HMS Bideford (1695)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bideford.

History
England
NameHMS Bideford
Ordered11 May 1694
BuilderNicholas Barret, Harwich
Launched25 October 1695
Commissioned19 October 1695
FateWrecked 12 November 1699
General characteristics
Type20-gun sixth rate
Tons burthen255+73⁄94 bm
Length
  • 93 ft 1 in (28.4 m) gundeck
  • 78 ft 6 in (23.9 m) keel for tonnage
Beam24 ft 9 in (7.5 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold10 ft 9 in (3.3 m)
Armament
  • initially as ordered
  • 20 × sakers on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 × 3-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)
  • 1703 establishment
  • 20 × 6-pdrs on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 × 4-pdr on wooden trucks (QD)

HMS Bideford was a member of the standardized 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th century. After commissioning she spent her short career in the West Indies, mainly employed as a trade protection vessel. She was wrecked in 1699.[1]

Bideford (spelt Biddeford or Bideford) was the first named vessel in the Royal Navy.[2][Note 1]

Construction

She was ordered in the Second Batch of eight ships to be built under contract by Nicholas Barret of Harwich. She was launched on 25 October 1695.[1]

Commissioned service

She was commissioned on 19 October 1695 under the command of Captain Thomas Thatcher, RN for service in the West Indies. Thatcher died on 20 October 1697. Captain Samuel Martin, RN took command on the 18th. In 1699 Captain Henry Searle was in command until he drowned in her wreck on 12 November 1699.[1]

Loss

HMS Bideford was wrecked on the Isle of Ash off Hispaniola on 12 November 1699.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Ref Winfield spells her name as Bideford whereas ref Colledge spells her name as Biddeford.

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d Winfield
  2. ^ Colledge

References

  • Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2009, EPUB ISBN 9781783469246, Chapter 6, The Sixth Rates, Vessels acquired from 18 December 1688, Sixth Rates of 20 guns and up to 26 guns, Maidstone Group, Bideford
  • 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, e ISBN 978-1-5267-9328-7 (EPUB), Section B (Biddeford)

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