HBMS Romney (1762)

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Romney, 50 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Ordered	1759/07/20	B057
Laid Down	1759/10/01	B057
Named	1760/11/00	B057
Launched	1762/07/08	B057
Shipyard	Woolwich DY	B057
Designer	Thomas Slade	B057
Master Shipbuilder	Joseph Harris	B057
Rate	Fourth Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1804/11/19	B057
Fate	Wrecked	B057

Dimensions

Source	B057
Length of Gundeck	146' 0"
Length of Keel	120' 10"
Breadth	40' 4¹/₂"
Depth in Hold	17' 2"
Draught Forward	10' 9"
Draught Aft	15' 5"
Burthen	1,046⁶¹/₉₄

Armament

Date	1762/08	Broadside Weight 414	B057
Lower Gun Deck	22	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	22	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	4	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1762	350	Establishment	B057

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1763/06	1766/10	Rear-Admiral of the White	Alexander Colvill	B057
1767/03	1771/03	Commodore	Sir Samuel Hood	B057
1776/04	1777/02	Vice-Admiral of the Blue	John Montagu	B057
1779/04/19	1779/05	Commodore	George Johnston	B057
1779/05	1779/12	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	John Lockhart Ross	B057
1779/12	1781/11	Commodore	George Johnston	B057
1782/03	1783/01	Commodore	John Eliot	B057
1792/03	1793/01	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Samuel Granston Goodall	B057
1795/06	1797/06	Vice-Admiral	Sir James Wallace	B057
1797/07	1798	Vice-Admiral	William Waldegrave	B057

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1762/08	1763/02	Post Captain	Robert Walsingham	B057
1763/06	1766/10	Post Captain	James Ferguson	B057
1767/03	1770	Post Captain	John Corner	B057
1770	1770/10	Post Captain	Hyde Parker	B057
1770/10/03	1771/03	Post Captain	Robert Linzee	B057
1775/04	1775/05/11	Commander	Sir George Keith Elphinstone	B057
1775/04	1776/04	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Robert Duff	B057
1775/05/11	1776/04	Post Captain	Sir George Keith Elphinstone	B057
1776/03/21	1777/02	Post Captain	Elliott Salter	B057
1777/02	1779	Post Captain	George Montagu	B057
1779	1779/04/19	Post Captain	George Johnston	B057
1779/04/19	1779/05	Post Captain	Robert Boyle Nicholas	B057
1779/05	1779/12	Post Captain	George Johnston	B057
1779/12	1781/11	Post Captain	Roddam Home	B057
1782/03	1782/07	Post Captain	John Wickey	B057
1782/07	1783/01	Post Captain	Thomas Lewes	B057
1783/01	1783/04	Post Captain	Samuel Osborn	B057
1792/03	1793/03	Post Captain	Sir William Domett	B057
1793/03	1794/12	Post Captain	William Paget	B057
1794/12	1795/03	Post Captain	Sir Charles Hamilton	B057
1795/03	1795/06	Commander	Henry Inman	B057
1795/06	1797/06	Post Captain	Frank Sotheron	B057
1797/06	1797/07	Post Captain	Percy Fraser	B057
1797/07	1798/03	Post Captain	John Bligh	B057
1798/03	1800/08	Post Captain	John Lawford	B057
1800/08	1803/04	Post Captain	Sir Home Riggs Popham	B057
1803/04	1804/10	Post Captain	William Brown	B057
1804/10	1804/11/19	Post Captain	John Colvill	B057

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1797	1802/10	Midshipman	Samuel Allen	B082

Crew Members

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1798/03/10	1800/08	Boy	Andrew O'Brien	B080

Service record

1762/09/04	Completed at a cost of £26,492.17.2d including fitting	B057
1763/02	Paid off	B057
1763/02	Recommissioned for North America	B057
1766/10	Paid off	B057
1767/03	Started a small repair and refit at Portsmouth	B057
1767/03	Recommissioned	B057
1767/04	Completed repair and refit at a cost of £3,799.2.2d	B057
1767/05/20	Sailed for North America	B057
1771/03	Paid off	B057
1771/09/12	Surveyed	B057
1773/05	Started a large repair and refitt at Deptford	B057
1775/04	Recommissioned as flagship for the Newfoundland station	B057
1775/05	Completed repair and refit at a cost of £19,614.18.7d	B057
1775/06/09	Sailed for the Newfoundland station	B057
1777/02	Recommissioned	B057
1777/04/14	Sailed for Newfoundland	B057
1778/04/28	Sailed for Newfoundland	B057
1779	In the Channel	B057
1779/04	Began a refit and coppering at Plymouth	B057
1779/05	Completed refit and coppering at a cost of £4,650.19.9d	B057
1779/09	Sailed to the relief of Guernsey	B057
1779/10/31	Sailed for the Lisbon station	B057
1779/11/11	In company with Tartar took the Santa Margarita	B057
1780/07/03	Took the Artois (38)	B057
1780/07/06	Took the Perle (18) off Finisterre	B057
1781/03/13	Sailed for the East Indies as convoy escort	B057
1781/07/21	Took part in the attack on Dutch East Indiamen in Saldahna Bay	B057
1781/11	Returned home	B057
1782/03	Recommissioned	B057
1782/10/17	Took the privateer Comte de Bois-Goslin (12) off Ushant	B057
1783/01	Recommissioned	B057
1783/04	Paid off	B057
1790/04	Started a great repair and refit at Woolwich	B057
1792/03	Recommissioned	B057
1792/05	Completed repair and refit at a cost of £31,375	B057
1792/06/18	Sailed for the Mediterranean	B057
1794/06/17	Took the French frigate Sybille in Mykonos Harbour	B057
1795/06/18	Sailed for Newfoundland	B057
1796/05/24	Sailed for Newfoundland	B057
1797/04/28	Sailed for Newfoundland	B057
1803/04	Returned to Chatham and paid off	B057
1803/06	Started refitting at Chatham	B057
1803/08	Completed refitting at a cost of £7,847	B057
1804/11/19	Wrecked on the Haak Sand off Texel with the loss of eleven men drowned	B057

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1781/04/16	Battle of Port Praya

Notes

No Notes Entered

Sources

B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield
B082	The Navy List 1865	The Admiralty
B080	A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849	O'Brien

Last Updated :2008/11/11 at 23:08:03 by Cy

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HBMS Romney (1762)

Romney, 50 Guns

Details

Dimensions

Armament

Crew

Flag Officers

Commanders

Officers

Crew Members

Service record

Actions & Battles

Notes

Sources

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