British Fifth Rate sloop 'Dasher' (1797)

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Dasher
Nominal Guns	18	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	18.1.1796	BWAS-1793
Launched	1797	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Built by Contract	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Bermuda - North Atlantic Ocean	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Dasher Class (1796)	BWAS-1793
Designed by	GoodrichBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1793
Constructor	John OuterbridgeBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	3.1838	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck107' 0"Imperial Feet32.6136
Length of Keel86' 10"Imperial Feet26.2128
Breadth29' 6"Imperial Feet8.8561
Depth in Hold9' 9"Imperial Feet2.9718
Burthen401 ⁸³⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1797Broadside Weight = 201 Imperial Pound ( 91.1535 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck16 British 24-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
18.1.179680Design Complement

11 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
9.1796 - 8.1798CommanderBWAS-179312.7.1798 - 10.1801CommanderBWAS-179311.1802 - 9.1804Commander†BWAS-179320.3.1805 - 31.10.1805CommanderBWAS-179331.10.1805 - 5.9.1806CommanderBWAS-17935.9.1806 - 4.1808CommanderBWAS-179315.4.1808 - 14.8.1808CommanderBWAS-179314.8.1808 - 1811CommanderBWAS-17931811 - 28.11.1811LieutenantBWAS-179328.11.1811 - 2.1812CommanderBWAS-17936.1812 - 5.1816CommanderBWAS-1793

3 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
6.5.1801 - 18.6.1801LieutenantBWAS-179317.11.1802 - 10.5.1803LieutenantNBD184911.8.1813 - 11.1814LieutenantNBD1849

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1.7.1814 - 19.5.1816Masterref:1871

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1807Master's MateNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
9.1796Commissioned at HalifaxBWAS-1793
29.8.1799Arrived at PlymouthBWAS-1793
10.1801Paid offBWAS-1793
11.1802RecommissionedBWAS-1793
11.1802Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
1.1803Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
2.5.1803Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1793
16.2.1812Took the Privateer on the Irish Station
10.1812Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
1.1813Began small repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
8.1813Completed small repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
5.1816Paid offBWAS-1793
3.1820Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
11.1820Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
6.1826Began fitting as a Convict Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
7.1826Completed fitting as a Convict Ship at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
1834At WoolwichBWAS-1793
3.1838Broken up at DeptfordBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ref:1871 Archive

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Posted by Margaret Mackintosh on Friday 9th of October 2015 19:21

In 1827/8 my 3x great grandfather Snelling John Powell was a guard on the 'prison/convict ship Dasher' at Woolwich, recorded on the baptism certificates of his son Henry Thornton Powell (1827) and daughter Lucy Jane Powell (1828)

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