HMS Child's Play was a 24-gun French privateer, Le Jeux of St Malo taken by HMS Tartar on 7 June 1706. She was purchased on 6 July 1706. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 10 July 1706 for service in the West Indies. She was wrecked in a hurricane in 1707.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Le Jeux |
| Launched | November 1689 |
| Commissioned | January 1690 |
| Captured | By Royal Navy, 7 June 1706 |
| History | |
 England | |
| Name | HMS Child's Play |
| Acquired | 6 July 1706 |
| Commissioned | 10 July 1706 |
| Fate | Wrecked in hurricane 30 August 1707 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 24-gun Sixth Rate |
| Tons burthen | 373+2⁄94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 29 ft 6 in (9.0 m) for tonnage |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 7 in (3.2 m) |
| Armament |
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Child's Play was the only named vessel in the Royal Navy.[2]
Specifications
editShe was captured on 7 June 1706 and purchased on 6 July 1706. Her gundeck was 103 feet 0 inches (31.4 metres) with her keel for tonnage calculation of 80 feet 7 inches (24.6 metres). Her breadth for tonnage was 29 feet 6 inches (9.0 metres) with the depth of hold of 10 ft 7 in (3.2 m). Her tonnage calculation was 373+2⁄94 tons. Her armament was twenty-six 6-pounders on the upper deck with and four 3-pounders on the quarterdeck all on wooden trucks.[3]
Commissioned service
editShe was commissioned on 10 July 1706 under the command of Captain George Doyley, RN for service in the West Indies. Captain Doyley drowned when the ship was lost.[4]
Loss
editShe was wrecked in a hurricane on Palmetto Point, St Kitts on 30 August 1707.[5]
Citations
editReferences
edit- Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2009, EPUB ISBN 9781783469246, Chapter 6, The Sixth Rates, Vessels acquired from 18 December 1688, Sixth Rates of 20 guns and up to 26 guns, Ex-French Prizes (1704–09), Child's Play
- 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, e ISBN 978-1-5267-9328-7 (EPUB), Section S (Childs Play)