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HBMS Prince of Orange (1734)
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Prince of Orange, 70 Guns
Dimensions |
B057 |
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Type |
Metric |
Length of Gundeck |
151' 0" |
Imperial Feet |
46.02 |
Length of Keel |
123' 2" |
Imperial Feet |
37.54 |
Breadth |
41' 6" |
Imperial Feet |
12.65 |
Depth in Hold |
17' 4" |
Imperial Feet |
5.28 |
Burthen |
1,12830/94 |
Tons BM |
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Armament |
1734/09/05 |
B057 |
Broadside Weight = 522 |
Lower Gun Deck |
26 |
British 24-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck |
26 |
British 12-Pounder |
Quarterdeck |
14 |
British 6-Pounder |
Forecastle |
4 |
British 6-Pounder |
Crew Complement |
Date |
Men |
Notes |
Source |
1719 |
440 |
Design Complement |
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Service Record |
Date |
Notes |
Source |
1734/09/30 |
Completed at Deptford DY at a cost of £17,239.7.7d |
B057 |
1738 |
Commissioned for home waters |
B057 |
1738/12/05 |
Paid off |
B057 |
1739 |
Recommissioned |
B057 |
1740 |
Sailed to the Mediterranean |
B057 |
1741 |
Sailed to the Jamaica |
B057 |
1742 |
Sailed home and paid off |
B057 |
1742/10 |
Began Great Repair at Chatham DY |
B057 |
1743/06 |
Recommissioned |
B057 |
1743/07 |
Completed Great Repair at a cost of £22,105.15.15d |
B057 |
1744/10/20 |
Went ashore in a hurrican but was salved |
B057 |
1746 |
Sailed from Jamaica for home |
B057 |
1747/06 |
Began middling repair at Woolwich DY |
B057 |
1747/10/16 |
Re-classified as a Fourth Rate of 60 guns |
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1748/10 |
Completed middling repair at a cost of £12,218.16.16d |
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1749/01/29 |
Surveyed |
B057 |
1755/07 |
Began middling repair at Chatham DY |
B057 |
1757/03 |
Recommissioned |
B057 |
1757/09 |
Completed middling repair at a cost of £22,159.7.7d |
B057 |
1758/03/23 |
Sailed for North America |
B057 |
1759 |
At Quebec |
B057 |
1761/04 |
Bellisle operations |
B057 |
1763/03 |
Paid off |
B057 |
1763/05/10 |
Surveyed |
B057 |
1770/03/22 |
Surveyed |
B057 |
1771/02/22 |
Surveyed |
B057 |
1771/12 |
Began fitting at Sheerness DY |
B057 |
1772/04 |
Completed fitting at a cost of £3,560.18.18d ,as a sheer hulk |
B057 |
1772/04 |
Re-classified as a Unrated Sheer Hulk of 0 guns |
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Fleets |
Fleet Title |
Commander |
Date From |
Date To |
Source |
No Fleets Listed |
Notes on Ship |
No Notes Entered |
Sources |
Id |
Link or Description |
Author |
B057 |
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 |
Rif Winfield |
B080 |
A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 |
O'Brien |
Last Updated :2009/11/06 at 15:52:20 by Cy
HBMS Prince of Orange (1734)
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