British Fifth Rate frigate 'Adventure' (1784)

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Adventure

2904
Nominal Guns44BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered5.6.1782BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down10.1782BWAS-1714
Launched19.7.1784BWAS-1714
First Commissioned1.1787BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardBlackwall - London BWAS-1714
Ship ClassAdventure Class (1782)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Edward HuntBritish
Ship Builder
Administrator
Dockyard Staff
Service 1757-1809
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Phillip PerryBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up9.1816BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck140' 4"Imperial Feet42.6745 
Length of Keel115' 5"Imperial Feet35.0605 
Breadth38' 6"Imperial Feet11.6015 
Depth in Hold16' 11"Imperial Feet4.881 
Burthen909 92⁄94Imperial Feet0.0249 

Armament


1792Broadside Weight = 318 Imperial Pound ( 144.213 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

4.1793Broadside Weight = 414 Imperial Pound ( 187.749 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck22 British 24-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck20 British 12-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 12-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

1799Broadside Weight = 99 Imperial Pound ( 44.8965 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck22 British 9-Pounder

1810Broadside Weight = 84 Imperial Pound ( 38.094 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck16 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1792300EstablishmentBWAS-1714
1794294EstablishmentBWAS-1714

10 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
23.1.1787 - 19.9.1788Captain
Francis ParryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1801
: on board from 25.1.1787 ADM 6/23/375BWAS-171419.9.1788 - 23.8.1790Captain
John Nicholson InglefieldBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1766-1796
ADM 6/23/477BWAS-17143.11.1790 - 12.2.1791Commander
Thomas Francis FremantleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1819
ADM 6/24/84ADM 6/2421.5.1793 - 5.1795Captain
Edward BullerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1814
ADM 6/24/241BWAS-17145.5.1795 - 12.1795Captain
Edmund CrawleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1814
ADM 107/2/33BWAS-171411.1795 - 9.1796Commander
William Gordon RutherfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1807
NAO1.1798 - 3.1798Lieutenant
John ChilcottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1802
BWAS-17143.1798 - 2.1799Commander
Thomas LeefBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1800
BWAS-17147.1799 - 5.1800Commander
Robert MansellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1830
BWAS-17146.6.1800 - 6.3.1801Commander
Charles CarterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1794
ADM 6/22/33BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
29.6.1790 - 23.8.1790Rear-Admiral of the Red
Sir Richard KingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1805
TransferedBWAS-1714

9 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
22.10.1788 - 5.7.1790Third Lieutenant
William BrettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1812
Transfered ADM 6/23/483ADM 6/233.11.1790 - 12.2.1791First Lieutenant
John NewellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1794
ADM 6/24/84ADM 6/243.11.1790 - 12.2.1791Second Lieutenant
John BullerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1807
ADM 6/24/84ADM 6/2425.5.1793 - 5.12.1793Third Lieutenant
George HayesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1814
ADM 6/24/242ADM 6/2428.5.1793 - 7.2.1794First Lieutenant
Charles Maurice StockerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1794
Transfered ADM 6/24/242ADM 6/2413.7.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
John RichardsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1802
ADM 6/24/253ADM 6/246.12.1793 - 7.1.1794Third Lieutenant
George Stevenson WintourBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1824
ADM 6/24/289ADM 6/248.1.1794 - 7.2.1794Third Lieutenant
John WallerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1802
ADM 6/25/2ADM 6/258.2.1794 - 1794Third Lieutenant
Header WhitterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1808
ADM 6/25/12ADM 6/25

2 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
16.5.1790 - 23.8.1790Master
David AtchisonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1814
ADM 29-124.10.1798 - 22.2.1801Master
Charles Mason WhiteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1807
ADM 29-1

4 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1.1787 - 1787Midshipman
Charles OgleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1857
7.1793 - 4.1794Master's Mate
Patrick CampbellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1788-1830
ref:6161.1.1794 - 8.5.1795Midshipman
Parkins PrynnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1807
NAO12.1795 - 1796Midshipman
Flowers BeckettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1814
NBD1849

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
4.8.1793 - 31.12.1793Able Seaman
Parkins PrynnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1807
NAO

Service History


DateEventSource
19.7.1784building at a cost of £12627.8.4dBWAS-1714
26.7.1784Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
28.10.1784Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £4093.0.0dBWAS-1714
11.1786Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
28.2.1787Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £5601.0.0dBWAS-1714
1788Channel serviceBWAS-1714
7.1789Began refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
23.8.1790Paid offADM 6/22
4.1793Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
11.1793Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £4169.0.0dBWAS-1714
7.1796Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
18.10.1796Took the Schooner
Le Capitaine Genereux (Unknown) 1796-1796
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Schooner
in the West Indies
1.1798Storeship at JamaicaBWAS-1714
9.1798Completed refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £2992.0.0dBWAS-1714
2.1799Returned to EnglandBWAS-1714
5.1799Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
3.5.1799

Arrived at Plymouth from Guernsey

TNC
7.1799Refitted as a 22 gun Unrated Troop Ship
7.1799Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £6609.0.0dBWAS-1714
1801Refitted as a 20 gun Unrated Receiving Ship
1.1801Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
6.3.1801

Paid off

ADM 6/22
6.1801Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £1259.0.0dBWAS-1714
1802In ordinary at SheernessBWAS-1714
9.1816Broken up at SheernessBWAS-1714

 
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