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HBMS Cornwall (1726)

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Cornwall, 80 Guns

Details
Nationality	British
Previously	Cornwall
Ordered	1722/01/16	B057
Laid Down	1823/03/27	B057
Launched	1726/10/17	B057
Shipyard	Deptford DY	B057
Master Shipbuilder	Richard Stacey	B057
Rate	Third Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1761/07/16	B057
Fate	Broken Up	B057

Dimensions
B057		Type	Metric
Length of Gundeck	158' 0"	Imperial Feet	48.16
Length of Keel	128' 2"	Imperial Feet	39.07
Breadth	44' 6"	Imperial Feet	13.56
Depth in Hold	18' 2"	Imperial Feet	5.54
Burthen	1,350	Tons BM

Armament
1727	B057	Broadside Weight = 656
Lower Gun Deck	26	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	26	British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	24	British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck	4	British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date	Men	Notes	Source
1722	520	Establishment	B057

Flag Officers
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1727	1727	Admiral	John Norris	B057
1729	1730	Vice-Admiral	Charles Wager	B057
1745	1746/10	Vice-Admiral	Thomas Davers	B057
1748	1749/07	Rear-Admiral	Charles Knowles	B057
Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1727	1728	Post Captain	Robert Coleman	B057
1728/06	1729	Post Captain	Richard Hughes	B057
1729	1730	Post Captain	Edward Falkingham	B057
1731	1731	Post Captain	George Forbes	B057
1733	1736/04	Post Captain	Charles Vanbrugh	B057
1742/10	1744	Post Captain	John Hildesley	B057
1744	1745	Post Captain	Charles Holmes	B057
1745	1748/06	Post Captain	Richard Chadwick	B057
1748/06	1749	Post Captain	Polycarpus Taylor	B057
1749	1749/07	Post Captain	Richard Howe	B057

Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1726/11/01	Completed at a cost of £19,849.15.4d including fitting	B057
1727	Commissioned as flagship for the Baltic	B057
1728/06	Guardship at the Nore	B057
1729	To the Mediterranean	B057
1730	Guardship at Deptford	B057
1731	To the Mediterranean	B057
1734	With Walton's squadron	B057
1735	in Home waters	B057
1736/04	Paid off	B057
1739/02	Began a great repair at Chatham	B057
1741/12	Completed great repair at a cost of £22,758.9.10d	B057
1742/10	Recommissioned	B057
1744/11/18	Sailed for the West Indies	B057
1749/07	Paid off	B057
1749/09/19	Surveyed	B057
1755/09	Fitted to hold French prisoners untiol 1760/06	B057
1761/06/09	Surveyed	B057
1761/06/19	Ordered to be broken up	B057
1761/07/16	Break up completed at Chatham for £882.5.1d	B057

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

Actions & Battles
Date		Source
1748/10/01	Battle of Havana

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield

Last Updated :2009/02/17 at 19:59:30 by Cy

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