1719 Establishment Group

Class overview
Name1719 Establishment Group
Builders
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byGibraltar Group
Succeeded byModified 1719 Establishment Group
Built1722–1727
In service1727–1749
Completed20
Lost1
Retired19
General characteristics
Type20-gun sixth rate
Tons burthen374+49⁄94 bm
Length
  • 106 ft 0 in (32.3 m) gundeck
  • 87 ft 9 in (26.7 m) keel for tonnage
Beam28 ft 4 in (8.6 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold9 ft 2 in (2.8 m)
Sail planship-rigged
Armament20 × 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD)

The 1719 Establishment Group of sixth rates defined the 20-gun sixth rate using the Dursley Galley as a model. This design works and sailed well. Seventeen ships would be rebuilds of earlier vessels, some would be fifth rates, a couple of fireships and three vessels of new construction with the majority rebuilt from older sixth rate vessels. These ships would be constructed between 1722 and 1727.[1]

Design and specifications

The construction of the vessels was assigned to Royal dockyards. As with most vessels of this time period only order and launch dates are available. The dimensional data listed here is the specification data and the acceptable design creep will be listed on each individual vessel. The gundeck was 106 feet 0 inches (32.3 metres) with a keel length of 87 feet 9 inches (26.7 metres) for tonnage calculation. The breadth would be 28 feet 4 inches (8.6 metres) with a depth of hold of 9 ft 2 in (2.8 m). The tonnage calculation would be 375 tons.[1]

The gun armament as established in 1703 would be twenty 6-pounder 19 hundredweight (cwt) guns mounted on wooden trucks on the upper deck (UD).[1]

Ships of the 1719 Establishment Group

Name Rebuilder Launch date Remarks
Lyme Deptford Dockyard 8 November 1720
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720
  • Breaking completed January 1739
Lowestoffe Portsmouth Dockyard 18 December 1723
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720
  • Sold at Sheerness 29 September 1744
Scarborough renamed Garland Deptford Dockyard 18 October 1711
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720
  • Sold at Sheerness 29 September 1744
Scarborough Deptford Dockyard 19 July 1722
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720
  • Sold at Deptford 5 June 1744
Experiment Plymouth Dockyard 1 November 1727
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1727
  • Breaking complete at Portsmouth in July 1738
Shoreham Woolwich Dockyard 25 August 1720
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720
  • Sold at Deptford 5 June 1744
Gibraltar Deptford Dockyard 8 August 1727 Sold 16 March 1749
Seahorse Deptford Dockyard 7 October 1727 Sold 27 July 1748
Seaford Deptford Dockyard 22 October 1724 broken at Woolwich April to June 1740
Rose Woolwich Dockyard 8 September 1724 Sold at Deptford 5 June 1744
Deal Castle Sheerness Dockyard 6 April 1727 Sold at Deptford 14 August 1746
Nightingale Renamed Fox Deptford Dockyard 18 November 1727 Breaking completed at Deptford in January 1738
Bideford Chatham Dockyard 2 October 1727 Foundered off Flamborough Head 18 March 1736
Flamborough Portsmouth Dockyard 21 October 1727 Sold at Woolwich 10 January 1749
Aldborough Portsmouth Dockyard 21 October 1727 Broken at Deptford 31 March 1742
Squirrel Woolwich Dockyard 19 October 1727 Sold at Woolwich 17 October 1749
Phoenix Woolwich Dockyard 16 January 1728 Sold at Woolwich 28 June 1744
Blandford Deptford Dockyard 13 February 1720
  • New Construction
  • sold 28 October 1742
Greyhound Deptford Dockyard 13 February 1720
  • New Construction
  • Breaking completed June 1741 for rebuilding
Rye Chatham Dockyard 6 October 1727
  • New Construction
  • Broken at Sheerness December 1735

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Winfield 2007

References

  • Winfield 2009, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2009, EPUB ISBN 978-1-78346-924-6, Chapter 6, The Sixth Rates, Vessels acquired from 2 May 1660, Gibraltar Group
  • Winfield 2007, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1714 – 1792), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2007, EPUB ISBN 978-1-78346-925-3, Chapter 6, Sixth Rates, Sixth Rates of 20 or 24 guns, Vessels in Service at 1 August 1714, Gibraltar Group
  • Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, EPUB ISBN 978-1-5267-9328-7