British Fifth Rate frigate 'Blonde' (1787)

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Blonde

3341
Nominal Guns32BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered9.8.1782BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down9.1783BWAS-1714
Launched22.1.1787BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardBursledon - Hampshire BWAS-1714
Designed by
John WilliamsBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1762-1784
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Thomas CalhounBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Sold6.1805BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck126' 6"Imperial Feet38.4107 
Length of Keel104' 2 ⅜"Imperial Feet31.7087 
Breadth35' 1"Imperial Feet10.6731 
Depth in Hold12' 2"Imperial Feet3.683 
Draught Forward7' 1"Imperial Feet2.159 
Draught Aft13' 1"Imperial Feet3.9709 
Burthen682 17⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


22.1.1787Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1770220Design Complement

9 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
24.1.1789 - 25.7.1792Captain
William AffleckBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1761-1792
: on board from 29.1.1789 ADM 6/23/504BWAS-171424.6.1793 - 8.8.1794Captain
John MarkhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1825
Transfered ADM 6/24/249BWAS-17149.8.1794 - 1794Captain
William LukeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1814
ADM 6/25/73ADM 6/2525.11.1794 - 6.1795Commander
Thomas Willoughby LakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1841
BWAS-17146.1795 - 6.11.1796Captain
William PierrepontBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1812
BWAS-17143.1798 - 1800Commander
Daniel DobreeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1802
BWAS-17141800 - 1804Commander
John BurnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1808
BWAS-17148.1804 - 10.1804Commander
William Humphry FaulknorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1804
BWAS-171410.1804 - 1805Captain
Francis DouglasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1810
BWAS-1714

4 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
24.1.1789 - 23.10.1789Second Lieutenant
James FitzpatrickBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1789
ADM 6/23/504ADM 6/2326.12.1791 - 30.9.1792Second Lieutenant
Stephen SeymourBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1794
Transfered ADM 6/24/171
Issued by
Philip AffleckBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1799
, Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 16.8.1792ADM 6/2424.6.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant
Anthony PonsonbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1793
ADM 6/24/249ADM 6/2424.6.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
William DurbanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1808
ADM 6/24/249ADM 6/24

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
2.4.1798 - 15.6.1801Master
Henry WebbBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1818
ADM 29-1

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
4.1790 - 13.1.1791Midshipman
Patrick CampbellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1788-1830
ref:616

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
26.4.1798 - 15.11.17991st Class Volunteer
Frederick Hugh Evelyn HoughtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1812
ref:107326.4.1798 - 15.11.17991st Class Volunteer
Charles Evelyn Daniel Francis Poplet HoughtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1805
ref:1073

1 Marine


DatesRankNameSource
1794Private
John EldershawBritish
Marine
Service 1794
ADM 171/8

Service History


DateEventSource
22.1.1787building at Bursledon - Hampshire at a cost of £7943.8.4dBWAS-1714
22.1.1787Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
3.1789Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
18.4.1789Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £3034.0.0dBWAS-1714
14.5.1789Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
25.7.1792

Paid off

BWAS-1714
5.1793Began repairs at Limehouse - London BWAS-1714
6.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
7.1793Completed repairs at Limehouse - London at a cost of £2258.0.0dBWAS-1714
7.1793fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £5287.0.0dBWAS-1714
8.7.1795Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
6.11.1796

Paid off

BWAS-1714
19.2.1797Completed coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £4306.0.0dBWAS-1714
2.1798Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
3.1798RecommissionedBWAS-1714
6.1798Refitted as a 14 gun Unrated Troop Ship
6.1798Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £4950.0.0dBWAS-1714
28.1.1799

Sailed from Portsmouth for Guernsey

TNC
7.4.1799

Sailed from Portsmouth for Dublin with troops, armed en-flute.

TNC
1801Egyptian operationsBWAS-1714
1802Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1803In the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
10.1803Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
11.1803Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
10.1804At LymingtonBWAS-1714
20.12.1804Stranded in TorbayBWAS-1714
20.12.1804Stranded in Torbay but refloatedBWAS-1714
3.1805repairs at Dartmouth - Devon BWAS-1714
6.1805Sold at DartmouthBWAS-1714

 
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