HMS Medway's Prize was a 28-gun sixth rate taken by HMS Medway on 17 August 1704. She was registered as a Royal Navy Vessel on 6 September 1704. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1705 for service in Home Waters then Jamaica. She was sold in late 1713.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Les Trois Provinces |
| Captured | By Royal Navy, 13 May 1704 |
| History | |
 England | |
| Name | HMS Medway's Prize |
| Acquired | 6 September 1704 |
| Commissioned | 1705 |
| Fate | Sold late 1713 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 28-gun Sixth Rate |
| Tons burthen | 241+2⁄94 bm |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 25 ft 0 in (7.6 m) for tonnage |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Armament | 28 × 6-pdr guns on wooden trucks (UD) |
Medway's Prize (Either Medway's Prize or Medway) was the fourteenth named ship since it was used for a 60-gun fourth rate, launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 September 1693, rebuilt in 1718, hulk in 1740, beached as a sheer hulk on 18 November 1748 at Portsmouth and broken at Portsmouth in October 1749.[2]
Specifications
editShe was captured on 17 August 1704 and registered on 6 September 1704. Her gundeck was 92 feet 8 inches (28.2 metres) with her keel for tonnage calculation of 72 feet 6 inches (22.1 metres). Her breadth for tonnage was 25 feet 0 inches (7.6 metres) with the depth of hold of 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m). Her tonnage calculation was 241+2⁄94 tons. Her armament was twenty-eight 6-pounders on wooden trucks.[3]
Commissioned service
editShe was commissioned in 1705 under the command of Commander Thomas Hughes, RN for service in the Mediterranean. In 1709 Commander Thomas Beverley, RN took command for service in Home Waters. On or about 10 June 1709 Captain Charles Brown, RN took command followed by Commander John Fletcher, RN in 1710 for service with the Fleet. In 1711 Captain William Basille, RN took over command for service at Jamaica.[4]
Disposition
editShe was sold in late 1713 at Jamaica.[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), Medway's Prize
- 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 (Medway, Medway's Prize)