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HBMUS Baltimore (1742)

Page history last edited by Cy 14 years, 9 months ago

Baltimore, 14 Guns


Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1742/07/07 B164
Laid Down 1742/08/12 B164
Named 1742/12/14 B164
Launched 1742/12/30 B028
Shipyard Deptford DY B028
Design Class Baltimore Class (1742)
Designer Surveyors The B028
Master Shipbuilder Thomas West B164
Rate Unrated
Type Sloop
Out Service 1762/12/16 B164
Fate Sold B028

Dimensions
B057   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 89' 0" Imperial Feet 27.13
Length of Keel 73' 10" Imperial Feet 22.5
Breadth 25' 31/4" Imperial Feet 7.7
Depth in Hold 10' 6" Imperial Feet 3.2
Burthen 25076/94 Tons BM

Armament
1742/12/30 B057 Broadside Weight = 32
Gun Deck 14 British 4-Pounder
Gun Deck 14 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
1758/09 B057 Broadside Weight = 19
Gun Deck 8 British 4-Pounder
Gun Deck 12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Gun Deck 1 British 13" Mortar
1760 B057 Broadside Weight = 32
Gun Deck 14 British 4-Pounder
Gun Deck 14 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
1762 B057 Broadside Weight = 19
Gun Deck 8 British 4-Pounder
Gun Deck 12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Gun Deck 1 British 13" Mortar

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1742 110 Design Complement  
1758 60 As a Bomb vessel B164
1760 110 As a Sloop B164
1762 60 As a Bomb vessel B164

Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1742/12 1743/06/24 Lieutenant Edward Rich B057
1743/06/25 1745/01/27 Commander Edward Rich B057
1745/01/28 1746 Commander John Armiger B057
1746 1746/04/09 Commander Richard Howe B057
1746/06/25 1747 Commander William Brett B057
1747/12/05 1749 Commander Edward Vernon B057
1749 1750 Post Captain John Vaughan B057
1753/05 1753/09 Commander Coll Macdonald B057
1753/09 1754/05 Lieutenant Henry Richard Dubois B057
1754/05 1755/12 Commander Maurice Suckling B057
1755/12 1757 Commander Thomas Owen B057
1758/09 1759/02/09 Lieutenant Robert Carpenter B057
1759/02/09 1760 Commander Robert Carpenter B057
1760/01/09 1761 Commander William Mainwaring B057
1761/10/30 1762/12 Commander Stephen Hammick B057

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1742 Began fitting at Deptford DY B057
1742/02/07 Completed fitting at a cost of £1,781.1.1d B057
1742/02/07 Completed at Deptford DY at a cost of £1,677.10.10d ,to build B057
1744 Off Oporto B057
1744/07/18 Took the privateer Nymphe B057
1745 Off Cape Clear B057
1746/05/01 Present at the Action of 1746-05-01  
1747 Began refitting at Plymouth B057
1747/12 Recommissioned B057
1748 Completed refitting at a cost of £2,501.19.19d B057
1749 Off the South coast of Ireland B057
1750 Paid off B057
1751/05/15 Surveyed B057
1753 Began refitting at Woolwich B057
1753/05 Recommissioned B057
1753/05 Completed refitting at a cost of £1,477.8.8d B057
1754 Off North Carolina B057
1756/07/13 Sailed for North Carolina again B057
1757 Stationed at Halifax B057
1757/10/03 Surveyed B057
1758/09 refitting at Deptford at a cost of £1,857.10.10d ,as a Bomb Ketch B057
1758/09/04 Ordered to be fitted as a Bomb vessel B057
1759 Began refitting at Portsmouth B057
1759/02/16 Sailed for North America and took part in the Quebec operations B057
1760 Completed refitting at a cost of £623.13.13d ,as a Sloop B057
1760/01 Recommissioned B057
1760/07 At Spithead B057
1761 refitting at Sheerness at a cost of £1,275.8.8d B057
1762 Began refitting at Sheerness B057
1762/07 Completed refitting at a cost of £779.9.9d ,as a Bomb vessel B057
1762/12/02 Surveyed B057
1762/12/16 Sold at Deptford for £1,000 B057

Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1746/05/01 Action of 1746-05-01

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 :2009/07/19 at 10:48:22 by Cy

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