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HBMS Barfleur (1716)

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Barfleur, 90 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Previously	Barfleur
Ordered	1713/08/00	B057
Laid Down	1713/12/19	B057
Launched	1716/06/27	B057
Shipyard	Deptford DY	B057
Master Shipbuilder	Richard Stacey	B057
Rate	Second Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1755	B057
Fate	Razeed	B057
Becomes	Barfleur

Dimensions

Source	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792
Length of Gundeck	163' 0"
Length of Keel	131' 9"
Breadth	47' 3"
Depth in Hold	18' 6"
Burthen	1,564⁵⁴/₉₄

Armament

Date	1716	B057
Lower Gun Deck	26	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	26	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	26	British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1717	680	Establishment	B057

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1717	1719	Admiral	George Byng	B057

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1717	1718	Post Captain	James Mighells	B057
1718/03	1719	Post Captain	George Michael Saunders	B057
1741/01	1744	Post Captain	William Rowley	B057
1744	1744	Post Captain	Merrick de l Angelo	B057
1745	1745/07	Post Captain	John Gascoigne	B057
1745/07	1745/07	Post Captain	Mathew Mitchell	B057
1748	1748	Post Captain	John Orme	B057

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1718/03	1719	Second Captain	Richard Lestock	B057

Service record

1716/09/04	Completed at a cost of £23,956.12.9d including fitting, plus and additional £1,891.3.5d for further fitting	B057
1717	Commissioned for the Baltic	B057
1718/03	Fitted for the Mediterranean at Chatahm at a cost of £1,032.17.1d	B057
1718/06/15	Sailed for the Mediterranean	B057
1721/11	Started a small repair at Chatham	B057
1722/02	Completed small repair at a cost of 3,426.3.9d	B057
1738/09	Started a middling repair	B057
1739/10	Completed repair at a cost of £176,621.3.9d (Seems too high, probably £16,621 or £17,621)	B057
1741/01	Recommissioned	B057
1741/10	For Norris's fleet	B057
1742	In the Mediterranean	B057
1743	In the Mediterranean	B057
1745/07	Paid off	B057
1745/07	Started Great repair and refit at Chatham	B057
1747/09	Completed repair at a cost of £23,374.0.7d	B057
1748	Recommissioned and then paid off	B057
1749/01/29	Surveyed	B057
1755	Reduced to an 80-gun Third Rate	B057

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1718/08/11	Battle of Cape Passaro
1744/02/22	Battle of Cape Sicie

Notes

No Notes Entered

Sources

B057

British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792

Rif Winfield

Last Updated :2008/08/01 at 23:35:11 by Cy

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