Flamborough Group

The Flamborough sixth rates were basically repeats of the Maidstone Group and designed and built by Richard Stacey, Master Shipwright of Woolwich. Two vessels were ordered. Their armament was similar as were the dimensions of the vessels. They were constructed between 1706 and 1708.

Class overview
Name	Flamborough Group
Builders	Woolwich Dockyard
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Nightingale Group
Succeeded by	Gibraltar Group
Built	1706–1708
In service	1706–1727
Completed	2
Lost	0
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	24-gun sixth rate
Tons burthen	261+49⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 0 in (28.7 m) gundeck 79 ft 8 in (24.3 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	25 ft 0 in (7.6 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	10 ft 8 in (3.3 m)
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Armament	20 × 6-pdr guns on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4-pdr guns on wooden trucks (QD)

Design and specifications

The construction of the vessels was assigned Woolwich dockyard. As with most vessels of this time period only order and launch dates are available. The dimensional data listed here Flamborough, whereas Squirrel will be listed in her article. The gundeck was 94 feet 0 inches (28.7 metres) with a keel length of 79 feet 8 inches (24.3 metres) for tonnage calculation. The breadth would be 25 feet 0 inches (7.6 metres) for tonnage with a depth of hold of 10 feet 8 inches (3.3 metres). The tonnage calculation would be 261+49⁄94.

The gun armament as established in 1703 would be twenty 6-pounder cannon mounted on wooden trucks on the upper deck with four 4-pounder guns on the quarterdeck.

Ships of the Flamborough Group

Name	Builder	Launch date	Remarks
Flamborough (1707)	Woolwich Dockyard	29 January 1707	Docked Portsmouth for rebuilding
Squirrel (1707)	Woolwich Dockyard	29 December 1707	Dismantled at Deptford then moved to Woolwich for rebuilding

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, Purchased Vessels (1706), Aldborough
• 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, Purchased Vessels (1706), Aldborough
• 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, Section A (Aldborough)