The Shrewsbury was a third class ship of the line with 74 guns of the Royal Navy . It was launched at Deptford on February 23, 1758 . On June 15, 1783, she was declared unseaworthy and sunk off Jamaica .
Upon completion, Captain Hugh Palliser took command of the ship in 1758 during the Seven Years' War . First he was deployed under Admiral George Anson in the English Channel and destroyed and captured some French ships off Brest . On September 13, 1759, the ship's crew took part in the conquest of Québec . In 1760 the ship was moved to the Mediterranean , where other French ships were brought in. In 1762 the ship was sent to Newfoundland to aid in the retaking of St. John's . By the time the Shrewsbury arrived with three other ships, the city had already been taken.
In 1777, Captain John Lockhart-Ross became the commandant of Shrewsbury . The following year he supported Admiral Augustus Keppel in the battle of Ushant . From March 1779, Captain Mark Robinson commanded the ship and took part in the battle with Spain on January 8, 1780 , in the Battle of Martinique on April 17, 1780 and in the naval battle of Fort Royal on April 29, 1781 . On September 5, 1781 in the naval battle off Chesapeake Bay , the Shrewsbury was badly damaged, lost its main mast and fell out of line . The first lieutenant and 13 other crew members were killed. 52 men were injured, including Captain Mark Robinson, who lost a foot in a cannonball. After the battle, the British fleet went to New York for repairs .
In January 1782, Captain John Knight took command of the Shrewsbury . After being repaired in Antigua , she escorted Rear Adm . Samuel Hood's fleet to Nevis . The naval battle of St. Kitts took place here on January 25 and 26, 1782 . Although the British prevailed, the Shrewsbury was badly damaged, lost 3 crew members and 7 were wounded. On June 13, 1782, the ship was placed under Captain Sir Isaac Coffin. Since the leaks of the ship in the port of Port Royal in Jamaica could not be repaired, it was placed under Commander Charles Hotchkys and now served as a prison ship . Because the pumps had to work continuously to remove water that had entered, the ship was finally abandoned on the orders of Admiral Joshua Rowley.
Captains
Captain Hugh Palliser, 1758--1764
Captain John Lockhart-Ross, 1777-1779
Captain Mark Robinson, March 1779 - September 5, 1781
Rear Adm. Samuel Hood, September 5, 1781-January 1782
Captain John Colpoys 1782
Captain John Knight, January 1782
Captain Sir Isaac Coffin, 1st Baronet, June 13, 1782 - December 14, 1782
Lieutenant George Vandeput, September 24, 1759-1763
Samuel James Ballard, October 1779 - January 1782
literature
JJ Colledge, Ben Warlow: Ships of the Royal Navy: A Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present , 2010, p. 370
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