British sloop 'Salamine' (1799)

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Salamine
Nominal Guns	16
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French brig 'La Salamine' (1793) (16) 1793-1799 French 16 Gun Unrated Brig 1794 Renamed "Salamine"
Captured	18.6.1799
First Commissioned	1.1800
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated
Ship Type	Sloop
Sailing Rig	Brig
Sold	8.1802

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck93' 6"Imperial Feet28.3972
Length of Keel79' 0'Imperial Feet24.0792
Breadth24' 8"Imperial Feet7.366
Depth in Hold10' 0"Imperial Feet3.048
Burthen240Tons BM

Armament

1.1800Broadside Weight = 48 Imperial Pound ( 21.768 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck16 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1.180086 BWAS-1793

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
10.7.1799 - 30.6.1800LieutenantNBD184930.1.1800 - 24.7.1801CommanderBWAS-179324.7.1801 - 7.1802CommanderBWAS-1793

Service History

DateEventSource
1.1800Commissioned in the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
7.1802Paid off at Malta and later sold there for £1,280BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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Posted by Brian Stephens on Saturday 12th of April 2014 20:28

Edinburgh Advertiser, January 9, 1801
We are sorry to state the death of Mr. McGrath, First Lieutenant of the Salamine ship of war. His death was the consequence of a wound in the side from a stiletto of an assassin who met him in one of the streets of Leghorm, the 31st of August while inquiring for a house. The villain was not known.

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