British sloop 'Hope' (1795)

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Hope
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Dutch brig 'Star' (1788) (14) 1788-1795 Dutch 14 Gun Unrated Brig
Named	29.12.1795	BWAS-1793
Captured	18.8.1795	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	2.1796	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Vlissingen - Zeeland - Walcheren	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1793
Sold	1807	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck77' 0"Imperial Feet23.4696
Length of Keelc69' 0"Imperial Feet
Breadth24' 6"Imperial Feet7.3533
Depth in Hold14' 1"Imperial Feet4.2736
Burthen220Tons BM

Armament

2.1796Broadside Weight = 28 Imperial Pound ( 12.698 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck14 British 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
2.179660 BWAS-1793

7 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
2.1796 - 3.1796LieutenantBWAS-17933.1796 - 22.12.1796CommanderBWAS-179322.12.1796 - 27.12.1796CommanderBWAS-17932.1797 - 5.1797LieutenantBWAS-17935.1797 - 3.1798CommanderBWAS-17933.1798 - 6.12.1798CommanderBWAS-17936.12.1798 - 2.1800CommanderBWAS-1793

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1797LieutenantADM354

Service History

DateEventSource
2.1796Commissioned at the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1793
17.8.1796In Saldhana BayBWAS-1793
2.1800Paid off (At the Cape of Good Hope?)BWAS-1793
7.1800

Having been condemned as unfit, the ship was hauled ashore opposite the Custom House, for use as an occasional store by the Government and to be used as sleeping accomodation by working parties from ships whilst ashore Cape Town

ref:1243

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM354 Document

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:1243 Newspaper

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