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DEAL CASTLE (24) 6th rate Built in 1706, Rotherhithe.
Rebuilt at Sheerness in 1727.
Sold in 1746.

  • 1713 Capt. John CODNER, he was appointed to the command and shortly after was ordered to the West Indies, where he died on 23 April 1714.
  • 1714 Capt. John WILLIS, was appointed on 20 Sept. 1714. He continued in this ship for several years and in in 1717 was ordered to the Baltic with Sir George BYNG.
  • 1731 Capt. AUBIN, 24th. November, one of a small squadron (PHOENIX, FLAMBOROUGH, WOLF and GRAMPUS) put in commission to protect the trade at Jamaica from the daily depredations of the Spanish guarda costas.
  • 1734 Lieut. KNIGHT of the PEARL promoted captain of DEAL CASTLE in September.
  • 1734 Robert SHORTING promoted to be captain in November. 1738 Capt. Temple WEST. Cork. On 7 November DEAL CASTLE, while on her way to Spithead, took refuge in Kinsale. 1741 Spithead.
  • 1743 Capt. Samuel GODDARD, promoted to command her on 1st. February 1743.
  • 1744 On 23 April Capt. Thomas WILLIAMS was promoted from being a lieutenant in command of the CHARLOTTE yacht.
  • 1744 Captain Thomas SOMERS was appointed to her from SUPERB in the autumn of 1744 and moved to EXPEDITION in June 1747. He was later dismissed the service for ill treating officers under his command.


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