British Third Rate ship of the line 'Athenian' (1800)

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Athenian
Nominal Guns	64	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Athénien' (1798) (64) 1798-1800 French 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Captured	4.9.1800	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Senglea - Malta
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Wrecked	20.10.1806	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck163' 3"Imperial Feet49.6836
Length of Keel132' 0"Imperial Feet40.2336
Breadth44' 9"Imperial Feet13.4684
Moulded Breadth44' 0"Imperial Feet13.4112
Depth in Hold19' 8"Imperial Feet5.8138
Burthen1,411 ⁸⁹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

9.1800Broadside Weight = 708 Imperial Pound ( 321.078 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1801 - 9.1802CaptainBWAS-17933.1804 - 10.1805CaptainBWAS-179310.1805 - 8.1806CaptainBWAS-17938.1806 - 21.9.1806CaptainBWAS-179321.9.1806 - 20.10.1806Captain†BWAS-1793

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
9.1806 - 8.10.1806MidshipmanNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
1801Commissioned at MaltaBWAS-1793
22.9.1802Arrived at Plymouth and laid upBWAS-1793
1.1804Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
3.1804Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
10.1805Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1793
12.1805Home again?BWAS-1793
8.1806In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
30.10.1806Wrecked on the Esquerques Rocks off Sciily with the loss of 353 men drowned.BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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