1719 Establishment Group

Group of Royal Navy sixth-rate ships, built 1720s September 2022 March 2022 March 2022 1719 Establishment Group Woolwich Dockyard Portsmouth Dockyard Deptford Dockyard Chatham Dockyard Sheerness Dockyard Plymouth Dockyard United Kingdom Gibraltar Group Modified 1719 Establishment Group 1722–1727 1727–1749 20 1 19 20-gun sixth rate 374 49 94 bm 106 ft 0 in m on 1 gundeck 87 ft 9 in m on 1 keel for tonnage *28 ft 4 in m on 1 for tonnage 9 ft 2 in m on 1 ship-rigged *20 × 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.Winfield 2007 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 ft 0 in m off 1 with a keel length of 87 ft 9 in m off 1 for tonnage calculation. The breadth would be 28 ft 4 in m off 1 with a depth of hold of 9 ft 2 in m on 1. The tonnage calculation would be 375 tons.Winfield-2007 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).Winfield-2007 Ships of the 1719 Establishment Group + Name Rebuilder Launch date Remarks Lyme 1695 2 Deptford Dockyard 8 November 1720 Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720 Breaking completed January 1739 Lowestoffe 1723 2 Portsmouth Dockyard 18 December 1723 Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720 Sold at Sheerness 29 September 1744 Scarborough 1694 2 renamed Garland Deptford Dockyard 18 October 1711 Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720 Sold at Sheerness 29 September 1744 Scarborough 1696 2 Deptford Dockyard 19 July 1722 Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720 Sold at Deptford 5 June 1744 Experiment 1689 2 Plymouth Dockyard 1 November 1727 Rebuilt from 5th rate 1727 Breaking complete at Portsmouth in July 1738 Shoreham 1694 2 Woolwich Dockyard 25 August 1720 Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720 Sold at Deptford 5 June 1744 Gibraltar 1711 2 Deptford Dockyard 8 August 1727 Sold 16 March 1749 Seahorse 1712 2 Deptford Dockyard 7 October 1727 Sold 27 July 1748 Seaford 1697 2 Deptford Dockyard 22 October 1724 broken at Woolwich April to June 1740 Rose 1712 2 Woolwich Dockyard 8 September 1724 Sold at Deptford 5 June 1744 Deal Castle 1706 2 Sheerness Dockyard 6 April 1727 Sold at Deptford 14 August 1746 Nightingale 1702 2 Renamed Fox Deptford Dockyard 18 November 1727 Breaking completed at Deptford in January 1738 Bideford 1712 2 Chatham Dockyard 2 October 1727 Foundered off Flamborough Head 18 March 1736 Flamborough 1707 2 Portsmouth Dockyard 21 October 1727 Sold at Woolwich 10 January 1749 Aldborough 1706 2 Portsmouth Dockyard 21 October 1727 Broken at Deptford 31 March 1742 Squirrel 1707 2 Woolwich Dockyard 19 October 1727 Sold at Woolwich 17 October 1749 Phoenix 1694 2 Woolwich Dockyard 16 January 1728 Sold at Woolwich 28 June 1744 Blandford 1720 2 Deptford Dockyard 13 February 1720 New Construction sold 28 October 1742 Greyhound 1720 2 Deptford Dockyard 13 February 1720 New Construction Breaking completed June 1741 for rebuilding Rye 1727 2 Chatham Dockyard 6 October 1727 New Construction Broken at Sheerness December 1735 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, 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 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 978-1-5267-9328-7 Category:Corvettes of the Royal Navy Category:Sixth rates of the Royal Navy