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5488
Nominal Guns16BWAS-1793
NationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered22.7.1805BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down9.1805BWAS-1793
Launched15.8.1806BWAS-1793
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1793
ShipyardBideford - Devon BWAS-1793
Ship ClassCruizer Class (1797)BWAS-1793
Designed by
William RuleBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1778-1813
BWAS-1793
Constructor
Henry TuckerBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeSloopBWAS-1793
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1793
Sold3.2.1819BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck100' 0"Imperial Feet30.48 
Length of Keel77' 3 124"Imperial Feet23.4707 
Breadth30' 8"Imperial Feet9.3472 
Depth in Hold12' 9"Imperial Feet3.7719 
Draught Forward7' 1"Imperial Feet2.159 
Draught Aft11' 6"Imperial Feet3.5052 
Burthen384 2694Tons BM 

Armament


15.8.1806Broadside Weight = 262 Imperial Pound ( 118.817 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck16 British 32-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1797121Design Complement

7 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
8.1806 - 1807Commander
Hew StewartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1816
BWAS-1793
1.1808 - 21.10.1810Commander
Charles Montagu FabianBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1813
BWAS-1793
22.10.1810 - 11.1810Commander
Frederick William BurgoyneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1846
BWAS-1793
11.1810 - 7.6.1814Commander
Nevinson de CourcyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1806-1814
BWAS-1793
7.6.1814 - 10.1814Commander
James AthillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1809-1815
BWAS-1793
10.1814 - 10.1816Commander
James MouldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1816
BWAS-1793
10.1816 - 1819Commander
William SargentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1799-1819
BWAS-1793

1 Commissioned Officer


DatesRankNameSource
22.11.1815 - 4.1817Lieutenant
George BlurtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1803-1817
NBD1849

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
27.8.1815 - 21.10.1818Master
David GosmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1815-1836
ref:1871

Service History


DateEventSource
16.9.1806Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
11.2.1807Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
15.8.1807Second Battle of Copenhagen
23.8.1807Aciton of 1807-08-23
8.11.1808Sailed for BrazilBWAS-1793
7.1812Returned home from South AmericaBWAS-1793
17.4.1813Took the Privateer
L'Invincible Napoléon (16) 1802-1813
French 16 Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the Bay of Biscay
ref:720
7.1814In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
27.8.1816Bombardment of Algiers
10.1816At CorkBWAS-1793
3.2.1819Sold at Plymouth to G. Young for £1,310BWAS-1793

 
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