HMS Shoreham (1694)

During the War of the English Succession she was involved in the unsuccessful operation at Camaret Bay (near Brest).

She participated in operations in the West Indies during the initial years of the War of Austrian Succession before being sold in 1744.

She was a member of a division under the Marquis of Carmarthen sent to Camaret Bay (near Brest) on 8 June 1694 to provide fire support for the possible landing of troops.

The troops were withdrawn after the loss of half the force and the 32-gun Dutch vessel, the Wesp.

She was recommissioned in January 1715 under the command of Captain Thomas Howard for service in Virginia.

[2] She was ordered rebuilt on 10 November 1719 under the 1719 Establishment as a sixth rate at Woolwich Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright John Hayward.

She was commissioned in March 1727 as a bomb-vessel under the command of Captain Robert Long for service in the Baltic.

She underwent a great repair at Deptford at a cost of £4,463.2.11d[Note 5] between October 1730 and May 1731 then fitted for the West Indies.

In April 1731 she was commissioned under the command of Captain Thomas Griffin (until the end of 1732) for service at Jamaica.

Upon her return in 1732 she underwent a small repair and fitting at Deptford costing £943.14.5d[Note 6] from May to December 1733.

Shoreham joined Commodore Charles Brown's Squadron at Jamaica on 6 August.

Commodore Brown carried out reprisals and a reconnaissance in force leaving Port Royal, Jamaica on the 14th for a cruise around Cuba.

On 15 September she carried out a landing at Porto Maria and destroyed a large quantity of Lumber and other stores.