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Jacobin ➡ 1798 Matilda

5317
Nominal Guns28BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
Captured30.10.1794BWAS-1793
ShipyardBasse-Indre - Nantes BWAS-1793
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1793
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1793
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1793
Broken Up8.1810BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck129' 2"Imperial Feet39.321 
Length of Keel105' 7"Imperial Feet32.0396 
Breadth32' 10"Imperial Feet9.7536 
Depth in Hold9' 10"Imperial Feet2.7432 
Burthen573Tons BM 

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
7.1795180 BWAS-1793

7 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
7.1795 - 24.11.1795Commander
George VaughanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1788-1796
BWAS-1793
24.11.1795 - 5.1796Captain
Robert Waller OtwayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1841
BWAS-1793
5.1796 - 1799Captain
Henry MitfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1793
BWAS-1793
12.1799 - 1801Lieutenant
William LanyonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1814
BWAS-1793
5.1803 - 8.1804Lieutenant
James JamesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1828
BWAS-1793
8.1804 - 11.1804Commander
John Samuel SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1804-1806
BWAS-1793
8.1804 - 1807Lieutenant
Thomas Dorsett BirchallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1817
BWAS-1793

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1805 - 1807Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Sir Henry Edwin StanhopeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1812
BWAS-1793

Service History


DateEventSource
7.1795Commissioned in the West IndiesBWAS-1793
19.1.1798Took the Privateer
Le Cérès (2) 1798-1798
French 2 Gun
Privateer Unknown
off Antigua

29.3.1798Took the Privateer
La Vantour (10) 1798-1798
French 10 Gun
Privateer Unknown
off Antigua

31.3.1798Took the Brig
L'Aigle (12) 1797-1798
French 12 Gun
Privateer Brig
off Antigua

29.5.1798Took the Privateer
L'Annibale (14) 1798-1798
French 14 Gun
Privateer Unknown
off Antigua

23.6.1798Took the Sloop
L'Étoile (6) 1798-1798
French 6 Gun
Privateer Sloop
to the Northward of Antigua
BG
27.6.1798RegisteredBWAS-1793
27.6.1798Renamed MatildaBWAS-1793
5.10.1798Took the Brig
L'Intrépide (14) 1798-1798
French 14 Gun
Privateer Brig
off Antigua
BG
15.10.1799Arrived at WoolwichBWAS-1793
12.1799At WoolwichBWAS-1793
12.1799Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated Hospital Ship
8.1810Broken up at WoolwichBWAS-1793

 
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