British sloop 'Cormorant' (1804)

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Cormorant
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Purchased	6.1804	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Howden Pans - Newcastle upon Tyne - River Tyne	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Sold	4.12.1817	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck100' 9"Imperial Feet30.7086
Length of Keel81' 0"Imperial Feet24.6888
Breadth27' 7"Imperial Feet8.255
Depth in Hold12' 0"Imperial Feet3.6576
Burthen327 ⁷⁶⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

6.1804Broadside Weight = 135 Imperial Pound ( 61.2225 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck14 British 18-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
6.180470 BWAS-1793

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
6.1804 - 1806CommanderBWAS-17931806 - 11.1806CommanderBWAS-179311.1806 - 1808CommanderBWAS-17931813 - 1814MasterBWAS-17931815MasterBWAS-1793

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
7.1810 - 5.1811MidshipmanNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
26.5.1804Began fitting at Blackwall - London BWAS-1793
8.6.1804Completed fitting at Blackwall - London BWAS-1793
3.1807Sailed for the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1793
10.1808Began fitted as a storeship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
4.1809RecommissionedBWAS-1793
7.1809Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated Storeship
7.1809Completed fitted as a storeship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
1813Sailed for the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1793
1814Sailed to NewfoundlandBWAS-1793
4.12.1817Sold at Chatham for £1,450BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by AvM on Thursday 20th of July 2017 21:22

Papers Respecting The Navy, Presented In Pursuance Of Addresses of the House of Lords to His Majesty.
Navy Office, 18th March 1805

Cormorant was purchased form Thomas Henry
as Blenheim was 1 year old and has 328bm
was purchased for £5,200
moreover £3,714 were spent to fitting the ship at King'S Yard.

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