MARITIME HISTORY 



1661 ; Med. 1664-5 (c. Jeffrey Pearce) ; fleet battles of June, 1665, and June and July, 1666 

 (c. Pearce) ; C. and C. 1667 ; W.I. 1668 ; Med. 1671-3(0. John Berry and Christopher Mason); 

 Tangier 1674 ; Ch. 1678 (c. John Kempthorne) ; Nfd. 1679 (c. David Lloyd) ; Tangier 1681-3 

 (c. Dan. Dering); Ch. 1688-9 ( c - cl - Shovel and Geo. Byng) ; C. and C. 1690-1 (c. Ed. 

 Whitaker), took a 24-gun St. Malo privateer in Feb. 1691 ; C. and C. 1692-5 (c. And. Douglas), 

 took Revenge, 12, in Aug. 1692, Lion, 14, in Jan. 1693, and Vauban, 1 6, in May, 1695. 

 Rebuilt at Portsmouth in 1695. See also ante, pp. 157, 164. 



Fox (fireship), 263 tons, 8 guns ; built at Shoreham 1690. Services : Ch. 1690-2 (c. Andrew 

 Leake and Thos. Killingworth). Burnt in action at La Hogue. See also ante, p. 164. 



HOPEWELL (fireship), 253 tons, 8 guns ; built at Shoreham 1690. Services : Ch. 1690 

 (c. Thos. Warren). Burnt by accident in the Downs 3 June, 1690. 



SHOREHAM (5th rate), 362 tons, 32 guns ; built at Shoreham 1693. Services : C. and C. 

 1694-7 (c. John Constable, and Philip Davies), took La Feroce, 10, in August, 1695 ; C. and C. 

 1699 (c. Wm. Passenger) ; N. A. 1700-1 ; I.S. 1702-9 (c. Geo. Saunders), took Francis, 8, in 

 June, 1706, and Esperance, 12, in May, 1709; C. and C. 1710-13 (c. Chas. Hardy) ; N.A. 

 1715-18 (c. Thos. Howard). Broken up by A.O. n Sept. 1719. 



VESUVIUS (fireship), 269 tons, 8 guns; built at Shoreham 1693. Services: burnt in action 

 at St. Malo (c. John Guy), 19 Nov. 1693. 



SORLINGS (5th rate), 362 tons, 32 guns; built at Shoreham 1694. Services: N. A. 1694-6 

 (c. Fleetwood Emmes); C. and C. 1697-9 ( c - R' cn - Cotton and Rich. Worrell) ; Cadiz and Vigo 1702 

 (c. Jon. Spann) ; Nfd. 1703, took San Salvador, 20, in October; C. and C. 1704-5, (c. Wm. 

 Coney). Taken on the Doggerbank 20 Oct. 1705. Retaken Feb. 1711, but not again taken into 

 Navy. See also ante, p. 164. 



TERRIBLE (5th rate), 253 tons, 26 guns; built at Shoreham 1694. Services: As fireship, 

 W.I. 1695 (c. Tim. Bridges); as $th rate, G.S. Plymouth 1696 ; G.S. Portsmouth 1697 ; as 

 fireship, Cadiz and Vigo 1702 (c. Edw. Rumsey) ; Med. 1703-5 (c. Wm. Jameson) ; W.I. 1706 ; 

 C. and C. 1707 ; Med. 1708-9 (c. John Goodall and Chas. Constable), as $tb rate, 1710 (c. 

 Thos. Mabbot). Taken 20 Sept. 1710 by a French 3&-gun ship. Captain Mabbot acquitted. 



PENZANCE (6th rate), 246 tons, 24 guns; built at Shoreham 1694. Services: Ch. 1695 (c. 

 Hor. Townshend) ; C. and C. 1696 (c. John Cooper) ; I.S. 1697-8 (c. John Aston) ; C. and C. 

 1699 (c. Rich. Wyatt); Med. 1700; I. S. 1701 (c. Thos. Lawrence); C. and C. 1702-12 (c. Robt. 

 Studley and John Parr); took Holland, 14, in April 1697. Sold by A. O. 24 Sept. 1713. See 

 ante, p. 164. 



ARUNDEL (5th rate), 378 tons, 32 guns ; built at Shoreham 1695. Services : C. and C. 1696 

 (c. William Higgins) ; N. A. 1697-8 ; C. and C. 1699 (c. Josiah Crow) ; N. A. 1700-1 ; I. S. 

 1702-8 (c. John Ward, Unton Dering, and Joseph Winder) ; Baltic 1709 ; C. and C. 1710-11 

 (c. And. Douglas). Condemned 1711 ; so.d by A. O. n June 1713. 



HASTINGS (5th rate), 381 tons, 32 guns ; built at Shoreham 1695. Services : W. I. 1695-6 

 (c. John Draper) ; C. and C. 1697 ; wrecked off Waterford on 10 December, six men saved. 



DUNWICH (6th rate), 250 tons, 24 guns; built at Shoreham 1695. Services: C. and C. 

 1695-6 (c. Nich. Trevanion) ; Nfd. 1697 ; C. and C. 1698-9 (c. Mark Noble) ; Med. 1700-2 

 (c. Wm. Harding); C. and C. 1703-12 (c. Christ. Elliott, Wm. Jones, Jas. Stewart, and Chas. 

 Hardy). Sunk as breakwater at Plymouth Dock by A. O. 14 Oct. 1714. 



FALCON (6th rate), 240 tons, 24 guns; built at Shoreham 1695. Services : C. and C. 1695 

 (c. Hen. Middleton). Taken by three French 5O-gun ships off the Dodmanon 10 June. Captain 

 Middleton was found guilty of an error of judgment in not running ashore and fined three months' 

 pay. The Falcon was retaken by the Ramney in 1703, but not again placed in the Navy. 



NEWPORT (6th rate), 244 tons, 24 guns ; built at Shoreham 1695. Services: N. A. 1695-6 

 (c. Wentworth Paxton). Taken by two French ships, 5 July 1696, in Bay of Fundy. 



ORFORD (6th rate), 249 tons, 24 guns ; built at Shoreham 1695 ; renamed NEWPORT by A. O. 

 3 Sept. 1698. Services : C. and C. 1696 (c. Jas. Jesson) ; N. A. 1697-1700 (c. Salmon Morris) ; 

 Med. 1701-5 (c. Chas. Fotherby) ; Cadiz expedition of 1702, Vigo, battle of Malaga, 1704 ; Ch. 

 1706 (c. Isaac Cooke) ; C. and C. 1707-9 (c. Chas. Poole) ; Nfd. 1710 ; C. and C. 1711-13. 

 Sold by A. O. 29 July 1714 



FOWEY (5th rate), 377 tons, 32 guns ; built at Shoreham 1696. Services : C. and C. 1696-8 

 (c. Chas. Brittiffe and Rich. Culliford) ; W. I. 1699-1701 (c. Thos. Legg) ; C. and C. 1702-4 

 (c. Rich. Browne). Taken by a French squadron off the Scillies i August 1704. 



FEVERSHAM (5th rate), 372 tons, 32 guns ; built at Shoreham 1696. Services : C. and C. 

 1697 (c. Robt. Thompson) ; G. S. Plymouth, 1700 (c. Ben. Hoskins) ; Nfd. 1701 (c. Ph. Caven- 

 dish) ; I.S. 1702-6 (c. Sir Chas. Rich) ; C. and C. 1707-9 (c. J. Williams and Robt. Paston) ; 

 N.A. 1710-11. Wrecked on Cape Breton 7 Oct. 1711 ; Capt. Paston and most of the crew 

 drowned. 



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