1694 Programme Group

March 2022 March 2022 1694 Programme Group six by Dockyard thirteen by contract 30px|Royal Navy Ensign Kingdom of England 30px|Royal Navy Ensign Kingdom of Great Britain after 1707 1693 Programme Group Betty 1695 3 1694–1699 1695–1741 19 10 9 32-gun fifth rate 36692 94 tons (bm) 108 ft 02 in m on 1 gundeck 88 ft 0 in m on 1 keel for tonnage *28 ft 0 in m on 1 for tonnage 10 ft 6 in m on 1 ship-rigged as built 4/8 × 4 demi-culverins (LD) 22/20 × sakers (UD) 6/4 × 4 minions (QD) 1703 Establishment 8/4 × 4 9-pdr guns (LD) 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) 6/4 × 4-pdr guns (QD) 1719 Establishment 20-gun sixth rate 3755 94 tons (bm) 106 ft 1 in m 2 on gundeck 87 ft 10 in m 2 on keel for tonnage 28 ft 4 in m 2 on 9 ft 2 in m 2 on Full-rigged ship Sails 1719 Establishment 20 guns 20 × 6-pdr guns (UD) The 1694 Programme of 32-gun fifth rates were derived from the 1693 programme vessels as demi-batterie ships. The concept was to have one tier of ordnance flush on the upper deck for use in all weathers on a freeboard of at least seven feet. The ordnance would be arranged with a minimum of eleven gun ports on the upper deck. The lower deck would be provided with four to eight gun ports for heavier guns that could only be used in calm weather. For added propulsion ten oar ports per side would be provided with a central loading port. Nineteen more 32-gun vessels to these specifications were ordered in from 1694 to 1698 with thirteen to be built by contract and nine in dockyard.Winfield (2009), Chapter 5, The Fifth Rates, Vessels acquired from 16 December 1688, Fifth Rates 32-36 guns, 1694 Programe Design and specifications 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 108 ft 0 in m off 1 with a keel length of 88 ft 0 in m off 1 for tonnage calculation. The breadth would be 28 ft 0 in m off 1 with a depth of hold of 10 ft 6 in m on 1. The tonnage calculation would be 366 92 94 tons. The ships would be sail powered carrying a ship-rigged sail plan. Also there was a provision for ten oar ports per side located between the gun ports on the lower deck. Lyme and Scarborough would be rebuilt to the 1719 establishment for 20-gun vessels. The establishment dimensions were 106 ft 0 in m 2 off with a keel length of 87 ft 9 in m 2 off for tonnage calculation. The breadth would be 28 ft 4 in m 2 off with a depth of hold of 9 ft 2 in m 2 off. The tonnage calculation would be 3740 94 tons (bm).Clowes (1898), Chapter XXVI, page 9Winfield (2007), Chapter 6, Sixth Rates, Sixth Rates of 20 or 24 guns, Vessels acquired from 1 August 1714, 1719 Establishment Group The gun armament initially was four demi-culverinesA demi-culverine was a gun of 3,400 pounds with a four-inch bore firing a 9.5-pound shot with an eight-pound powder charge. mounted on wooden trucks on the lower deck (LD) with two pair of guns per side. The upper deck (UD) battery would consist of between twenty and twenty-two sakersA sacar or saker was a gun of 1,400 pounds with a 3.5-inch bore firing a 5.5-pound shot with a 5.5-pound powder charge. guns mounted on wooden trucks with ten or eleven guns per side. The gun battery would be completed by four to six minionsA minion was a gun of 1,000 pounds with a 3.5-inch bore firing a 4-pound shot with a 4-pound powder charge. guns mounted on wooden trucks on the quarterdeck (QD) with two to three guns per side. In the 1703 Establishment the old gun designations would be replaced by a system that designated the guns by the weight of shot fired. The demi-culverines would become known as 9-pounders, the sakers as 6-pounders and the minions as 4-pounders. Therefore, their armament as of 1703 for Shoreham and Sorlings would be listed as four 9-pounder guns on the lower deck (LD), twenty 6-pounder 19 hundredweight (cwt) guns on the upper deck (UD) with four 4-pounder 12 cwt guns on the quarterdeck (QD). For Scarborough, Faversham, Looe(ii) and Bridgewater would be rerated as 36-gun vessels with an increase in the 9-pounders to eight guns. The 4-pounders would be removed in 1714. Under the 1719 Establishment the guns would be established as twenty 6-pounders on the upper deck (UD). Ships of the 1694 Programme Group + Name Builder Launch date Remarks Lyme 1695 3 Mr Flint, Plymouth 20 April 1695 rebuilt as 1719 Establishment sixth rate in 1720 Breaking completed January 1739 Hastings 1695 3 (i) Thomas Ellis, Shoreham 5 February 1695 Wrecked 10 December 1697 Milford 1695 3 William Hubbard, Ipswich 6 March 1695 Taken by French 7 January 1697 Arundel 1695 3 Thomas Ellis, Shoreham 13 September 1695 sold under AO 11 June 1713 Rye 1696 3 Sheerness Dockyard 7 June 1696 sunk as breakwater Harwich 5 July 1727 Scarborough 1696 3 James Parker, Southampton 24 March 1696 Captured by French 1 November 1710 Recaptured by British 31 March 1712 and renamed Garland Reduced to 20-gun sixth rate 1717 rebuilt at Sheerness as sixth rate 24 October 1721 Sold at Sheerness 27 September 1744 Looe 1696 3 (i) Plymouth Dockyard 5 August 1696 Wrecked Baltimore Bay, Ireland 30 April 1697 Lynn 1696 3 Thomas Ellis, Shoreham 24 April 1696 Sold to Francis Sheldon 16 April 1713 Fowey 1696 3 Thomas Burgess & William Briggs, Shoreham 7 May 1696 Taken by French 1 August 1708 Southsea Castle 1696 3 (i) John Knowler, Redbridge 3 September 1696 Wrecked 15 September 1697 Gosport 1696 3 William Collins, Shoreham 3 September 1696 Taken by French 28 July 1706 Poole 1696 3 Joseph Nye & George Moore, East Cowes 6 August 1696 Converted to a fireship at Portsmouth 1719 sunk as a breakwater Harwich 8 July 1737 Feversham 1696 3 Thomas Ellis and William Collins, Shoreham 1 October 1696 foundered 7 October 1711 Hastings 1698 3 (ii) Isaac Betts, Woodbridge 17 May 1698 Wrecked 9 February 1707 Lowestoffe 1697 3 Chatham Dockyard 16 August 1697 Rebuilt as 20-gun sixth rate Sold on 12 July 1744 Looe 1697 3 (ii) Portsmouth Dockyard 15 October 1697 Wrecked 12 December 1705 Southsea Castle 1697 3 (ii) Deptford Dockyard 16 November 1697 Wrecked 12 November 1699 Bridgewater 1698 3 Sheerness Dockyard 30 May 1698 Converted to a fireship 1727 Broken in April 1738 Ludlow 1698 3 Mrs Ann Mundy, Woodbridge 12 September 1698 taken by French 16 January 1703 Notes Note Citations References Winfield 2009, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2009, EPUB 978-1-78346-924-6 Winfield 2007, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1714 – 1792), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2007, EPUB 978-1-78346-925-3 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 978-1-5267-9328-7 Clowes (1898), The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to the Present (Vol. III). London. England: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, © 1898 Category:Frigates of the Royal Navy Category:Ships of the Royal Navy