British Fifth Rate frigate 'Heroine' (1783)

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Heroine
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Keel Laid Down	1782	BWAS-1714
Named	17.5.1782	BWAS-1714
Purchased	8.1783	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	1.1793	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Henry AdamsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1713-1805	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Henry AdamsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1713-1805	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	5.2.1806	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck131' 4 ½"Imperial Feet39.9415
Length of Keel108' 10"Imperial Feet32.9184
Breadth36' 10 ½"Imperial Feet10.9855
Depth in Hold13' 1 ½"Imperial Feet3.9751
Burthen787 ⁴¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1.1793Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
25.9.1790 - 8.1.1793Captain ADM 6/24/70ADM 6/248.1.1793 - 1797Captain ADM 6/24/192BWAS-17141798 - 8.1798CaptainBWAS-17142.1800 - 1802CommanderBWAS-1714

5 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
6.10.1790 - 27.3.1791First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/74ADM 6/243.11.1790 - 24.5.1791Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/85ADM 6/249.1.1793 - 1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/192ADM 6/2416.1.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/194ADM 6/241796First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/162ADM 6/24

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
22.6.1786 - 14.9.1687Carpenter ADM 6/23/341ADM 6/23

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1793 - 3.1797MidshipmanNL1865

Service History

DateEventSource
1782Purchased on the stocks while in frameBWAS-1714
17.8.1783Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
9.1783Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
11.10.1783Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
8.1784Completed coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £5558.0.0dBWAS-1714
9.1790fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £2005.0.0dBWAS-1714
1.1793Began making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
3.1793Completed making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £2447.0.0dBWAS-1714
25.3.1793Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
8.1795Occupation of TrincomaleeBWAS-1714
2.1796Occupation of ColomboBWAS-1714
8.1798Paid offBWAS-1714
2.1800Refitted as a 16 gun Unrated Troop Ship
2.1800Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
3.1800Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £7243.0.0dBWAS-1714
1802Refitted as a Unrated Floating Battery
10.1803fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
5.2.1806Sold at WoolwichBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/23 Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NL1865The Admiralty, Digital Book

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