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Flying Fish

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Nominal Guns6BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
Captured1793BWAS-1793
ShipyardUnknownNNF-1792
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeSchoonerBWAS-1793
Captured16.6.1795BWAS-1793
Becomes

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck62' 7"Imperial Feet18.9865 
Length of Keel52' 0"Imperial Feet15.8496 
Breadth17' 0"Imperial Feet5.1816 
Depth in Hold6' 0"Imperial Feet1.8288 
Burthen80Tons BM 

Armament


6.1793Broadside Weight = 6 Imperial Pound ( 2.721 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck4 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
6.179330 BWAS-1793

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
19.6.1793 - 1795Lieutenant
James PrevostBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1809
BWAS-1793
1795 - 16.6.1795Lieutenant
George SeatonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1795
BWAS-1793

1 Commissioned Officer


DatesRankNameSource
19.6.1793 - 1793Lieutenant
James PrevostBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1809
ADM 6/24/285
Issued by
John FordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1795
, Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 25.11.1793
ADM 6/24

Service History


DateEventSource
6.1793Purchased at Jamaica - Greater Antilles BWAS-1793
19.9.1793Capture of Jeremie
16.6.1795Taken by the French in the Windward Passage and carried by 2 privateers to LeoganeBG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

Extract of a Letter from Rear Admiral Parker, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships at Jamaica, to Mr. Nepean, dated at the Mole (St. Domingo) the 12th of July, 1795.


I am sorry to observe that my conjectures reposting the Flying Fish Schooner are verified, she was captured on her passage down to Jamaica by 2 privateers, and carried into Leogane; but the time and circumstances I am yet unacquainted with not having heard from Lieutenant Seton.



 
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