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HBMS Union (1756)

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Union, 90 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Previously	Union
Ordered	1750/07/12	B057
Laid Down	1751/06/05	B057
Named	1750/08/23	B057
Launched	1756/09/25	B057
Shipyard	Chatham DY	B057
Designer	Joseph Allin	B057
Master Shipbuilder	John Lock	B057
Rate	Second Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1816/10	B057
Fate	Broken Up	B057

Dimensions

Source	B057
Length of Gundeck	171' 2"
Length of Keel	141' 5"
Breadth	48' 8"
Depth in Hold	20' 6"
Draught Forward	13' 6"
Draught Aft	18' 0"
Burthen	1,781⁵⁴/₉₄

Armament

Date	1756/09	B057
Lower Gun Deck	26	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	26	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	26	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder
Date	1780/04	B057
Lower Gun Deck	26	British 24-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	26	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	26	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1756/09	750	Establishment	B057

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1756/09	1757/10	Admiral	Thomas Smith	B057
1762	1762	Vice-Admiral	Charles Hardy	B057

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1756/09	1757/10	Post Captain	James Galbraith	B057
1757/10	1759	Post Captain	Michael Everitt	B057
1759	1763/02	Post Captain	Thomas Evans	B057
1778/12	1782/12	Post Captain	John Dalrymple	B057
1782/12	1783/02	Post Captain	Robert Mostyn	B057
1783/02	1783/07	Post Captain	Thomas Shirley	B057
1790/06	1799/44	Lieutenant	William Quarme	B057
1799/11	1800/05	Lieutenant	William Richards	B057
1800/05	1800/10	Lieutenant	John Johnston	B057
1800/10	1801/09	Lieutenant	John Dixon	B057
1801/09	1805/04	Lieutenant	John Rickman	B057
1805/04	1807/05	Lieutenant	Richard Jewers	B057
1807/05	1816/03	Lieutenant	William Cockraft	B057

Officers

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Service record

1757/01/21	Completed at a first cost of £52,157.7.8d including fitting	B057
1757/09	Commissioned for the Downs	B057
1760	In the Western squadron until 1763	B057
1763/02	Paid off	B057
1764/05	Started a small repair at Portsmouth	B057
1764/08	Completed repair at a cost of 3,993.15.1d	B057
1778/09	Started a small repair and refit at Plymouth	B057
1778/12	Recommissioned for the Western squadron	B057
1779/04	Completed repair and refit at a cost of £23,751.11.1d	B057
1780/04	Coppered at Portsmouth and had 32-Pounders replaced by 24-Pounders	B057
1781/04/13	Sailed with Darby's squadron as Relief to Gibraltar	B057
1782/04	With Barrington's squadron	B057
1782/05	With Kempenfelt's squadron	B057
1782/09	Sailed to the relief of Gibraltar	B057
1782/12/08	Arrived in the West Indies	B057
1783/07	Paid off	B057
1787/10	Started fitting as a Hospital Hulk at Chatham	B057
1788/06	Completed fitting at a cost of £2,086.2.11d	B057
1790/03/02	Re-registered as a Hospital ship	B057
1790/03/02	Re-registered as a hospital ship	B068
1790/06	Recommissioned as a hospital ship	B057
1793/04	Moved to Sheerness	B057
1802/02/06	Renamed Sussex
1802/06	Became a receiving ship	B057
1816/03	Paid off into ordinary	B057
1816/10	Completed break up at Chatham	B057

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1759/11/20	Battle of Quiberon Bay
1781/12/12	Action of 1781-12-12

Notes

No Notes Entered

Sources

B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield
B068	Warships of the Great lakes	Robert Malcomson

Last Updated :2008/08/21 at 22:14:29 by Cy

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HBMS Union (1756)

Union, 90 Guns

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Armament

Crew

Flag Officers

Commanders

Officers

Service record

Actions & Battles

Notes

Sources

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