British sloop 'Chaser' (1781)

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Chaser
Nominal Guns	18	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer 'Le Chasseur' (1781) (Unknown) 1781-1781 French Unknown Gun Privateer Unknown
Purchased	1.1.1781	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	3.1781	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Bordeaux - Guyenne	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Captured	14.2.1782	BWAS-1714
Becomes	French corvette 'Le Chasseur' (1782) (18) 1782-1783 French 18 Gun Unrated Corvette

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck99' 0"Imperial Feet30.1752
Length of Keel76' 9"Imperial Feet23.2029
Breadth28' 0"Imperial Feet8.5344
Burthen320Tons BM

Armament

3.1781Broadside Weight = 42 Imperial Pound ( 19.047 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck14 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
3.1781125 BWAS-1714

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1.1.1781 - 3.3.1781Commander ADM 6/22/407
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 5.2.1782BWAS-17143.3.1781 - 14.2.1782Commander ADM 6/23/201
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 13.4.1784BWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
1.3.1781Commissioned in the East IndiesBWAS-1714
14.2.1782Taken by

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Cy on Thursday 22nd of December 2016 18:32

Actually, Le Chasseur (former Chaser) was taken by Medea, see the 'Becomes' link above.
HMS is an anacronism for this period, ships had no formal prefix unitl the mid 19C, hence threedecks doe not use them.

Posted by Ian Bates on Thursday 22nd of December 2016 07:49

Chaser was recaptured by Captain Erasmus Gower in HMS Medea on 15 January 1783. Chaser was carrying dispatches from the Marquis de Bussy to Admiral Suffren.

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