1719 Establishment Group

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]

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 x 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD)

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
NameRebuilderLaunch dateRemarks
LymeDeptford Dockyard8 November 1720
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720
  • Breaking completed January 1739
LowestoffePortsmouth Dockyard18 December 1723
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720
  • Sold at Sheerness 29 September 1744
Scarborough renamed GarlandDeptford Dockyard18 October 1711
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720
  • Sold at Sheerness 29 September 1744
ScarboroughDeptford Dockyard19 July 1722
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720
  • Sold at Deptford 5 June 1744
ExperimentPlymouth Dockyard1 November 1727
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1727
  • Breaking complete at Portsmouth in July 1738
ShorehamWoolwich Dockyard25 August 1720
  • Rebuilt from 5th rate 1720
  • Sold at Deptford 5 June 1744
GibraltarDeptford Dockyard8 August 1727Sold 16 March 1749
SeahorseDeptford Dockyard7 October 1727Sold 27 July 1748
SeafordDeptford Dockyard22 October 1724broken at Woolwich April to June 1740
RoseWoolwich Dockyard8 September 1724Sold at Deptford 5 June 1744
Deal CastleSheerness Dockyard6 April 1727Sold at Deptford 14 August 1746
Nightingale Renamed FoxDeptford Dockyard18 November 1727Breaking completed at Deptford in January 1738
BidefordChatham Dockyard2 October 1727Foundered off Flamborough Head 18 March 1736
FlamboroughPortsmouth Dockyard21 October 1727Sold at Woolwich 10 January 1749
AldboroughPortsmouth Dockyard21 October 1727Broken at Deptford 31 March 1742
SquirrelWoolwich Dockyard19 October 1727Sold at Woolwich 17 October 1749
PhoenixWoolwich Dockyard16 January 1728Sold at Woolwich 28 June 1744
BlandfordDeptford Dockyard13 February 1720
  • New Construction
  • sold 28 October 1742
GreyhoundDeptford Dockyard13 February 1720
  • New Construction
  • Breaking completed June 1741 for rebuilding
RyeChatham Dockyard6 October 1727
  • New Construction
  • Broken at Sheerness December 1735

Citations
  1. 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
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