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HMS Child's Play (1706)

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History
France
NameLe Jeux
LaunchedNovember 1689
CommissionedJanuary 1690
CapturedBy Royal Navy, 7 June 1706
History
England
NameHMS Child's Play
Acquired6 July 1706
Commissioned10 July 1706
FateWrecked in hurricane 30 August 1707
General characteristics
Type24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen373+294 bm
Length
  • 103 ft 0 in (31.4 m) gundeck
  • 80 ft 7 in (24.6 m) keel for tonnage
Beam29 ft 6 in (9.0 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold10 ft 7 in (3.2 m)
Armament
  • 20 × 6-pdr guns on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 × 3-pdr guns on wooden trucks (QD)

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]

Child's Play was the only named vessel in the Royal Navy.[2]

Specifications

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She 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+294 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

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She 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

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She was wrecked in a hurricane on Palmetto Point, St Kitts on 30 August 1707.[5]

Citations

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  1. ^ Winfield
  2. ^ Colledge
  3. ^ Winfield
  4. ^ Winfield
  5. ^ Winfield

References

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  • 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)