British Merchant ship 'Pacific' (1802)

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Pacific
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Private Owners
Launched	1802	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	BWAS-1793
Category	Merchant	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Ship	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Bought by the Navy	6.1804	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British sloop 'Swift' (1804) (16) 1804-1814 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck101' 10"Imperial Feet30.7848
Length of Keel84' 10 ½"Imperial Feet25.6159
Breadth26' 11"Imperial Feet7.929
Burthen327Tons BM

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by AvM on Friday 21st of July 2017 11:52

"Collection of Interesting and Important Reports and Papers on the Navigation and Trade"
London 1807

Peter Mestaer buit ship Pacific 307t
lad down 5 Oct 1801 contracted Feb 1802

Posted by AvM on Friday 21st of July 2017 11:46

BT 111/01

Pacific registered
#165 21 Apr 1802 at London
master Thomas Hopper 326 92/94

BT 111/03
de novo registered at London
#21 on 14 Jan 1815
master: W.L.Gawanson->

de novo registered at London
#89 on 27 Mar 1816 321 31/94bm
master M.Pitcher

Register of Shipping 18105
Pacific Ship 307t 15ft
master : T.Hooper
owned: P.Mellith
voyage Lonodn-SFish
class AI 02

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Saturday 13th of June 2026 07:56	Jon Miller	Sir William BoltonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1795-1815
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Saturday 13th of June 2026 07:51	Jon Miller	Anthony FortyeBritish Naval Sailor Service 1737-1738
Saturday 13th of June 2026 07:51	Jon Miller	George BlyteBritish Naval Sailor Service 1735-1758

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