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HBMS Mordaunt (1683)

Page history last edited by Cy 15 years, 3 months ago

 

Mordaunt, 48 Guns

 

 

Details
Nationality British
Purchased 1683/00/00 B028
Shipyard Purchased B028
Constructor William Castle B065
Rate Fourth Rate  
Type Ship of the Line  
Out Service 1693/11/21 B028
Fate Wrecked B028

 

Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 101' 9" Imperial Feet 31.01
Breadth 32' 41/2" Imperial Feet 9.86
Depth in Hold 13' 0" Imperial Feet 3.96
Burthen 567 Tons BM  
B032   Type Metric
Length of Keel 110' 0" Imperial Feet 33.53
Breadth 31' 3" Imperial Feet 9.53
Depth in Hold 15' 0" Imperial Feet 4.57
Draught Aft 12' 0" Imperial Feet 3.66
Burthen 663 Tons BM  

 

Armament
1694 B065 Broadside Weight = 205
Lower Gun Deck 20 British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 20 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck 10 British Saker

 

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1689 200 Establishment for war at home B032
1689 230 Establishment for war abroad B032
1689 150 Establishment for peace B032

 

Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1687/03/06 1688/09/15 Post Captain John Ashby B051
1689 Unknown Post Captain John Tyrrel B094
1691 1692/03/26 Post Captain Henry Boteler B029
1692/03/26 1693/11/21 Post Captain Francis Maynard B029

 

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1685/08/18 "to the Treasurer of the Navy to pay off the Montague's men, the Mordaunt, Dunbarton and Shophia prize" the sum of £5,000 B093
1692/01/16 Arrived at Barbadoes as part of Commodore Ralph Wrenn squadron consisting of the Norwich and the Diamond B029
1692/01/30 The squadron put to sea in search of a French squadron reported off Barbados B029
1692/02/05 Returned to Carlisle Bay B029
1692/02/17 The squadron sailed for Jamaica B029
1692/06/10 "I have ordered the Mary and Assistance and St. Paul to convoy our merchant fleet to Europe. The Mordaunt will go to Jamaica and the Norwich to the Leeward Islands, the latter convoying the Duke of Bolton's regiment" B093
1692/06/28 It was ordered that "the ship's company of H.M.S. Swan to be turned over to H.M.S. Mordaunt and H.M.S. Guernsey" B093
1693/04 At Jamaica, chasing French privateers, but without success "she being too large to follow these small vessels near the shore" B093
1693/04 Returned to Jamaica from Porto Bello with 100,000 pieces-of-eight for the Assiento B093
1693/05/05 The Minutes of Council of Jamaica contain an "Order for careening of H.M.S. Mordaunt." B093
1693/05/24 A letter from Lieutenant-Governor Sir William Beeston to Lords of Trade and Plantations contains "Captain Maynard has now orders for the Mordaunt to sail for England, but I have the King's command to keep him here. This will show you how the orders differ; but the Island being in want of assistance, having neither fortifications, men nor money (of which Sir F. Wheler knew nothing when he gave the order), the Council and Assembly desired me to keep the Mordaunt and to represent their condition to you" B093
1693/07 Sent with "two sloops raised by the Island ... to the coast of Hispaniola to do all the mischief they can to the French" (possibly in late June) B093
1693/10/09 "The Mordaunt and our two hired sloops have returned, after little success beyond the taking of two or three sloops and plundering some small places ashore" B093

 

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

 

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1692/02/22 Action of 1692-02-22  

 

Notes on Ship
First Built Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I
Built as a private venture in 1681

 

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B065 The Ship of the Line Vol I Brian Lavery
B032 The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 897-1984 E. H. H. Archibald
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock
B094 Calendar of State Papers (Domestic) Official
B029 The Royal Navy Vol II William Laid Clowes
B093 Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies W. Noel Sainsbury and J.W. Fortescue (editors)

Last Updated :2009/01/17 at 22:05:24 by Cy

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