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Reliance

6143
Nominal Guns10
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Purchased12.1793
ShipyardUnknown
CategoryUnrated
Ship TypeTroop Ship
Sold1815

3 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
21.3.1794 - 1794Commander
Nathaniel PortlockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1805
ADM 6/24/022
ADM 6/24
17.7.1794 - 1794Commander
John HunterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 6/25/62
ADM 6/25
17.7.1794 - 1794Commander
Henry WaterhouseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1792-1800
ADM 6/25/64
ADM 6/25

2 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
27.3.1794 - 1794First Lieutenant
John ShortlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1810
ADM 6/25/24
ADM 6/25
27.3.1794 - 1794Second Lieutenant
Charles Cutts OrmsbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1806
ADM 6/25/24
ADM 6/25

 
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Posted by james Walters on Saturday 15th of March 2025 22:16

reliance cost £11,310 including fitting out costs at Deptford in November 1793. She was 394 tons burthen. I am trying to find more about where she was built and when and if she had a previous name. She sailed to Australia in 1795 in company with HMS Supply of 382 tons


Posted by Tim Oakley on Saturday 16th of June 2012 21:57

1795 Reliance 10 sails for New South Wales


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