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HBMS Lennox (1723)

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Lennox, 70 Guns


Details
Nationality British
Previously Lennox
Ordered 1721/05/02 B057
Laid Down 1722/02/01 B057
Launched 1723/09/19 B057
Shipyard Chatham DY B057
Design Class 1719 Establishment 70-Gunner (1719)
Master Shipbuilder Benjamin Rosewell B057
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1756/04 B057
Fate Sunk as Breakwater B057

Dimensions
B057 TypeMetric
Length of Gundeck 151' 0" Imperial Feet 46.02
Length of Keel 123' 2" Imperial Feet 37.54
Breadth 41' 6" Imperial Feet 12.65
Depth in Hold 17' 4" Imperial Feet 5.28
Burthen 1,12830/94 Tons BM  

Armament
1734/09/05B057Broadside Weight = 522
Lower Gun Deck 26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 14 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle 4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement
DateMenNotesSource
1719 440 Design Complement  

Commanders
Date FromDate toRank/PositionNameSource
1738 1738/12/05 Captain Richard Thomas Girlington B057
1739 1740/10 Captain William Davies B057
1740/10 1742 Captain Henry Osborn B057
1743/06 1746 Captain Miles Stapleton B057
1746   Captain Peter Lawrence DB019
1757/03 1758/09 Captain John Fergusson B057
1758/08 1763/03 Captain Samuel Wallis B057
Crew
Date FromDate toRank/PositionNameSource
1803/05 1803/09 Able Seaman James Bance B080

Service Record
DateNotesSource
1734/09/30 Completed at Deptford DY at a cost of £17,239.7.7d B057
1738 Commissioned for home waters B057
1738/12/05 Paid off B057
1739 Recommissioned B057
1740 Sailed to the Mediterranean B057
1741 Sailed to the Jamaica B057
1742 Sailed home and paid off B057
1742/10 Began Great Repair at Chatham DY B057
1743/06 Recommissioned B057
1743/07 Completed Great Repair at a cost of £22,105.15.15d B057
1744/10/20 Went ashore in a hurrican but was salved B057
1746/08 Encounter with Conflans DB019
1747/03/25 Action off Cape Nicholas DB019
1746 Sailed from Jamaica for home B057
1747/06 Began middling repair at Woolwich DY B057
1747/10/16 Re-classified as a Fourth Rate of 60 guns  
1748/10 Completed middling repair at a cost of £12,218.16.16d B057
1749/01/29 Surveyed B057
1755/07 Began middling repair at Chatham DY B057
1757/03 Recommissioned B057
1757/09 Completed middling repair at a cost of £22,159.7.7d B057
1758/03/23 Sailed for North America B057
1759 At Quebec B057
1761/04 Bellisle operations B057
1763/03 Paid off B057
1763/05/10 Surveyed B057
1770/03/22 Surveyed B057
1771/02/22 Surveyed B057
1771/12 Began fitting at Sheerness DY B057
1772/04 Completed fitting at a cost of £3,560.18.18d ,as a sheer hulk B057
1772/04 Re-classified as a Unrated Sheer Hulk of 0 guns  

Fleets
Fleet TitleCommanderDate FromDate ToSource
No Fleets Listed

Actions & Battles
DateSource
1747/03/25 Cape Nicholas DB019
 

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
IdLink or DescriptionAuthor
B057 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 Rif Winfield
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien
DB019 The Royal Navy A History From the Earlist of times to the Present Vol.3 Wm. Laird Clowes

Last Updated :2009/11/06 at 15:51:43 by Cy

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