B057
1752	Home to pay off	B057
1752/11/03	Surveyed, no action taken	B057
1754/07/27	Surveyed	B057
1754/08/07	Ordered to be repaired by the Admiralty Board	B057
1754/12/19	Surveyed	B057
1755/01/02	Ordered to be repaired by the Admiralty Board	B057
1755/06	Completed great repair and fitting out at a cost of £7,331.4.5d	B057
1755/07	Recommissioned for the Downs	B057
1757/04/04	Sailed for East Indies	B057
1761/01/01	Foundered in a Cyclone of Pondicherry	B057

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1758/04/29	Battle of Cuddalore
1758/08/03	Battle of Negapatam
1759/09/10	Battle of Pondicherry

Notes

Lost in a Cyclone off Pondicherry

Sources

B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792

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