British sloop 'Bulldog' (1782)

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Bulldog

3444
Nominal Guns16BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered23.6.1781BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down10.1781BWAS-1714
Launched10.11.1782BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardLadd's Shipbuilders - Dover BWAS-1714
Ship ClassZebra Class (1779)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Edward HuntBritish
Ship Builder
Administrator
Dockyard Staff
Service 1757-1809
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Henry LaddBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSloopBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Captured27.2.1801BWAS-1714
Becomes
French bomb vessel 'Le Bulldog' (1801) (8) 1801-1801
French 8 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck98' 1"Imperial Feet29.8736 
Length of Keel80' 1 ¾"Imperial Feet24.4031 
Breadth27' 3 ½"Imperial Feet8.2423 
Depth in Hold13' 4"Imperial Feet3.9963 
Burthen317 38⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


10.11.1782Broadside Weight = 51 Imperial Pound ( 23.1288 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck16 British 6-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

9.1798Broadside Weight = 24 Imperial Pound ( 10.884 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck8 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
12.8.177916Design Complement

15 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
15.11.1782 - 18.1.1783Commander
John WrightBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1765-1806
ADM 6/22/540BWAS-171422.1.1783 - 1785Commander
Edward MarshBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1785
ADM 6/23/13BWAS-17141786 - 8.1786Commander
Robert CauszorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1793
BWAS-17148.6.1787 - 2.12.1789Commander
Robert Devereux FancourtBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1825
ADM 6/23/398BWAS-17142.12.1789 - 18.11.1790Commander
Thomas PeytonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1801
ADM 6/24/86
Issued by
Joseph PeytonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1799
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 6.11.1790BWAS-171418.11.1790 - 9.6.1792Commander
William SwaffieldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1790
ADM 6/24/87BWAS-171422.11.1790 - 8.6.1792Commander
Israel PellewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1814
ADM 6/24/89ADM 6/249.6.1792 - 30.7.1793Commander
George Johnstone HopeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1815
ADM 6/24/167BWAS-171430.7.1793 - 13.5.1794Commander
Edward BrowneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1803
ADM 6/25/67
Confirmed 28.7.1794BWAS-171413.5.1794 - 1.1796Commander
Charles Sydney DaversBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1803
ADM 6/25/85
Confirmed 12.9.1794BWAS-17141.1796 - 5.1796Lieutenant
Henry George FownesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1796
BWAS-17145.1796 - 6.1796Commander
George Frederick RyvesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1825
BWAS-171428.6.1796 - 10.1797Commander
John DickBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1836
BWAS-171429.5.1798 - 1799Commander
Sir Adam DrummondBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-9990
BWAS-17141799 - 27.2.1801Commander
Barrington DacresBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1807
BWAS-1714

4 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
3.11.1790 - 7.8.1791Lieutenant
George BillinghurstBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1792
ADM 6/24/121
Issued by
Joseph PeytonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1799
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 7.5.1791ADM 6/249.8.1791 - 1.4.1792Second Lieutenant
Alexander BecherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1803
Transfered ADM 6/24/154
Issued by
Joseph PeytonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1799
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 7.2.1792ADM 6/249.6.1792 - 1792First Lieutenant
Jackson DowsingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1802
ADM 6/24/167ADM 6/249.6.1792 - 1792Second Lieutenant
Francis Holmes CoffinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1813
ADM 6/24/167ADM 6/24

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
25.6.1792 - 5.8.1793Captain's Servant
Philip Bowes Vere BrokeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1830
ref:61617.3.1799 - 14.1.1800Supernumerary
George BowenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1799-1851
BWAS-1714

Service History


DateEventSource
24.12.1782Began coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
1783In the St LawrenceBWAS-1714
27.2.1783Completed coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £4167.4.1dBWAS-1714
27.7.1784Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
8.1786Paid offBWAS-1714
2.1787Began middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
6.1787RecommissionedBWAS-1714
7.1787Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £6381.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.5.1788Sailed to the Cape Verde IslandsBWAS-1714
11.1788fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £1102.0.0dBWAS-1714
20.11.1788Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
12.1791Paid offBWAS-1714
3.1792small repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £5308.0.0dBWAS-1714
6.1792RecommissionedBWAS-1714
6.8.1792Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1794In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
26.4.1796Capture of St Lucia
10.1797Paid offBWAS-1714
3.1798Began fitting at Deptford - London BWAS-1714
4.1798Completed fitting at Deptford - London at a cost of £5907.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.1798Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
5.1798Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £3700.0.0dBWAS-1714
9.1798Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated Bomb Vessel
10.1798Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
28.11.1798Took the Brig
San Leon (16) 1783-1798
Spanish 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
on the Lisbon Station
2.1799Bombardment of AlexandriaBWAS-1714
27.2.1801Taken by the French at Ancona

 
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