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HBMS Assistance (1725)

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 9 months ago

Assistance, 50 Guns

 

Details

NationalityBritish
PreviouslyAssistance
Ordered1720/01/27
Laid Down1721/01/00
Launched1725/11/25
ShipyardWoolwich DY
Master ShipbuilderJohn Hayward
RateFourth Rate
TypeShip
Out Service1745/12/14
FateSunk as Breakwater

 

Dimensions

SourceBritish Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792
Length of Gundeck134' 0"
Length of Keel109' 8"
Breadth36' 1"
Depth in Hold15' 2"
Burthen75017/94

 

Armament

Date1726B057
Lower Gun Deck22British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2British 6-Pounder

 

Crew

DateMenNotesSource
1726280EstablishmentB057

 

Flag Officers

Date FromDate toRank/PositionNameSource

 

Commanders

Date FromDate toRankNameSource

 

Officers

Date FromDate ToRank/PositionNameSource

 

Service record

1726Commissioned for Wager's fleet in the BalticB057
1726/03/09CompletedB057
1727With Wager's fleet in the StraitsB057
1728Fitted as a guard shipB057
1728Guard ship at PlymouthB057
1729Prepared for the MediterraneanB057
1730Guard ship at PlymouthB057
1732/05Started a small repair at PlymouthB057
1732/06Completed small repair at a cost of £1,850.10.2dB057
1738Recommissioned for the MediterraneanB057
1739In Home watersB057
1740/03With Haddock's fleet in the MediterraneanB057
1740/07With Norris's fleet until 1740/09B057
1741With Norris's fleetB057
1742Commissioned for JamaicaB057
1743/02/18At La GuayraB057
1744/04/16At Porto BelloB057
1744/04/24At Porto BelloB057
1745/09Home ot pay offB057
1745/12/14Sunk as a breakwater at SheernessB057

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource

 

Notes

Brian Lavery in the Ship of the Line Vol 1, gives an ordered date of 1720/03/27

 

Sources

B057British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792

Last Updated :2008/07/20 at 19:00:12 by Cy

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