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HBMS Elizabeth (1706)

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Elizabeth, 70 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Ordered	1705-Mar-15	B057
Launched	1706-Aug-14	B057
Shipyard	Woolwich	B057
Constructor	Richard Stacey
Decks	2
Rate	Third Rate
In Service	1706-Sep-13	B057
Out Service	1766-May-10	B057
Fate	Broken Up	B057

Dimensions

Date	Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Burthen	Source
As launched 1706	150' 6"	124' 4"	40' 11 3/4"	17' 4"		1,110 56/94	B057
After repair of 1719	150' 6"	125' 6"	40' 8"	17' 2"		1,103 92/94	B057
After rebuild of 1737	151' 0"	121' 8"	43' 6"	17' 9"	Fore 11' 2" Aft 14' 9"	1,224 45/94	B057

Armament

Date	Crew	Guns	Lower Gundeck	Upper Gundeck	Quarterdeck	Forecastle	Roundhouse	B/S Weight	Source	Notes
1706	460	70	24 x 24	26 x 9	12 x 6	4 x 6	4 x 3		B057	Establishment
1737	480	70	26 x 24	26 x 12	14 x 6	4 x 6			B057	Establishment
1754	450	64	26 x 24	26 x 12	10 x 6	2 x 6			B057	Establishment

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1757	1760-Dec	Rear-Admiral	Charles Stevens	B057
1761	1762-Oct-07	Rear-Admiral	Richard Tiddeman	B057

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
1706-Sep-13	1709	John Hubbard	B057
1709	1712	John Underdown	B057
1714	1718-Jun	Samuel Vincent	B057
1720-Feb	1723-Apr	Robert Thompson	B057
1723-Apr	1723	Tudor Trevor	B057
1738		Edward Falkingham	B057
1741	1741-Aug	Thomas Durell	B057
1742		Joseph Lingen	B057
1745	1745-Oct	Richard Watkins	B057
1746-Mar		James Renton	B057
1748	1748-Jun	Polycarpus Taylor	B057
1748-Jun	1748	James Kirk	B057
1753-Feb		John Montague	B057
1757		Richard Kempenfelt	B057
1759	1762-Oct-07	Richard Tiddeman	B057
1762		Isaac curry	B057

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source

Service record

1706-Sep-13	Commissioned for Byng's squadron	B057
1707	In the mediterranean in Sir Cloudesley Shovell's fleet	B057
1708	In the mediterranean in Sir John Leake's fleet	B057
1709	In the North sea	B057
1710	In the Mediterranean until 1712	B057
1712	Paid off and refitted for the south seas	B057
1714	Recommissioned for Santa Cruz in the companies service	B057
1718-Jun	Started a great repair	B057
1719-Feb-15	Relaunched	B057
1720	Completed repair at a cost of £15,361.11.7d	B057
1720-Feb	Commissioned for the Baltic	B057
1723	Returned form the Baltic	B057
1723	Guardship at Blakestakes	B057
1726	Recommissioned for the Baltic	B057
1727-Aug	Paid off	B057
1732-Jan-07	Ordered to be rebuilt to the 1719 establishment	B057
1733-Sep-04	Reordered to the 1733 establishment	B057
1735-May-15	Rebuild started by master shipwright John Ward	B057
1737-Nov-29	Relaunched at a cost of £16,164.16.3d plus £1,345.12.8d for fitting	B057
1738-Jun	Recommissioned	B057
1738-Nov	Reduced to a guardship	B057
1739-Jun-23	Sailed with Admiral Edward Vernon's squadron	B057
1739-Aug	Off Finisterre	B057
1740-Jul	In the Mediterranean under Norris	B057
1741-Jul	In the Mediterranean under Norris	B057
1742	Still in the Mediterranean	B057
1745-Oct	Sailed home to pay off	B057
1746-Feb	Started a small repair	B057
1746-Jun	Completed repair at a cost of £9,701.3.7d	B057
1746-Mar	Recommissioned for the Western squadron?	B057
1746-Sep	With Anson's fleet off Finisterre	B057
1747-Jul	Convoy to Jamaica	B057
1748-Mar-18	In attack on Port Louis	B057
1748-Apr-05	At Santiago	B057
1748	Paid off	B057
1751-Aug	Middling repair started	B057
1753-Aug	Repair completed at a cost of £17,230.19.8d	B057
1754	Reduced to 64 guns and 450 men	B057
1755-Feb	Recommissioned for Hawke's fleet	B057
1756-Jan	Moved to join Osborne's fleet	B057
1756	Moved to Boscawen's fleet in the summer	B057
1757-Mar-10	Sailed for the East Indies	B057
1761-Feb	Given new sheathing at Bombay	B057
1762-Sep-13	In Manila as a divisional flagship	B057
1762-Oct-05	Left Manila	B057
1764	Returned to England	B057
1765-Nov-06	Ordered to be broken up by the Admiralty	B057
1766-May-10	Break up completed at Portsmouth	B057/B028

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
11 February 1744	Battle of Toulon
29 April 1758	Battle of Cuddalore
3 August 1758	Battle of Negapatam
10 September 1759	Battle of Pondicherry

Notes

The Elizabeth was started by Joseph Allin and the build taken over in February 1705 by Richard Stacey.
Rear-Admiral Richard Tiddeman was drowned on the 6th October 1762.

Sources

B028	Ships of The Royal Navy - 15C to Present	J.J. Colledge
B057	British Warships In The Age Of Sail 1714-1792	Rif Winfield
B060	Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain from 1727 - 1783	Robert Beaston

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3decks - Naval Sailing Warfare History

HBMS Elizabeth (1706)

Elizabeth, 70 Guns

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Dimensions

Armament

Flag Officers

Commanders

Officers

Service record

Actions & Battles

Notes

Sources

HBMS Elizabeth (1706)

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