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ASSISTANCE
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Built in 1650, Deptford.
Sunk as breakwater in 1746. |
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- Rebuilt 1699.
- 1706 Capt. Barrow HARRIS. West Indies station.
- 1707 Capt. Abraham TUDOR. In February 1708 he was ordered to convoy the trade from Kinsale to England, and on his return he put himself under the orders of Capt. Anthony TOLLET in ASSURANCE (70), who was employed on the same service from Cork, because of intelligence of a French squadron under Du Guay Trouin cruising in the Channel. They encountered four French ships off the Lizard on 2 March (see ASSURANCE for details). ASSISTANCE lost 8 killed and 21 wounded. Capt. TUDOR died of his wounds. The French captured only five merchantmen out of about 60, losing two before they could be taken into port.
- Rebuilt 1712.
- Rebuilt 1725.
- 1726 Capt. George PROCTOR. With Sir Charles WAGNER's fleet which sailed from the Nore on 17 April for the Baltic.
- 1728 Thomas GRAVES was appointed to ASSISTANCE at the beginning of the year and remained in her until 1734 when he was promoted to SWALLOW (60).
- 1739 On 14 June John WYNNEL or WINNEL was appointed captain of ASSISTANCE. Lieut. Peter OSBORNE of ASSISTANCE was appointed to be acting captain of same ship on 28 July 1740. In August 1740 he removed to DIAMOND and in September to SALISBURY. Capt. William CLELAND was appointed at the end of 1740 when she was ordered to be fitted out for the West Indies as one of Sir Challoner OGLE's fleet. In the event it was decided that ASSISTANCE should remain in England and Capt. CLELAND removed to LITCHFIELD.
- 1741 Capt. Roger MARTIN. Cruising in Channel. During August 1741 he captured, and brought into Spithead, two valuable Spanish prizes, CONCEPTION and St. DOMINIC.
- 1743 Capt. Smith CALLIS. West Indies. With Capt. Charles KNOWLE's squadron which Ad. Sir Challoner OGLE had ordered to attack the Spanish settlement at La Guayra in February. La Guayra had been defenceless, but the admiral had let the project become public knowledge and the Spanish governor rapidly improved its defences. Although the settlement was badly damaged and a lot of Spaniards were killed, the attack was repulsed
- ASSISTANCE had 32 shot through the hull, none between wind and water, 13 killed and 71 wounded.
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