HMS Flamborough (1707)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Flamborough
Ordered30 July 1706
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid down1706
Launched29 January 1707
Decommissioned1748
FateSold out of service, 10 January 1749[1]
Notes
General characteristics as originally built[1]
Class and type24-gun Sixth rate
Tons burthen261 4994 bm
Length
  • 94 ft 0 in (28.65 m) (gundeck)
  • 79 ft 8 in (24.28 m) (keel)
Beam25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement115 (85 in peacetime)
Armament
  • 20 × 6-pounder guns on upper deck;
  • 4 × 4-pounder guns on quarter deck
NotesRebuilt, 1727
General characteristics after 1727 rebuild[1]
Class and type20-gun Sixth rate
Tons burthen377 4194 bm
Length
  • 105 ft 11 in (32.28 m) (gundeck)
  • 87 ft 10.5 in (26.784 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 5 in (8.66 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement140
Armament20 × 6-pounder guns
NotesSold 10 January 1749

HMS Flamborough was a Royal Navy post ship, launched in 1707 with 24 guns. She was the first Royal Navy vessel to be stationed in South Carolina, holding that position from 1719 to 1721. She was rebuilt as a considerably larger 20-gun vessel in 1727, and was employed during the following decade off Ireland and later on the Jamaica station. After a period in New York she returned to the Carolinas in 1739, patrolling the coast and playing a minor role in the War of Jenkins' Ear. She returned to England in 1745. After undergoing a major repair she was recommissioned under Captain Jervis Porter in April 1746, and served in the North Sea for the following two years. She was sold out of naval service in 1749.

  1. ^ a b c British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Rif Winfield, Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.