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HBMS Hero (1759)

Page history last edited by Cy 15 years, 4 months ago

Hero, 74 Guns

 

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1756/05/25 B057
Laid Down 1756/08/00 B057
Named 1756/07/16 B057
Launched 1759/03/28 B057
Shipyard Plymouth DY B057
Designer Thomas Slade B057
Master Shipbuilder Thomas Bucknall B057
Rate Third Rate  
Type Ship of the Line  
Out Service 1810/07 B057
Fate Broken Up B057

 

Dimensions
B057   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 166' 6" Imperial Feet 50.75
Length of Keel 135' 103/4" Imperial Feet 41.4
Breadth 46' 8" Imperial Feet 14.22
Depth in Hold 19' 9" Imperial Feet 6.02
Draught Forward 12' 9" Imperial Feet 3.89
Draught Aft 16' 4" Imperial Feet 4.98
Burthen 1,57420/94 Tons BM  

 

Armament
1759/03 Broadside Weight = 781 B057
Lower Gun Deck 28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck 14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle 4 British 9-Pounder

 

Crew
Date Men Notes Source
1759/02 550 Establishment B057

 

Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1762/09 1762/12/25 Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Charles Hardy B057
1782/08 1784/06 Commodore Sir Richard King B057
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1759/02 1761 Post Captain Lord George Edgcumbe B057
1761 1762/06 Post Captain William Fortescue B057
1762/06 1762/12/25 Post Captain Samuel Barrington B057
1763/10 1767 Post Captain Paul Henry Ourry B057
1767 1770 Post Captain Lord William Hotham B057
1770 1771/05 Post Captain Nicholas Vincent B057
1770 1772 Post Captain Nicholas Vincent B051
1781 1781/07 Post Captain James Hawker B057
1781/07 1782/08 Post Captain Charles Wood B057
1782/08 1782/09 Post Captain Charles Hughes B057
1782/09 1783 Post Captain Henry Newcome B057
1783 1784/06 Post Captain Theophilius Jones B057
1787/10 1788/04 Post Captain Thomas Pringle B057
1793/06 1802/10 Lieutenant John Thompson B057
1806/08 1809 Lieutenant Mathew Bowles Alt B057
1809 1810 Lieutenant John Hindes Sparkes B057

 

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1759/02 First commissioned B057
1759/05/05 Completed at a cost of £33,903 including fitting B057
1760/11/24 Took the French privateer Fortune B057
1761/04/02 In company with Venus Took the French East Indiaman Bertin of 64 guns carrying reinforcments for Kepple at Bellisle B057
1762/12/25 Paid off B057
1763/10 Recommissioned as guard ship at Plymouth B057
1763/11 Fitted as a guard ship at Plymouth B057
1769/01 Began fitting as a troop ship B057
1769/02 Completed fitting as a troop ship B057
1771/05 Paid off B057
1776/06 Started a large repair at Plymouth B057
1780/12 Completed large repair at a cost of £37,416.4.7d B057
1784/06 Paid off in England B057
1784/07 Fitted for ordinary B057
1787 Fitted as a receiving ship at a cost of £2,597.7.1d B057
1787/10 Recommissioned as receiving ship at Chatham B057
1788/04 Paid off B057
1792/12 Recommissioned B057
1793 Fitted as a prison ship in the Medway B057
1800/08/15 Renamed Rochester B057
1802/10 In ordinary B057
1806/08 Commissioned as a prison ship B057
1810/07 Broken up at Chatham B057

 

Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed

 

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1759/11/20 Battle of Quiberon Bay  
1781/04/16 Battle of Port Praya  
1782/02/17 Battle of Sadras  
1782/04/12 Battle of Providien  
1782/07/06 2nd Battle of Negapatam  
1782/09/03 Battle of Trincomalee  
1783/06/20 2nd Battle of Cuddalore  

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 V John Charnock

Last Updated :2008/12/24 at 21:40:59 by Cy

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