Torbay, 80 Guns
Dimensions |
B164 |
|
Type |
Metric |
Length of Gundeck |
156' 0" |
Imperial Feet |
47.55 |
Length of Keel |
128' 1" |
Imperial Feet |
39.04 |
Breadth |
43' 81/4" |
Imperial Feet |
13.32 |
Depth in Hold |
17' 8" |
Imperial Feet |
5.38 |
Burthen |
1,30030/94 |
Tons BM |
|
Armament |
1708/03/26 |
B164 |
Broadside Weight = 552 |
Lower Gun Deck |
26 |
British 24-Pounder |
Middle Gun Deck |
26 |
British 12-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck |
22 |
British 6-Pounder |
Quarterdeck |
6 |
British 6-Pounder |
Crew Complement |
Date |
Men |
Notes |
Source |
1706 |
520 |
Design Complement |
|
Commanders |
Date From |
Date to |
Rank/Position |
Name |
Source |
1721 |
1726 |
Post Captain |
Nicholas Haddock |
B057 |
1734 |
1736 |
Post Captain |
Francis Percy |
B057 |
1739 |
1740 |
Post Captain |
Christopher Parker |
B057 |
1740 |
1744 |
Post Captain |
John Gascoigne |
B057 |
1744 |
1745 |
Post Captain |
George Stepney |
B057 |
1745/07/00 |
1745/10/00 |
Post Captain |
Charles Purvis |
B057 |
Service Record |
Date |
Notes |
Source |
|
First cost L 17,488.13.8d to build and L4,815 for fitting |
B057 |
1720 |
Fitted out for the staits at Chatham,but did not proceed |
B057 |
1721 - 22 |
Commissioned as guardship at Chatham |
B057 |
1723 - 25 |
At Blackstrakes |
B057 |
1725 - 26 |
Fitted out at Chatham for operations in the Baltic |
B057 |
1726 |
in the Baltic |
B057 |
1727 |
In the Straits |
B057 |
1733 - 34 |
Fitted out as guardship |
B057 |
1735 |
With Wager'sfleet sent to the Tagus |
B057 |
1736 |
Paid Off |
B057 |
1737/10/00-1739/10/00 |
Middling repair and fitting at Chatham ( L 18,088.1.1d ) |
B057 |
1739 |
Recommisioned for Norris's Fleet |
B057 |
1740/10/23 |
To the West Indies |
B057 |
1741/3 - 4/ |
Cartagena Operations |
B057 |
Late 1741 to early 1742 |
Home Waters |
B057 |
1743 |
To the Mediterranean |
B057 |
1744/02/11 |
Battle of Toulon |
B057 |
1745/10/00 |
Paid Off |
B057 |
1748/01/16 |
AO to investigate about reducing to a 66 gun ship |
B057 |
1749/06/19 |
Surveyed |
B057 |
1749/09/05 |
AO to be broken up at Portsmouth |
B057 |
1750/01/01 |
completed break up |
B057 |
Fleets |
Fleet Title |
Commander |
Date From |
Date To |
Source |
No Fleets Listed |
Notes on Ship |
No Notes Entered |
Sources |
Id |
Link or Description |
Author |
B164 |
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 |
Rif Winfield |
B028 |
Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I |
J. J. Colledge |
B057 |
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 |
Rif Winfield |
Last Updated :2009/09/11 at 12:52:57 by Cy
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