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HBMS Dreadnought (1742)

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Dreadnought, 60 Guns

 

 

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1740/12/05 B028
Laid Down 1741/01/07 B028
Launched 1742/06/23 B028
Shipyard Deptford B028
Design Class Later 1733 Establishment 60 Gunner (1733)
Constructor Richard Wells B028
Rate Fourth Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1784/08/17 B028
Fate Sold B028

 

Dimensions
No Details Known

 

Armament
1742/06/23 B057 Broadside Weight = 273
Upper Gun Deck 16 British 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck 6 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle 2 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle 2 British 9-Pounder

 

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1742 420 Establishment B057

 

Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1763/07 Unknown Rear-Admiral of the Red William Burnaby B057
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1742/06 1745 Post Captain Edward Boscawen B057
1745 1745/02 Post Captain Thorpe Fowke B057
1745/02 1748/09 Post Captain Thomas Broderick B057
1755/06 1755/12 Post Captain Nicholas Vincent B051
1755/12 1761 Post Captain Maurice Sucking B057
1762/02 1763 Post Captain Matthew Moore B057
1763/07/14 1766/12 Post Captain Thomas Lee B057

 

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1742/06 Commissioned to cruise to the Azores B057
1742/09/07 Completed at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £15,886.10.0d to build plus £6,418.5.3d for fitting B057
1744 In Norris' fleet in the Channel B057
1744/04/04 Took the Medee B057
1744/05 Lisbon convoy B057
1745 In the Leeward Islands B057
1747/02/27 Captured the privateer Genereux B057
1747/04/04 Captured the privateer Mars B057
1747/04/07 Captured the privateer Elisabeth B057
1747/05/07 Captured the privateer Guillaume B057
1747/06/12 Captured the privateer Roi David B057
1748/05/06 Captured the privateer Cesar B057
1748/05/19 Captured the privateer Amazone B057
1748/09 Paid off B057
1749/01/29 Surveyed B057
1751/06 Started a great repair B057
1753/01 Completed great repair at Chatham at acost of £15,755.13.8d B057
1753/01/23 Re-surveyed B057
1755/07 Recommissioned and fitted as a flagship B057
1756/01/08 Sailed for the West Indies B057
1758/09/02 Action against the Palmier (74) B057
1758/09/02 Action against the Palmier off Port au Prince B040
1760 On the Jamiaca station B057
1760/10/13 Surveyed B057
1761 Paid off B057
1761/01 Began a middling repair and refit at Chatham B057
1762/02 Recommissioned B057
1762/04 Completed repair and refit at a cost of £20,273.6.4d B057
1763/10/15 Sailed for Jamaica B057
1766/12 Paid off B057
1782 used as a prison ship at Portsmouth B057
1784/08/17 Sold at Portsmouth for £350 B057

 

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

 

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1757/10/21 Forrest's Action  

 

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

 

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B057 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 Rif Winfield
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume V John Charnock
B040 The Royal Navy Vol III William Laid Clowes

Last Updated :2009/03/03 at 23:48:50 by Cy

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