British Second Rate ship of the line 'Atlas' (1782)

Three Decks' Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Recent Comments

 

Atlas

111
Nominal Guns98BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered5.8.1777BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down1.10.1777BWAS-1714
Launched13.2.1782BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardChatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
Ship ClassDuke Class (1771)BWAS-1714
CategorySecond RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Razeed11.1802BWAS-1714
Becomes
British Third Rate ship of the line 'Atlas' (1804) (74) 1804-1821
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck177' 7"Imperial Feet53.9519 
Length of Keel145' 8 ¾"Imperial Feet44.2151 
Breadth50' 2"Imperial Feet15.2908 
Depth in Hold21' 2"Imperial Feet6.4516 
Draught Forward13' 10"Imperial Feet3.9624 
Draught Aft18' 8"Imperial Feet5.5118 
Burthen1,950 37⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1782Broadside Weight = 931 Imperial Pound ( 422.2085 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

1790Broadside Weight = 958 Imperial Pound ( 434.453 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 12-Pounder

1804Broadside Weight = 814 Imperial Pound ( 369.149 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 12-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1782750EstablishmentBWAS-1714
1794738EstablishmentBWAS-1714

7 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
18.2.1782 - 16.12.1782Captain
George VandeputBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758
Transfered ADM 6/22/412BWAS-171416.12.1782 - 25.3.1783Captain
John ElphinstoneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1783
: on board from 23.12.1782 ADM 6/22/555BWAS-179317.10.1787 - 7.12.1787Captain
William SwineyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1819
ADM 6/23/429BWAS-171420.3.1795 - 27.2.1797Captain
Edmund DoddBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1760-1810
: on board from 28.3.1795BWAS-171428.2.1797 - 27.2.1798Captain
Mathew SquireBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1762-1799
BWAS-17141.1799 - 4.1799Captain
Shuldham PeardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1814
BWAS-17144.1799 - 1801Captain
Theophilus JonesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1825
BWAS-1714

11 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
10.7.1782 - 20.12.1782Fifth Lieutenant
Philip JusticeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1793
ADM 6/22/555
Issued by
Lord George Brydges Rodney (1st Baron Rodney)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 16.12.1782ADM 6/2220.12.1782 - 25.3.1783Sixth Lieutenant
Philip JusticeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1793
ADM 6/22/558ADM 6/2230.12.1782 - 25.3.1783Seventh Lieutenant
Charles SturtBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1783
ADM/L28.3.1795 - 1.7.1795Lieutenant
William WardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1795
TransferedADM/L8.6.1795 - 2.4.1796Lieutenant
Henry WeirBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1815
TransferedADM/L20.3.1796 - 5.12.1796First Lieutenant
Thomas SprouleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1815
ADM/L16.12.1796 - 21.3.1797Lieutenant
Stephen William HickmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1797
ADM/L2.1797 - 2.1798Lieutenant
Richard DechampBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1798
ADM/L12.2.1798 - 18.1.1799Lieutenant
George Herbert WoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1799
ADM/L24.12.1800 - 9.1802Lieutenant
Richard BluettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1816
NBD184917.9.1801 - 5.1802Lieutenant
Christopher William BettyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1832
NBD1849

15 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
17.10.1792 - 15.4.1793Carpenter
William LemonBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1762-1804
DischargedADM 29/825.3.1795 - bef.11.7.1797Surgeon
John Henry DurreBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1770-1809
ref:19818.5.1795 - bef.14.5.1796First Surgeons' Mate
John BlackBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1795-1796
ref:19818.6.1795 - bef.3.12.1796Acting First Surgeons' Mate
Thomas SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1795-1796
ref:198112.1.1796 - 26.4.1802Master
James WoodfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1807
ADM 29-114.5.1796 - 3.12.1796Acting Second Surgeons' Mate
William CrossingBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1796-1801
ref:19813.12.1796 - bef.19.3.1798Second Surgeons' Mate
William CrossingBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1796-1801
ref:198111.7.1797 - bef.12.12.1798Surgeon
Andrew BrodieBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1782-1798
ref:198115.11.1797 - bef.26.7.1799First Surgeons' Mate
F Erskine StephenBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1797-1799
ref:198119.3.1798 - 1797Third Surgeons' Mate
John CochraneBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1798-1797
ref:198119.3.1798 - 26.7.1799Second Surgeons' Mate
John NewtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1798-1800
ref:198112.12.1798 - bef.7.2.1800Surgeon
Douglas WhyteBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1793-1800
ref:198126.7.1799 - 1800Second Surgeons' Mate
Andrew JointBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1799-1800
ref:198126.7.1799 - 1800First Surgeons' Mate
John NewtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1798-1800
ref:19817.2.1800 - 1800Surgeon
Thomas JohnstonBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1799-1806
ref:1981

2 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1795 - 23.9.1795Midshipman
James John Charles AgassizBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1840
NBD18491795 - 3.1800Midshipman
Joseph VallackBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1821
NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
2.1782Commissioned for Howe's fleetBWAS-1714
30.3.1782Completed at a cost of £50,350.7.4d including fittingBWAS-1714
11.9.1782Sailed to assist in the relief of GibraltarBWAS-1714
11.10.1782Arrived at GibraltarBWAS-1714
20.10.1782Battle of Cape Spartel
25.3.1783

Paid off

ADM 33
4.1783Fitted for ordinary at PlymouthBWAS-1714
9.1784Started a very small repair at PlymouthBWAS-1714
2.1785Completed very small repair at a cost of £12,611.9.5dBWAS-1714
7.12.1787

Paid off

ADM 51
11.12.1798

About three o'clock, the launch of the Atlas, of 98 guns, with the surgeon and seventeen men in her, was upset at Spithead, near the Niger frigate, when Captain Matthew Scott, of that ship, jumped overboard, and was the means of saving three of them. All the rest were picked up soon afterwards by other boats, but the surgeon was suffocated with salt water, and could not be recovered.

TNC
28.1.1799

Sailed from Portsmouth

TNC
6.4.1799

Sailed from Plymouth to join the Channel fleet

TNC
19.4.1799

Arrived at Plymouth

TNC
10.5.1799

Sailed from Plymouth at night, returned in the morning "having carried away her main top-mast close to the cap of the cross trees."

TNC
12.5.1799

Sailed from Plymouth

TNC
26.4.1802Paid offADM 35
11.1802Started a repair and the process of being cut down to a 74-gun Third-RateBWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
9.1782-12.1782Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782
Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe)British
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
 
 
Previous comments on this pageno comments to display
Make a comment about this page






Recent comments to other pages

Date postedByPage
Saturday 13th of June 2026 08:07Jon Miller
British sloop 'Kingfisher' (1782) (18) 1782-1798
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
Saturday 13th of June 2026 08:05Jon Miller
British Fifth Rate frigate 'Beaulieu' (1791) (40) 1791-1806
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
Saturday 13th of June 2026 08:02Jon Miller
British Fifth Rate frigate 'Artois' (1794) (38) 1794-1797
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
Saturday 13th of June 2026 07:58Jon Miller
British Fifth Rate frigate 'Amphion' (1780) (32) 1780-1796
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
Saturday 13th of June 2026 07:56Jon Miller
Sir William BoltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1815
Copyright © Cy Harrison 2010-2026, all rights reserved
GDPR Statement