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HBMS Tiger (1747)

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Tiger, 60 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Ordered	1746-Mar-17	B057
Started	1746-Apr	B057
Named	1747-Oct-17	B057
Launched	1747-Nov-23
Shipyard	Rotherhythe	B057
Designer	Jacob Acworth
Constructor	Thomas Staunton & Wells	B057
Decks	2
Rate	Fourth Rate
In Service	1747-Mar-04	B057
Out Service	1765-May-12	B057
Fate	Sold	B057

Dimensions

Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Depth	Burthen	Source
150' 9"	123' 3 1/8"	43' 1 1/4"	18' 6"	1,218 15/94	B057

Armament

Date	Crew	Guns	Lower Gundeck	Upper Gundeck	Quarterdeck	Forecastle	B/S Weight	Source
1747	420	60	24 x 24	26 x 12	8 x 6	2 x 6		B057

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
1747-Dec		Charles Saunders	B057
1749	1752-Nov	Charles Steevens	B057
1753-Jan		Samuel Marshall	B057
1754	1759	Thomas Latham	B057
1759		William Brereton	B057
1760		John Somerset	B057
1761-Jul		j. Matthison	B057
1763	1764-Apr	Lieutenant John Leary	B057
1764		Lieutenant Jackson	B057

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source

Service record

1747-Dec	Commissioned at Deptford for Warren's fleet	B057
1748-Nov-22	Reduced to guardship by admiralty order	B057
1752-Nov	Paid off	B057
1753-Jan	Recommissioned as a guardship at Portsmouth	B057
1754	Sailed for the East Indies	B057
1756-Feb-14	At the capture of Geriah	B057
1760	Still in the East Indies	B057
1761-Jul	Hulked at Bombay	B057
1765-May-12	Sold at Bombay	B057

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
29 April 1758	Battle of Cuddalore	B057
3 August 1758	Battle of Negapatam	B057
10 September 1759	Battle of Pondicherry	B057

Notes

The cost of building was £17,865.0.0d plus £7,592.17.5d for fitting.

Sources

B057

British Warships In The Age Of Sail 1714-1792

Rif Winfield

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