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HBMS Queen (1769)

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Queen, 90 Guns

 

 

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1761/10/19 B057
Laid Down 1762/04/01 B057
Named 1761/11/05 B057
Launched 1769/09/18 B057
Shipyard Woolwich DY B057
Designer William Bately B057
Master Shipbuilder William Gray B057
Rate Second Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1811/06 B057
Fate Razeed B057
Becomes Queen

 

Dimensions
B057   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 177' 6" Imperial Feet 54.1
Length of Keel 144' 0" Imperial Feet 43.89
Breadth 49' 6" Imperial Feet 15.09
Depth in Hold 21' 9" Imperial Feet 6.63
Draught Forward 13' 81/2" Tons BM  
Draught Aft 19' 6" Tons BM  
Burthen 1,87674/94 Tons BM  

 

Armament
1776/11 B057 Broadside Weight = 907
Lower Gun Deck 28 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 30 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 9-Pounder
1778 B057 Broadside Weight = 931
Lower Gun Deck 28 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 30 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 8 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 9-Pounder
1790 B057 Broadside Weight = 958
Lower Gun Deck 28 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck 30 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 8 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 12-Pounder

 

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1776/11 750 Establishment B057

 

Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1776/11 1778/04 Vice-Admiral of the Blue Robert Harland B057
1782/09 1783/02 Rear-Admiral of the Blue Samuel Hood B057
1783/04 1786/03 Admiral of the Blue John Montagu B057
1793/02/01 1796/08 Rear-Admiral of the Blue Alan Gardner B057
1796/06/28 1800/10 Vice-Admiral of the Red Hyde Parker B057
1805 1806 Vice-Admiral of the Blue John Knight B057
1806/10/31 1807 Vice-Admiral of the Red Cuthbert Collingwood B057
1807 1808 Rear-Admiral of the Blue George Martin B057
1808 1808/11 Rear-Admiral of the Blue Manley Dixon B057
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1776/11 1778/04 Post Captain John Robinson B057
1778 1779 Post Captain Alexander Innes B051
1778/04 1778/12 Post Captain Isaac Prescott B057
1778/12 1780 Post Captain Alexander Innes B057
1780/10 1781/01 Post Captain Samuel Wallis B057
1781/01 1782/09 Post Captain Frederick Maitland B057
1782/09/09 1783/04 Post Captain William Domett B057
1783/04 1786/03 Post Captain John Wainwright B057
1792/12 1794/08 Post Captain John Hutt B057
1794/08 1796/08 Post Captain William Bedford B057
1796/06/28 1800/10 Post Captain Mann Dobson B057
1803/05 1804/03 Post Captain Joseph Sydney Yorke B057
1804/03 1804/05 Post Captain Theophilius Jones B057
1804/05 1805 Post Captain Manley Dixon B057
1805 1806 Post Captain Francis Pender B057
1806 1807 Post Captain Richard Thomas B057
1807 1808 Post Captain Charles Inglis B057
1808 1808/11 Post Captain Thomas George Shortland B057
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1796/06 1800/10 Midshipman William Collins Barker B080
Crew
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1805/03 1806 1st Class Volunteer John Frederick Appleby B080

 

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1770/07/20 Completed fitting at a cost of £45,660.15.5d plus £963 'to fit her to sail at Plymouth' B057
1776/10 Completed fitting as a flagship at Plymoucht at a cost of £4,776.7.9d B057
1776/11 Commissioned for the Channel B057
1809 Used as a prison ship at Gillingham B057
1811/06 Started cutting down to a Third rate 74 B057

 

Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782 Admiral of the Blue Richard Howe 1782/09/00 1782/12/00  

 

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1778/07/27 1st Battle of Ushant  
1781/12/12 Action of 1781-12-12  
1782/10/20 Battle of Cape Spartel  
1794/06/01 Glorious 1st of June  
1795/06/20 L'Orient  

 

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

 

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B057 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 Rif Winfield
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume VI John Charnock
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien

Last Updated :2009/03/12 at 20:02:27 by Cy

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