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HBMS Barfleur (1768)

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Barfleur, 98 Guns

 

Details

NationalityBritish
Ordered1761/10/19B057
Laid Down1762/11/22B057
Named1761/11/15B057
Launched1768/07/30B057
ShipyardChatham DYB057
DesignerThomas SladeB057
Master ShipbuilderJoseph HarrisB057
RateSecond Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Out Service1819/09B057
FateBroken UpB057

 

Dimensions

SourceB057
Length of Gundeck177' 8"
Length of Keel144' 03/4"
Breadth50' 3"
Depth in Hold21' 0"
Draught Forward14' 3"
Draught Aft17' 1"
Burthen1,94747/94

 

Armament

Date1780B057
Lower Gun Deck28British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck8British 6-Pounder
Date1790B057
Lower Gun Deck28British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8British 12-Pounder

 

Crew

DateMenNotesSource
1780750EstablishmentB057
1794738EstablishmentB057

 

Flag Officers

Date FromDate toRank/PositionNameSource
1780/021780/10Vice-AdmiralSamuel Barrington
1780/101783/05Rear-AdmiralSamuel Hood
1787/101788Rear-AdmiralSamuel Hood
17891790Vice-AdmiralRobert Roddam
17911791AdmiralSamuel Barrington
17911791/09Rear-AdmiralJonathon Faulknor
1793/121794/08Rear-AdmiralGeorge Bowyer
1794/081795/03Rear-AdmiralGeorge Keith Elphinstone
1795/031799/02Vice-AdmiralWilliam Waldegrave
1799/021799/08Vice-AdmiralGeorge Keith Elphinstone
1799/081800Rear-AdmiralJames Whitshed
18001802/05Rear-AdmiralCuthbert Collingwood
1808/011809/01Rear-AdmiralWilliam Otway
1809/011809/02Rear-AdmiralSamuel Hood
1809/021812/08Vice-Admiral[Hon. George Berkely]

 

Commanders

Date FromDate toRankNameSource
1770/101770/12CommanderAndrew Snape Hammond
1770/121771/06Post CaptainAndrew Snape Hammond
1771/061773/11Post CaptainEdward Vernon
1773/111776Post CaptainPeter Parker
17761779Post CaptainMark Milbank
1780/021780/10Post CaptainBenjamin Hill
1780/101781/03Post CaptainJohn Inglefield
1781/031781/08Post CaptainJohn Knight
1781/081782/04Post CaptainAlexander Hood
1782/041783/05Post CaptainJohn Knight
1787/101789Post CaptainJohn Knight
17891790Post CaptainRobert Calder
17901791Post CaptainJohn Jervis
17911791/09Post CaptainJohn Bourmaster
1793/121794/08Post CaptainCuthbert Collingwood
1794/081795/03Post CaptainJohn Elphinston
1795/031799/02Post CaptainJames Richard Dacres
1799/021799/08Post CaptainJohn Elphinston
1799/081800Post CaptainPeter Puget
18001800Post CaptainGeorge Stephens
18001801/10Post CaptainJohn Irwin
1801/011809/01Post CaptainDonald M leod
1801/101802/05Post CaptainJohn Ommaney
1804/111805/10Post CaptainGeorge Martin
1804/111805/11/09Post CaptainGeorge Martin
1805/101805/12Post CaptainRobert Barlow
1805/121806Post CaptainPhilip Durham
18061807Post CaptainJoseph Yorke
1809/011809/02Post CaptainSamuel Linzee
1809/051812/08Post CaptainThomas Masterman Hardy
1811/031812/08CommanderJohn Cowan
1812/091813/12Post CaptainEdward Berry
1813/121814/07Post CaptainJohn Maitland

 

Officers

Date FromDate ToRank/PositionNameSource
17901791Second CaptainRobert Calder

 

Service record

1770/10Commissioned as a guardship at PortsmouthB057
1771/01Completed as a guard ship at PortsmouthB057
1772/04Refited as a guard ship at PortsmouthB057
1773/06/22Took part in the Royal Review at SpitheadB057
1779/07Started a small repair, refit and coppering at PortsmouthB057
1780/02Recommissioned for the Western squadronB057
1780/05Completed small repair, refit and coppering at a cost of £24,397.4.5dB057
1780/11/29Sailed for the West IndiesB057
1781/02/03At St EustatiusB057
1781/08Sailed for North AmericaB057
1781/11/11Sailed for New YorkB057
1781/12/05At BarbadosB057
1782/01/25At St KittsB057
1782/04/19In the Mona PassageB057
1782/07/27Sailed to America with PigotB057
1782/09/05Arrived at New YorkB057
1782/10/24Left New York to blockade Cape FrancoisB057
1783/04/26Left Jamaica bound for England, paid off on arrivalB057
1785/06Started a great repair at PortsmouthB057
1786/10Completed great repair at Portsmouth at a cost of £31,829.11.8dB057
1787/10RecommissionedB057
1791/09Paid offB057
1792/09Started a middling to great repair and refit at PortsmouthB057
1793/12RecommissionedB057
1794/01Completed repairs and refit at a cost of £51,400B057
1794/06/01Had 9 killed and 25 wounded at the Glorious 1st of JuneB057
1795/12Sailed to the MediterraneanB057
1796At TunisB057
1800Returned to the Channel fleetB057
1802/05Paid offB057
1803/01Started fitting at PortsmouthB057
1804/11RecommissionedB057
1805/01Completed fitting at a cost of £20,491B057
1807Service in the ChannelB057
1808/01RecommissionedB057
1808/04/29Sailed for PortugalB057
1809/02/25Sailed for PortugalB057
1812/08Sailed for homeB057
1812/11/17Sailed for the MediterraneanB057
1814/07Laid up in ordinary at ChathamB057
1819/09Broken up at ChathamB057

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource
1781/09/05Battle of the Chesapeake
1782/01/25Battle of Saint Kitts
1782/04/09Battle of the Saintes
1794/06/01Glorious 1st of June
1795/06/23Action of Ile Groix
1797/02/142nd Battle of Cape St Vincent
1805/07/223rd Battle of Cape Finisterre

 

Notes

No Notes Entered

 

Sources

B057British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif Winfield
13.3Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Last Updated :2008/08/28 at 22:07:38 by Cy

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