HMS Child's Play (1706)
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Le Jeux |
| Launched | November 1689 |
| Commissioned | January 1690 |
| Captured | By Royal Navy, 7 June 1706 |
| History | |
 England | |
| Name | HMS Child's Play |
| Acquired | 6 July 1706 |
| Commissioned | 10 July 1706 |
| Fate | Wrecked in hurricane 30 August 1707 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 24-gun Sixth Rate |
| Tons burthen | 373+2⁄94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 29 ft 6 in (9.0 m) for tonnage |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 7 in (3.2 m) |
| Armament |
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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[edit]
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+2⁄94 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[edit]
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[edit]
She was wrecked in a hurricane on Palmetto Point, St Kitts on 30 August 1707.[5]
Citations[edit]
References[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), 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)