British Fifth Rate frigate 'Psyche' (1805)

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Psyche
Nominal Guns	36	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Psyche' (1804) (36) 1804-1805 French 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Captured	14.2.1805	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Nantes - Brittany	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Sold	1812	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck138' 6"Imperial Feet42.0664
Length of Keel117' 0"Imperial Feet35.6616
Breadth36' 10 ⅛"Imperial Feet10.976
Depth in Hold10' 5"Imperial Feet3.175
Burthen846 ²²⁄₉₄Imperial Feet0.0059

Armament

1805Broadside Weight = 240 Imperial Pound ( 108.84 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck24 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
aft.14.2.1805 - 1806CommanderBWAS-17931807 - 1808CommanderBWAS-17931809 - 1812CaptainBWAS-17931812CaptainBWAS-1793

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
28.5.1807 - 13.10.1807LieutenantNBD18498.1807 - 9.1807Acting LieutenantNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
14.2.1805Taken by the San Fiorenzo on the Malabar CoastBWAS-1793
31.8.1807Destroyed a schooner and brig at SamarangBWAS-1793
1.9.1807Took the Sloop off Java
1.9.1807Took the Corvette off Java
29.11.1810Capture of Mauritius
5.1811Java operationsBWAS-1793
1812Sold at FerrolBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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Posted by Tim oakley on Tuesday 5th of June 2012 21:13

Aug 1807 Psyche 38 captain Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew and Caroline 36 Captain Peter Rainier sights Dutch Pluto 68 and Revolutie 68 layed-up probably unserviceable in the Surabaya River, East Java

Posted by Tim Oakley on Friday 1st of June 2012 19:12

1 Sept 1807 Dutch Scipio 20 sloop and an armed merchantman pursued by Psyche 36 captain Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, run aground then taken and escorted to Madras and added

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