HMS Orford's Prize was a 24-gun French privateer, Le Gaillarde taken by HMS Orford on 2 October 1708. She was purchased and registered on 21 October 1708. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1708 then retaken by the French in 1709.[1]
Orford's Prize was the fourth ship so named since it was used for a 24-gun sixth rate launched by Ellis of Shoreham on 29 November 1695, renamed Newport on 3 September 1698, and sold in 1714.[2]
Specifications
She was captured 2 October 1708 and purchased on 21 October 1708. Her keel for tonnage calculation of 74 feet 11 inches (22.8 metres). Her breadth for tonnage was 26 feet 9 inches (8.2 metres) with the depth of hold of 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m). Her tonnage calculation was 283+34⁄94 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
She was commissioned in 1708 under the command of Commander William Collier, RN.[4]
Disposition
She was retaken by two 30-gun French privateers off Lundy on 27 May 1709. She resumed her French name La Gaillarde.[5]
