British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
The new Hanoverian dynasty that came to power with the accession of George I in 1714 inherited the largest navy in the world. In the course of the century, this force would see a vast amount of action against nearly every major navy, reaching a pinnacle of success in the Seven Years War only to taste defeat in the American Revolutionary struggle, when it faced the combined navies of France, Spain, the Netherlands, and the rebellious colonies themselves. Considering the contribution to history of these ships, there is surprisingly little readily available on their careers. Now this gap is comprehensively filled by this superb reference book, outlining the service history of every ship, built, purchased or captured, that fought for the Royal Navy in the great wars of the eighteenth century - well over 2000 vessels. The book is organized by Rate, classification and class, with outline technical and building data, but followed by a concise summary of the careers of each ship in every class. This includes commissioning dates, refit periods, changes of captain, the stations where they served (and when), as well as details of any noteworthy actions in which they took part. It will enable anyone to follow up a casual reference to any warship, and will provide the researcher with a solid core of information on which to base further study. With nothing remotely like it in print, this is a work of the utmost importance to every naval historian and general reader interested in the navy of the sailing era.
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Contents
The Publishers and author are grateful to the following institutions and Philip Reed
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Second Rates of 90 and 98 guns
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Fourth Rates
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Fifth Rates
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US Naval Academy Museum Annapolis by courtesy of Major Line drawings 174 199 225 226 259 260
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Sixth Rates
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Sources
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Ship threemasted Sloops
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Twomasted Sloops
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Cutters and Schooners
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Miscellaneous Vessels
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Appendix A The American Navy 17751785
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1/2pdr swivels 18pdr carronades 3pdrs 4pdrs 6pdrs 9pdrs Adam Hayes Baltic Battle Broad Pendant built Byng’s Cape Capt carronades Channel service Charles Chatham Chatham Dyd Cmdr Commissioned convoy cost cruising Deptford Dyd Dimensions 81 tons Draught East Indies Edward fireship first Fitted at Plymouth Fitted at Portsmouth flagship of Rear—Adm flagship of Vice—Adm fleet French frigates George guard ship Hawke’s fleet Henry Home waters including fitting James Large Repair Leeward Islands Lieut M/Shipwright John Mediterranean Middling Repair Navy Newfoundland Norris’s fleet North America North Sea paid Plymouth Portsmouth Portsmouth Dyd Purchased Recommissioned renamed Repair and fitted Repair at Chatham Repair at Portsmouth Robert Rotherhithe sailed for Jamaica sailed for Newfoundland sailed for North Sheerness ship at Plymouth ship at Portsmouth sloop Small Repair St Malo Surveyed Thomas Thomas Slade took privateer vessels West Indies Western squadron William Woolwich Woolwich Dyd X 12pdrs X 6pdrs