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HBMS Windsor Castle (1790)

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Windsor Castle, 98 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Ordered	1782/08/19	B057
Laid Down	1784/08/19	B057
Named	1783/01/21	B057
Launched	1790/05/31	B057
Shipyard	Deptford DY	B057
Designer	Thomas Slade	B057
Master Shipbuilder	Martin Ware	B057
Rate	Second Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1813/10	B057
Fate	Razeed	B057
Becomes	Windsor Castle

Dimensions

Source	B057
Length of Gundeck	177' 6"
Length of Keel	145' 8⁷/₈"
Breadth	49' 2"
Depth in Hold	21' 0"
Draught Forward	14' 0"
Draught Aft	18' 2"
Burthen	1,873⁹⁰/₉₄

Armament

Date	1790/07	B057
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

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1790	738	Establishment	B057

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1790/07	1790/10	Rear-Admiral	Herbert Sawyer	B057
1792/12	1794	Rear-Admiral	Philips Cosby	B057
1794/04	1795/12	Rear-Admiral	Robert Linzee	B057
1795/12	1792	Rear-Admiral	Robert Man	B057
1800/05		Vice-Admiral	Andrew Mitchell	B057
1803/04		Admiral	George Montagu	B057

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1790/07	1790/10	Post Captain	Sir James Barclay	B057
1792/12	1794/04	Post Captain	Sir Thomas Byard	B057
1794/04	1794/10	Post Captain	Edward Cooke	B057
1794/10	1794/11	Post Captain	William Shield	B057
1794/11	1795/12	Post Captain	John Gore	B057
1795/12	1798	Post Captain	Edward OBrien	B057
1799/07	1799/09	Post Captain	John Manley	B057
1799/09	1799/11	Post Captain	John Chambers White	B057
1799/11	1800/05	Post Captain	Albemarle Bertie	B057
1800/05	1800/09	Post Captain	James Oughton	B057
1800/09	1800/09	Post Captain	Peter Turner Bover	B057
1800/90/90	1803/04	Post Captain	James Oughton	B057
1803/04	1803/06	Post Captain	Philip Durham	B057
1803/06	1804/01	Post Captain	Albemarle Bertie	B057
1804/01	1804/04	Post Captain	Thomas Wells	B057
1804/04	1804/05	Post Captain	Samuel Osborn	B057
1804/05	1805/05	Post Captain	Davidge Gould	B057
1805/05	1808/09	Post Captain	Charles Boyles	B057

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1822/09/24		Lieutenant	John Adams	W025

Service record

1790/06/06	Completed at a cost of £51,198.8.6d including fitting	B057
1790/07	Commissioned for the Spanish Armament	B057
1790/10	Paid off	B057
1792/12	Recommissioned	B057
1793/04/22	Sailed for the Meditterranean	B057
1798/07	Started a very small repair at Plymouth	B057
1799/07	Recommissioned	B057
1799/10	Completed very small repair at a cost of £29,069	B057
1808/09	Laid up at Plymouth	B057
1808/11	Paid off into Ordinary	B057
1813/10	Began the process of being cut down to a 74-Gun Third-Rate	B057

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1795/03/14	Action off Genoa
1795/07/13	Battle of Hyeres
1805/07/22	3rd Battle of Cape Finisterre

Notes

No Notes Entered

Sources

B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield
W025	William Loney RN - Background	Unknown

Last Updated :2008/09/13 at 19:04:18 by Cy

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