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HBMS Princess Amelia (1757)

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Princess Amelia, 80 Guns

Details
Nationality	British
Ordered	1751/03/28	B057
Laid Down	1751/08/15	B057
Named	1755/11/01	B057
Launched	1757/03/07	B057
Shipyard	Woolwich DY	B057
Designer	Joseph Allin	B057
Master Shipbuilder	Israel Pownoll	B057
Rate	Third Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1788/11	B057
Fate	Transfered	B057

Dimensions
B057		Type	Metric
Length of Gundeck	165' 0"	Imperial Feet	50.29
Length of Keel	133' 0"	Imperial Feet	40.54
Breadth	47' 3"	Imperial Feet	14.4
Depth in Hold	20' 0"	Imperial Feet	6.1
Draught Forward	12' 5"	Imperial Feet	3.78
Draught Aft	17' 8"	Imperial Feet	5.38
Burthen	1,579³⁹/₉₄	Tons BM

Armament
1757/03	B057	Broadside Weight = 770
Lower Gun Deck	26	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	26	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	24	British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	4	British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date	Men	Notes	Source
No Details Known

Flag Officers
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1757/06	1757/10	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Thomas Broderick	B057
1758/01	1758/07/08	Commodore	Philip Durell	B057
1758/07/08	1760	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Philip Durell	B057
1762/07	1762/07	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Edward Augustus	B057
1771/01	1773	Vice-Admiral of the Red	George Brydges Rodney	B057
1778	1778	Admiral of the White	Thomas Pye	B057
1782	1783	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Sir Richard Hughes	B057
Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1757/03	1757/06	Captain	Samuel Graves	B057
1757/06	1758/01	Captain	Sir Stephen Colby	B057
1758/01/06	1760	Captain	John Bray	B057
1760	1762/07	Captain	John Montagu	B057
1762/07	Unknown	Captain	Richard Howe	B057
1771/01/24	1773	Captain	Samuel Marshall	B057
1773	1773/09	Captain	Andrew Barkley	B057
1776/12	1778	Captain	Digby Dent	B051
1779	1779	Captain	George Robinson Walters	B057
1780	1781/08/05	Captain	John Macartney	B057
1781/08/15	1782	Captain	Billy Douglas	B057
1782/07/10	1783/07	Captain	John Reynolds	B057

Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1757/05/16	Completed at Woolwich DY at a cost of £45,062.12.12d ,including fitting	B057
1757/09	In Rochforte expedition	B057
1758/02/23	Sailed for North America	B057
1759	At Quebec	B057
1764/06	Began middling repair at Portsmouth DY	B057
1765/04	Completed middling repair at a cost of £13,363.3.3d	B057
1771/01	Recommissioned	B057
1771/04	fitting at Portsmouth DY at a cost of £9,347.11.11d	B057
1771/06/03	Sailed for Jamaica	B057
1773/09	Paid off	B057
1776/11	Began fitting at Portsmouth DY	B057
1776/12	Recommissioned	B057
1777/01	Completed fitting	B057
1779/07	Began fitting at Portsmouth DY	B057
1779/08	Completed fitting ,for Channel service	B057
1780/04	fitting at Portsmouth DY ,and coppered	B057
1781/08/05	Present at the Battle of Dogger Bank
1782/10/20	Present at the Battle of Cape Spartel
1783/07	Paid off	B057
1788/04	Began fitting at Portsmouth DY	B057
1788/08	Completed fitting ,as a lazarette	B057
1788/11	Delivered to officers of the customs and deleted from the list	B057
1818/03/24	Arrived at Sheerness from Sandgate creek	B057
1818/06/11	Sold to Mr Snook for £2,610	B057

Fleets
Fleet Title	Commander	Date From	Date To	Source
Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782	Admiral of the Blue Richard Howe	1782/09/00	1782/12/00

Actions & Battles
Date		Source
1781/08/05	Battle of Dogger Bank
1782/10/20	Battle of Cape Spartel

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield
B051	Biographia Navalis - Volume V	John Charnock

Last Updated :2009/10/25 at 10:35:11 by Cy

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