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HBMS Marlborough (1767)

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Marlborough, 74 Guns


Details
Nationality British
Royal Navy The Royal Navy
Ordered 1762/12/04 B057
Laid Down 1763/06/03 B057
Named 1763/04/30 B057
Launched 1767/08/26 B057
Shipyard Deptford DY B057
Design Class Ramillies Class (1760)
Designer Thomas Slade B057
Master Shipbuilder Adam Hayes B057
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1800/11/04 B057
Fate Wrecked B057

Dimensions
B057   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 168' 81/2" Imperial Feet 51.42
Length of Keel 140' 31/8" Imperial Feet 42.75
Breadth 46' 11" Imperial Feet 14.3
Depth in Hold 19' 9" Imperial Feet 6.02
Burthen 1,64212/94 Imperial Feet 41.71

Armament
1771/01 B057 Broadside Weight = 781
Lower Gun Deck 28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck 14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle 4 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1760/04/25 550 Design Complement  

Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1774 1776 Vice-Admiral of the White James Douglas B057
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1771/01 1773 Captain Richard Bickerton B057
1773 1774 Captain Thomas Evans B057
1774 1776 Captain Sir Samuel Hood B057
1779/06 1783/07 Captain Taylor Penny B057
1790/06 1790/09/21 Captain Samuel Pitchford Cornish B057
1790/09/21 1791/02 Acting Captain Charles Craven B057
1791/02 1791/09 Captain John Bazely B057
1793/03 1794/06 Captain Sir George Cranfield Berkeley B057
1794/06 1795/03 Acting Captain John Monkton B057
1795/04 1797/05/08 Captain Henry Nicholls B057
1797/06 1797/08 Acting Captain John Eaton B057
1797/08 1798/11 Captain Joseph Ellison B057
1798/01 1800/11/04 Captain Thomas Sotheby B057
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1794 1795/07 Midshipman Robert Bloye B080
1797/09 1800/08 Midshipman Buckland Stirling Bluett B080
Crew
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1793/08/05 1794 Able Seaman Robert Bloye B080
1795/10 Aboard 1st Class Volunteer Richard Israel Alleyn B080

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1767/10/01 Completed at Deptford DY at a cost of £33,319.0.0d ,including fitting B057
1771 fitting at Sheerness DY at a cost of £4,848.11.11d B057
1771/01 Commissioned as guard ship inthe Medway B057
1773/06/22 Spithead Review B057
1777/09 Began middling repair at Portsmouth DY B057
1779/06 Recommissioned B057
1779/07 Completed middling repair at a cost of £25,581.7.1d ,including coppering and refitting B057
1780/01/08 Attack on Caraccas ships B057
1780/01/16 Present at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent  
1780/12/30 Took Prinses Carolina  
1782/01/15 Sailed for the West Indies B057
1782/04/12 Present at the Battle of the Saintes  
1782/07/21 Sailed to North America B057
1782/09/05 Arrived in New York B057
1782/10/24 Left New York B057
1782/11 Blockade of St Francois B057
1783/04/26 Sailed for home B057
1783/07 Paid off B057
1784/01 fitting at Unknown ,for ordinary B057
1787/06 Began Great Repair at Chatham DY B057
1789/07 Completed Great Repair at a cost of £33,552.19.5d B057
1790/06 Commissioned for the Spanish Armament B057
1791/09 Paid off B057
1793/03 Recommissioned B057
1794/06/01 Present at Glorious 1st of June  
1794/09 fitting at Plymouth DY at a cost of £13,008.0.0d B057
1797/05/08 Captain turned out of ship by Mutineers B057
1798/05/07 Mutiny at Berehaven B057
1798/06/02 Sailed for the Mediterranean B057
1800/11/04 Wrecked on a shoal off Belleisle B057

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

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1780/01/16 Battle of Cape St. Vincent
1782/04/12 Battle of the Saintes
1794/06/01 Glorious 1st of June

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 :2009/11/24 at 14:14:48 by Cy

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