British Fifth Rate frigate 'Clinton' (1780)

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Clinton
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Espérance' (1779) (32) 1779-1780 French 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Captured	30.9.1780	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Bordeaux - Guyenne	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	5.7.1784	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck134' 0"Imperial Feet40.8432
Length of Keel113' 0"Imperial Feet34.4424
Breadth35' 0"Imperial Feet10.668
Depth in Hold13' 9"Imperial Feet4.0386
Burthen736 ²⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

11.1781Broadside Weight = 192 Imperial Pound ( 87.072 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck12 British 32-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
11.178190 BWAS-1714

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
14.1.1781 - 11.4.1781Captain ADM 6/22/287
Issued by , North America
Confirmed 15.5.1781ADM 6/2222.11.1782 - 6.4.1784LieutenantBWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
28.3.1781Arrived at Deptford and laid upBWAS-1714
11.4.1781Paid offADM 51
11.1781Refitted as a 12 gun Unrated Transport
24.8.1782Began coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
5.1.1783Completed coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £7967.2.3dBWAS-1714
22.5.1783Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
6.4.1784

Paid off

ADM 34
5.7.1784Sold for £1,500BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 34 Document

ADM 51 Archive

ADM 6/22 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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