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SV Royal William

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Royal William, 32 Guns

Details

Nationality	Scottish
Launched	1696
Shipyard	London
Decks	2
Rate	Fifth Rate
In Service	1696/04/01
Out Service	1707/05/01
Fate	Transfered
Became	Edinburgh

Dimensions

Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Burthen	Displacement	Source
99' 0"		29' 0"			364		B028

Armament

Date	Crew	Guns	Gundeck	Quarterdeck	Forecastle	B/S Weight	Source
1696/09	100	32

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
1 April 1696	1705	Edward Burd	B062
9 November 1705	1 May 1707	Thomas Gordon	B062

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1 April 1696		Lieutenant	Andrew Brown	B062
12 March 1706	1 May 1707	Lieutenant	David Prescio	B062
12 March 1706	1 May 1707	Sailing Master	George Milne	B062

Service record

1 April 1696	Commissioned	B062
12 January 1697	Ordered to Orkney and cruise in defence of the islands	B062
11 March 1697	Ordered on a cruise against privateers off the coast of Scotland	B062
20 August 1697	Ordered to take crews to two Darien company ships in Hamburg, the Caledonia and Instauration, and convoy the ships to Scotland	B062
1 December 1697	laid up and paid off in Blackness road in the Firth of Forth	B062
August 1702	Ordered that her defects should be remedied	B062
27 February 1703	Lent to Captain Thomas Gordon of Aberdeen and two partners for a trading voyage to the East Indies	B062
8 September 1705	Outfitted and commissioned at the expense of the Royal Burghs	B062
7 March 1706	Ordered to guard the East coast of Scotland and convoy vessels between Tynemouth and the Orkney Islands	B062
May 1706	In Gothenburg being fitted with new masts and ordered to convoy twenty-five to thirty sail for Scotland	B062
Movember 1706	Laid up in harbour for the winter	B062
March 1707	Recommisioned for the protection of the east coast of Scotland	B062
12 March 1706	A party of forty-two sentinels commanded by one officer, with three sergeants, three corporals and one drum ordered on board	B062
1 May 1707	Transfered to the Royal Navy on the Union of England and Scotland	B062

Actions & Battles

Date		Source

Notes

Sources

B028	Ships of The Royal Navy - 15C to Present	J.J. Colledge
B062	The Old Scots Navy 1689-1707	Navy Records Society

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