MORDAUNT HMS 1684
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:59 pm
On this stamp issued by Sierra Leone some mistakes are made, the ships-name is given as Interloper MORDAUANT, but in reality she is HMS MORDAUNT. Not any trace of an interloper under the name MORDAUANT I can find and the type of vessel depict looks more like a warship than a merchant vessel.
The book, A History of Sierra Leone 1400-1787 by Alexander Peter Kup gives:
Some Royal Navy ships were sent to protect the company’s (British Royal Africa Co.) ships in Africa from 1672-1689 and to arrest interlopers.
The HMS MORDAUNT was sent in 1684 to Africa to protect the company’s interests.
She was built as a privateer by a syndicate led by Viscount Charles Mordaunt who sold her to the Royal Navy on 07 October 1682.
Built by the shipmaster William Castle at Deptford.
1681 Launched as MORDAUNT.
Tonnage 567 ton, dim. 122.6 x 32.4 x 13.1ft, length of keel 101.9ft.
Armament 46/40.
Crew from 150 to 230.
20 May 1684 commissioned under command of Captain Henry Killigrew.
From 1684 -1685 off the West African coast.
1688 Was she one of Dartmouth’s fleet.
04 October 1689 together with the FORESIGHT and LIVELY in battle against a French squadron of 12 ships off the Isle of Scilly.
April 1690 sailed for the West Indies.
21 February 1691 she together with the MARY and a chartered ship in action against a French squadron off Desirade.
While on a homeward voyage as escort of a convoy from Jamaica under Captain Francis Maynard she was lost on 21 November 1693 off Cuba with all hands.
Sierra Leone. 1984 15c sg823, scott642 and 1985 15 c sg?, scott642a.
Source: British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714 by Rif Winfield.
The book, A History of Sierra Leone 1400-1787 by Alexander Peter Kup gives:
Some Royal Navy ships were sent to protect the company’s (British Royal Africa Co.) ships in Africa from 1672-1689 and to arrest interlopers.
The HMS MORDAUNT was sent in 1684 to Africa to protect the company’s interests.
She was built as a privateer by a syndicate led by Viscount Charles Mordaunt who sold her to the Royal Navy on 07 October 1682.
Built by the shipmaster William Castle at Deptford.
1681 Launched as MORDAUNT.
Tonnage 567 ton, dim. 122.6 x 32.4 x 13.1ft, length of keel 101.9ft.
Armament 46/40.
Crew from 150 to 230.
20 May 1684 commissioned under command of Captain Henry Killigrew.
From 1684 -1685 off the West African coast.
1688 Was she one of Dartmouth’s fleet.
04 October 1689 together with the FORESIGHT and LIVELY in battle against a French squadron of 12 ships off the Isle of Scilly.
April 1690 sailed for the West Indies.
21 February 1691 she together with the MARY and a chartered ship in action against a French squadron off Desirade.
While on a homeward voyage as escort of a convoy from Jamaica under Captain Francis Maynard she was lost on 21 November 1693 off Cuba with all hands.
Sierra Leone. 1984 15c sg823, scott642 and 1985 15 c sg?, scott642a.
Source: British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714 by Rif Winfield.