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HBMS Veteran (1787)

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Veteran, 64 Guns


 

Details
Nationality British fs_gb.gif
Operated by The Royal Navy
Ordered 1780/09/03 B057
Laid Down 1781/07/00 B057
Launched 1787/08/14 B057
First Commissioned 1793/03 B057
Shipyard East Cowes B057
Design Class Crown Class (1779)
Designer Edward Hunt B057
Constructor Robert Fabian B057
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1816/06 B057
Fate Broken Up B057

 

Dimensions
B057   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 160' 41/2" Imperial Feet 48.88
Length of Keel 131' 37/8" Imperial Feet 40.03
Breadth 44' 85/8" Imperial Feet 13.63
Depth in Hold 19' 5" Imperial Feet 5.92
Burthen 1,39678/94 Tons BM
Calculated Burthen 139683/94 Tons BM  

 

Armament
1787/08/14 B057 Broadside Weight = 600
Lower Gun Deck 26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck 10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 9-Pounder

 

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1779 500 Design Complement  

 

Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1798/06 1799 Vice-Admiral of the Blue Archibald Dickson B057
1808 1808 Vice-Admiral of the White Bartholomew Samuel Rowley B057
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1793/03 1794 Captain Charles Edmund Nugent B057
1794 1794/07/02 Captain Lewis Robertson B057
1794/07/03 1794/08 Captain George Bowen B057
1794/08 1795 Captain Sampson Edwards B057
1795 1796/10 Captain William Hancock Kelly B057
1797/05 1797/08 Captain Sir Abraham Guyot B057
1797/08 1798/03 Captain George Gregory B057
1798/03 1798/06 Captain Sir James Walker B057
1798/06 1799/02 Captain James Robert Mosse B057
1799/02 1801 Captain Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson B057
1804/02/08 1804/06/26 Captain Sir Richard King NAO
1804/06/26 1807 Captain James Newman NAO
1807 1809 Captain Andrew Fitzherbert Evans B057
1809/06 1811 Lieutenant Henry Masterman Marshall B057
1811 1813 Lieutenant William Henry Boyce B057
1814 1814 Lieutenant Stephen Donovan B057
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1804/02 1804/08 Lieutenant George Canning NAO
1804/02/18 1804/07/13 Lieutenant William Westcott Daniel NAO
1806/04/07 1807/01/17 Lieutenant George Charles Blake B080
1806/07/15 1808/01/21 Lieutenant Edward Henry A'Court B080
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1800 Aboard Midshipman Justinian Barrell B080
1803/03/01 1805/01/26 Midshipman John Man NAO

 

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1787/08/14 Completed at East Cowes at a cost of £24,259.12.12d ,to build B057
1787/08/15 Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth DY B057
1787/09/13 Completed coppering and fitting at a cost of £9,695.0.0d B057
1793/04 Began fitting at Portsmouth DY B057
1793/05 Completed fitting at a cost of £6,613.0.0d B057
1793/11/26 Sailed for the Leeward Islands B057
1794/03 At Martinique B057
1794/06 At Guadeloupe B057
1796/10 Paid off B057
1797/10/11 Present at the Battle of Camperdown, 4 killled, 21 wounded  
1799/08 Operations on the Dutch coast B057
1801 In the Baltic B057
1805 At Jamaica B057
1809/06 Recommissioned as a prison ship at Portsmouth B057
1809/06 Re-classified as a Unrated Prison Ship of 0 guns  
1809/07 fitting at Portsmouth DY ,as a prison ship B057
1815 In ordinary at Portsmouth B057
1816/06 Broken up at Portsmouth B057

 

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

 

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1797/10/11 Battle of Camperdown

 

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

 

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B057 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 Rif Winfield
NAO The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors Various
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien

Last Updated :2010/03/31 at 00:26:07 by Cy

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