British sloop 'Achates' (1809)

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Achates
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French brig-corvette 'Le Milan' (1807) (16) 1807-1809 French 16 Gun Unrated Brig-Corvette
Captured	3.10.1809	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Palinure Class (1803)	BWAS-1793
Designed by	François Timothée Benjamin PestelFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1793-1821	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1793
Sold	11.6.1818	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck97' 4 ½"Imperial Feet29.5783
Length of Keel76' 10 ¾"Imperial Feet23.1839
Breadth28' 3 ½"Imperial Feet8.5471
Depth in Hold13' 2"Imperial Feet3.9793
Burthen327 ³⁹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

5.1810Broadside Weight = 174 Imperial Pound ( 78.909 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck14 British 24-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser2 British 6-Pounder Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
5.181095 BWAS-1793

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
5.1810 - 5.1813CommanderBWAS-17935.1813 - 7.6.1814CommanderBWAS-17937.6.1814 - 11.1815CommanderBWAS-1793

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
15.4.1814 - 11.11.1815Lieutenant Discharged ADM 196/5/3ADM 196

Service History

DateEventSource
3.1810Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
30.6.1810Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
21.10.1813Capture of the Trave
23.10.1813Took the Frigate in the Channel
25.2.1814Capture of the Clorinde
11.1815Laid up at PlymouthBWAS-1793
11.6.1818Sold at Plymouth to John Small Sedger for £1,100BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 196 Document

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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