HMS Blandford (1720)

HMS Blandford was a member of the 1719 Establishment Group of 20-gun sixth rates.[1] After commissioning she spent her career in Home Waters, the Baltic, North America and the Mediterranean on trade protection duties. She was sold at Deptford in October 1742.[2]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Blandford.

History
RN EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Blandford
Ordered4 July 1719
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Deptford
Cost£3,041.11.3d plus £480.0.83/4 for fitting
Launched13 February 1720
Completed4 March 1720
Commissioned1720
FateSold at Deptford 28 October 1742
General characteristics
Type20-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen375+18⁄94 bm
Length
  • 106 ft 0 in (32.3 m) gundeck
  • 87 ft 3 in (26.6 m) keel for tonnage
Beam28 ft 5.5 in (8.7 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold9 ft 2 in (2.8 m)
Armament20 x 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD)

Blandford was the second named vessel since it was used for a 24-gun sixth rate launched at Woolwich on 29 October 1711 and lost with all hands in the Bay of Biscay on 23 March 1719.[3]

Construction

She was ordered on 4 July 1719 from Deptford Dockyard to be built under the guidance of Richard Stacey, Master Shipwright of Deptford. She was launched on 13 February 1720. She was completed for sea on 4 March 1720 at a cost of 3,041.11.3d[Note 1] plus 480.0.83/4[Note 2] for fitting.[4]

Commissioned service

She was commissioned in 1720 under the command of Captain William Martin, RN for service in the Baltic then to Carolina from 1721 to 24. She under the command of Captain George Protheroe, RN in 1727 for service in the Mediterranean in 1728 then she moved to New England in 1730/31. She returned home and paid off in July 1732. She was underwent a great repair at Sheerness from September 1732 to February 1733 at a cost of £1,872.1.9d.[Note 3] She was under the command of Captain George Burrish, RN for service in the North Sea in May 1732, She went to the Portuguese coast in 1734, then back to the English Channel in 1735 on to Georgia in 1738 and Jamaica 1739–40. She sailed for home with dispatches on 1 September 1740. She was surveyed in December 1740.[5]

Disposition

HMS Blandford was lost with all hands during a storm in the Bay of Biscay on 23 March 1719.[6]

Notes
  1. A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £483,500 in today's money.
  2. A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £76,300 in today's money.
  3. A total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £330,800 in today's money.

Citations
  1. Winfield 2007
  2. Winfield 2007
  3. Colledge
  4. Winfield 2007
  5. Winfield 2007
  6. Winfield 2007

References
  • 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 acquired after 1 August 1714, 1719 Establishment Group, Blandford
  • 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, (EPUB), Section B (Blandford)


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