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HBMS Marlborough (1732)

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Marlborough, 90 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Previously	Marlborough
Ordered	1725/04/06
Laid Down	1725/09/01
Launched	1732/09/25
Shipyard	Portsmouth
Constructor	John Tippetts
Rate	Second Rate
In Service	1741/01
Out Service	1762/11/29
Fate	Foundered

Dimensions

Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Depth in Hold	Burthen	Source
164' 0"	132' 5"	47' 2"	18' 10"	1,566 89/94

Armament

Date	Crew	Guns	Lower Gundeck	Mid gundeck	Upper Gundeck	Quarterdeck	Forecastle	B/S Weight	Source
1741	750	90	26x32	26x18	26x9	10x6	2x6
1756/07		80	26x32	26x18	24x9	4x6
1760/10	550	68	26x32		28x18	12x9	2x9

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1756/11	1757/01	Rear-Admiral	Francis Holburne
1757/01	1760/09	Rear-Admiral	Thomas Cotes
1761	1761	Rear-Admiral	George Rodney

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
1741/01	1741/10	Alexander Geddes
1741/10	1742	John Russell
1742	1743	Thomas Graves
1743	1744/02/11	James Cornwall
1744/02/11	1745/01	Robert Robinson
1745/01	1753/11	Richard Watkins
1756/06	1756/07	Wittewronge Taylor
1756/07	1757/01	William Holburne
1757/01	1759/05	Robert Faulkner
1759/05	1760/09	John Weller
1760/12	1762	John Holwall
1762	1762-Nov-29	Thomas Burnett

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1743		Lieutenant	Frederick Cornwall
1743	1744-Feb-09	Sailing Master	Robert Cotton

Service record

1732/09/25	Relaunched at Chatham
1744/02/03	Joined the fleet under Admiral Thomas Matthew blockading Toulon
1756	Reduced to 80 gun ship
1760/10	Reduced to 68 guns two-decker
1761	Expedition against Martinique
1762	Part of Admiral Sir George Pocock's fleet for the Jamaica station
1762	Present at the capture of Havana
1762/11/29	Foundered in the Atlantic on the voyage from Havana

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1744-Feb-22	Battle of Toulon

Notes

At the Battle of Toulon, the Marlborough lost Robert Cotton, master, Capt. Godfrey of the marines and 40 seamen and marines killed, and Lieutenant. Frederick Cornwall and 120 seamen and marines wounded, 20 mortally.

Sources

B057

British Warships In The Age Of Sail 1714-1792

Rif Winfield

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