A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



Darcy) ; C. and C. 1667-8 ; Med. 1669-71 (c. John Kempthorne and Wm. Davies), on 29 Dec., 

 1669 Kempthorne fought seven Algerines off Gibraltar, 30 k. and w. ; Fleet battles 1672-3 

 (c. Thos. Hamilton) ; Med. 1674-5 (c. Wm. Capon) ; C. and C. 1678 (c. Chas. Talbot) ; Nfd. 

 1679; Med. 1681-4 (c. John Ash by) ; Ch. 1685 (c. John Temple); W.I. 1686-8 (c. Ralph 

 Wrenn) ; W.I. 1691 (c. John Bounty), taken by French 12 July, 1691, when outward bound. 

 See also ante, p. 242. 



PRESTON (4th rate) ; renamed ANTELOPE at Restoration 5516 tons, 40 guns ; built at Wood- 

 bridge 1654. Services : C. and C. 1654-9 (c. Ph. Gethings and Robt. Robinson) ; Med. 1660 ; 

 Med. 1663-4 (c. Robt. Clark) ; Ch. 1665-6, battle of June, 1665 (c. John Chichely), on 4 Sept., 

 took Seven Oaks, 54, battles of June and July 1666 (c. Freschville Holies), raid in Vlie in August ; 

 C. and C. 1667-8 and P.O.; C. and C. 1671 (c. Roger Strickland) ; Fleet battles 1672-4 (c. Rich. 

 White and Gustavus L'Hostein), in Sept. 1672 took a Dutch man-of-war and two merchant- 

 men ; C. and C. 1678 (c. Hen. Priestman) ; Nfd. 1679 ; Med. 1680-2 (c. Jas. Storey) and P.O. ; 

 Ch. 1688 (c. Hugh Ridley) ; C. and C. 1689 (c. Hen. Wickham) ; Ch. and W.I. 1690, battle of 

 Bantry Bay i May, 1690 ; W.I. 1691-2 (c. Josiah Crow). Sold by A.O. n July, 1693. 



BASING (5th rate), renamed GUERNSEY at Restoration ; 245 tons, 28 guns; built at Walbers- 

 wick, 1654. Services: C. and C, 1654-60 (c. Alex. Farley and Rich. Hodges); Nfd. 1661; 

 C. and C. 1662-4 (c. Humph. Coningsby) ; Ch. 1665 (c. John Utber), attack on Bergen, 

 2 August, 1665, c. Utber killed ; C. and C. 1666-71 (c. Thos. Fisher, Thos. Bridgman, Argentine 

 Allington, and Rich. London), in July, 1760, with Advice, engaged seven Algerines off Cape de 

 Gatte, and Allington killed; C. and C. 1672 (c. Leon. Harris); Ch. 1673, battle of 28 May; 

 C. and C. 1674 (c. Chas. Royden) ; Salee, 1675 ; C. and C. 1676-7 (c. Jas. Harman) ; Med. 

 1678, on 19 March, 1677-8, engaged an Algerine of 50 guns, 9 k. including Harman ; C. and C. 

 1679-81 (c. Math. Tennant) ; W.I. 1682-4; C. and C. 1685, and P.O. ; Ch. 1688 (c. Thos. 

 Ashton) ; made fireship by A.O. of 12 Jan. 1688-9 ; Ch. 1689 (c. Robt. Arthur) ; W.I. 1690-3 

 (c. Ed. Oakley). Condemned and sold by A.O. 26 Oct. 1693. See also ante, p. 243. 



KINGFISHER (4th rate), 663 tons, 46 guns ; builf at Woodbridge 1675. Services: Med. 1675 

 (c. David Trotter) ; Med. 1677-82 (c. Morgan Kempthorne, and Edw. Wheeler), action in May 

 1 68 1 with ei^ht Algerines, 46 k. and w. including Kempthorne killed; C. and C. 1685 (c. Thos. 

 Hamilton) ; N.A. 1686-7 ; Ch. 1689 (c. Thos. Allen) ; Ireland 1690 (c. John Johnson) ; Nfd. 

 1691 ; C. and C. 1692-5 (c. Jasper Hicks) ; E.I. 1696-7 ; C. and C. 1702-5 (c. Anth. Tollett). 

 Made hulk at Harwich by A.O. 17 Aug. 1706. See also ante, p. 242. 



MILFORD (5th rate), 385 tons, 32 guns; built at Ipswich 1695. Services: C. and C. 

 1695-7 (c. Thos. Lyell). Taken by French privateers in the North Sea, 7 Jan. 1696-7, 60 k. 

 and w. Retaken 1702 but not again used in the Navy. 



HASTINGS (5th rate), 381 tons, 32 guns; built at Woodbridge 1698. Services: C. and 

 C. 1698 (c. Rich. White); E.I. 1699-1701 ; C. and C. 1702-3(0 Rich. Culliford and John 

 Kenney) ; Guinea 1704-5 (c. Ph. Stanhope); C. and C. 1706-7 (c. Fr. Vaughan). Wrecked 



off Yarmouth, 9 Feb. 1706-7, 26 men saved. 

 LUDLOW (5th rate), 381 tons, 32 guns; 



built at Woodbridge 1698. Services: C. and C. 



1699 (c. Hen. Lumley) ; W.I. 1700-1 ; C. and C. 1702-3 (c. Wm. Cock). Taken by two 

 French 32-gun ships, 1 6 Jan. 1702-3. 



GREYHOUND (5th rate), 494 tons, 40 guns; built at Ipswich 1703. Services: C. and C. 

 1703-4 (c. Chas. Langton and Wm. Stephenson) ; W.I. 1705-7 (c. Wm. Herriot) ; C. and C. 

 1708-11 (c. Jas. Stewart). Wrecked off Tynemouth, 26 Aug. 171 1. 



BIDEFORD (6th rate), 423 tons, 24 guns; built at Ipswich 1740. Services: C. and C. 

 1740 (c. Robt. Allen), 1741 (c. Lord Forester), 1742 (c Hon. Geo. Dawnay), 1743 (c. Shel- 

 drake Laton), took the Sta. Fami/ia, 14, in 1742 ; W.I. 1744-8 (c. C. Powlett). Broken up 

 by A.O. 8 Aug. 1754. 



HAMPSHIRE (4th rate), 854 tons, 50 guns; built at Ipswich 1741. Services: C. and C. 

 1742-3 (c. Thos. Limeburner and Edw. Legge) ; Ch. 1744 (c. Hon. Geo. Murray); Med. 

 and W.I. 1745-6 (c. Lionel Daniel) ; C. and C. 1747-8 and P.O. ; Ch. 1755-6 (c. Coningsby 

 Norbury) ; St. Helena 1757; C. and C. 1758; W.I. 1759-62 (c. Arthur Usher), on 18 Oct. 

 1760, destroyed Prince Edward, 32, and Due de Choiseul, 32, privateers, off Cuba; reduction of 

 Havannah 1762. Broken up by A.O. 29 Aug. 1766. 



GRANADO (bombship), 270 tons, 8 guns; built at Ipswich 1742. Services: As sloop, 

 C. and C. 1743-8 (c. Arthur Upton and Wm. Parry). In 1747 the crew petitioned that she was 

 so bad a seaboat that she was always wet. As bomb, Ch. 1758 (c. S. Uvedale), bombardment 

 of St. Malo; W.I. 1759; C. and C. 1760 (c. John Botterill) ; W.I. 1761-3(0. Thos. Frazer), 

 reduction of Martinique 1762. Sold by A.O. I June, 1763. 



CORMORANT (sloop), 304 tons, 14 guns; built at Ipswich 1776. Services: E.I. 1776-9 

 (c. Geo. Young and Wm. Owen) ; Lisbon 1780 (c. J. W. Payne) ; N.A. 1781 (c. Chas McEvoy). 

 Taken off Charlestown by the French fleet under Comte de Grasse on 24 Aug. 1781. 



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