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She was most probably launched in 1706^ since she first appears 

 in the Navy List under the date April i, 1707, when she was at "Long- 

 reach taking in Guns." ° Her complement at that time is given as 

 190 men and her battery as 42 guns. 



The Navy List thereafter follows her career in terse monthly entries 

 (see Appendix A). 



Her first two cruises carried her to Archangel and Newfoundland.^" 

 By 1709 she was back at Sheerness refitting, and afterward was on 

 patrol duty in the Channel." Early in 17 10 she was attached to the 

 Dunkirke Squadron and in the fall of that year was on convoy duty to 

 the eastern countries.^- In April 171 1 she was in Holland "to bring the 

 Queen's wine to the Nore." ^^ She then sailed convoy to Russia and 

 during the last two months of 171 1 was refitted and again sent to duty 

 in British waters, meeting ships from Virginia and convoying them 

 to British ports." During the winter of 171 2-13 she transported 

 troops to Bayonne and returned with prisoners of war ^^ and then 

 again served in the Channel, cruising against smugglers.^*' In the fall 

 of 1 7 14 she was sent convoy to Port Mahon in the Mediterranean and 

 on return was paid ofif and laid up.^^ 



Three years later the Loo was back in service as a hospital ship on 

 duty with the Baltic Squadron. ^^ She was then laid up for the winter 

 and the next spring again commissioned as a hospital ship and sent to 

 the Mediterranean Squadron. A year later (April 1719) she appears 

 in the Navy List with 30 guns and a crew of 125 men, which probably 

 indicates that she had been reconverted to a frigate.^^ Thus fitted out 

 she served with the Mediterranean Squadron until the spring of 

 1722.^° From that time until January 1728 she appears to have been 

 laid up. On January 10, 1728, she was again in sea pay and until 



* At least one earlier Loo is recorded. Like her successor, she was a frigate 

 of 40 guns and was also lost through shipwreck, having run aground on the 

 Irish coast near Baltimore, April 30, 1697 (Clowes, The Royal Navy, vol. 2, 

 P- 536). 



9 Navy List, Jan. i, 1707-Dec. 31, 1709, ADM 8/10, Public Record Office. 

 " ADM 8/10. 



" Ibid. 



1- Ibid. 



" Ibid. 



"ADM 8/10 and 8/1 1. 



"ADM 8/11. 



10 ADM 8/12. 



17 Ibid. 



18 ADM 8/13. 

 " Ibid. 



20 Ibid. ' 



