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HBMS Yarmouth (1748)

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Yarmouth, 64 Guns

 

Details

NationalityBritish
Ordered1742-Jun-16B057
Laid Down1742-Nov-25B057
Launched1745-Mar-08B057
ShipyardDeptford
PlansJoseph Allin Jr
ConstructorJoseph Allin Jr
Decks2
RateThird Rate
In Service1745-May-10B057
Out Service1811-AprB057
FateBroken UpB057

 

Dimensions

Gun DeckKeelBeamDepthBurthenSource
160' 0"130' 6 1/4"44' 0"18' 11"1,355 83/94

 

Armament

DateCrewGunsLower GundeckUpper GundeckQuarterdeckForecastleB/S WeightSource
17454806426 x 3226 x 1810 x 92 x 9B057
1781-Apr60B057
1781-Apr-1874B057

 

Flag Officers

Date FromDate toRank/PositionNameSource
1756-NovRear-AdmiralHarry NorrisB057
17571760Vice-AdmiralGeorge PocockB057

 

Commanders

Date FromDate toNameSource
1745-FebRoger MartinB057
1746Piercy BrettB057
1747Charles SaundersB057
17481752Piercy BrettB057
1753-SepCharles CockburnB057
1755-MarHarry NorrisB057
1656-JunChaloner OgleB057
1756-NovRobert FranklandB057
17581760John HarrisonB057
1763-MayCharles probyB057
1767James GambierB057
1770Edward VernonB057
Western VerloB057
1777Nicholas VincentB057
17781779-MayNathaniel BatemanB057
1780-MayJohn DuckworthB057
17811781-MarSkeffington LutwidgeB057
1781-AugWilliam DenneB057
1782Anthony ParreyB057
1783-JanEdward HerbertB057

 

Officers

Date FromDate ToRank/PositionNameSource

 

Service record

1746With Anson's fleet of FinisterreB057
1748-NovReduced to a guardship at ChathamB057
1752Paid offB057
1753-FebFitted as guardshipB057
1753-SepGuardship at SheernessB057
1754-MayRefitted for Channel serviceB057
1755-May-11Sailed as reinforcment for BoscawenB057
1755-DecStarted repair and refit at PortsmouthB057
1756-SepCompleted repairs at a cost of £10,666.6.3dB057
1757-Mar-03Sailed for the East IndiesB057
1760Paid offB057
1761-JulStarted a large repair at ChathamB057
1763-JulCompleted Large Repair at a cost of £30,338.9.3dB057
1763-MayRecommissioned as a guardship at ChathamB057
1767Guardship at SheernessB057
1770Guardship at SheernessB057
1777RecommissionedB057
1777-Sep-09Sailed for the Leeward IslesB057
1778-Mar-07Sank the Randolph (32) in an engagement with an American squadron of BarbadosB057
1778-Mar-12Picked up four survivors of the Randolph clinging to some wreckage
1778-Dec-26Sailed for the Leeward IslesB057
1789-May-15Action of Saint LuciaB057
1789-May-17Action of Saint LuciaB057
1781-MarPaid OffB057
1781-AprReduced to a 60 gun fourth RateB057
1781-Apr-18Restablished as a 74 gun Third rateB057
1781-AugRecommissionedB057
1781-OctCompleted refitting for home service and joined Darby's fleetB057
1782-Jan-05Sailed for the Leeward IslandsB057
1782-Apr-09Action in the Dominica ChannelB057
1782-Apr-04Action in the Mona PassageB057
1782-Jul-21Sailed to America with PigotB057
1782-Sep-05Arrived in New YorkB057
1782-Oct-24Left New YorkB057
1783HomeB057
1783-JunPaid OffB057
1783-DecFitted as a receiving ship at PlymouthB057
1798Commissioned as a receiving ship at PlymouthB057
1807Paid offB057
1811-AprBroken up at PlymouthB057

 

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource
3 May 17471st Battle of Cape Finisterre
14 October 17472nd Battle of Cape Finisterre
29 April 1758Battle of Cuddalore
3 August 1758Battle of Negapatam
10 September 1759Battle of Pondicherry
7 March 1778Action against the Randolph
6 July 1779Battle of GrenadaB057
17 April 1780Battle of MartiniqueB057
12 April 1782Battle of the Saintes

 

Notes

 

Sources

B057British Warships In The Age Of Sail 1714-1792Rif Winfield

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