HMS Mary Galley (1744)

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Mary Galley
History
Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Mary Galley
Ordered26 April 1743
BuilderHenry Bird, Globe Stairs, Rotherhithe
Laid down18 May 1743
Launched16 June 1744
Commissioned13 September 1744 at Deptford dockyard
FateSunk as breakwater, Plymouth 20 April 1764
General characteristics
Class and type44-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen712 1394 (bm)
Length
  • 126 ft 0 in (38.4 m) (overall)
  • 102 ft 4 in (31.2 m) (keel)
Beam36 ft 2 in (11.0 m)
Draught15 ft 5 in (4.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan ship rigged
Complement250
Armament
  • Lower deck: 20 × 18-pdrs
  • Upper deck: 20 × 9-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pdrs

HMS Mary Galley was a 44-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built in 1744 for service in the War of the Austrian Succession against France, Prussia and Spain. After two years assigned to patrol duties in the English Channel she was sent to the Caribbean to protect British commercial interests from pirate attacks. At the conclusion of the War she was returned to England in need of repair, but was instead left docked at Plymouth until 1764 when she was sunk as part of a breakwater for the port.

Mary Galley was initially commissioned under Captain Piercy Brett, but command was transferred to Captain William Dandridge before the ship was put to sea. [1] [2] Dandridge died on 27 August, and command passed to Robert Swanton. [3] [1] Under Swanton, Mary Galley undertook an extensive voyage of patrol along the Bristol Channel, the Downs and into the North Sea. In March 1746 she underwent minor repairs at Sheerness dockyard at a cost of £984. [1]

The ship returned to sea in April 1746 and was assigned to Atlantic service off west Africa, and then to the Leeward Islands from 1747 to 1748. Returning to Plymouth Dockyard in 1749, she was surveyed for damage but not repaired and was left largely abandoned in port. In March 1764 she was offered for sale as a simple "hull ... fitted with two chain pumps and ten capstan bars." [4] There being no purchasers the vessel was instead decommissioned and sunk as part of a breakwater in Plymouth harbour on 20 April 1764. [1] [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "MARY GALLEY (44) [1744]". Ageofnelson.org. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  3. Hayes, Kevin J. and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography. "William Dandridge (1689–1744)." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 23 September 2013. Web. 26 May 2014.
  4. "No. 10401". The London Gazette . 17 March 1764. p. 2.