British Sixth Rate post ship 'Prompte' (1793)

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Prompte

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Nominal Guns22BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
French Sixth Rate corvette 'La Prompte' (1792) (22) 1792-1793
French 22 Gun
6th Rate Corvette
Captured18.5.1793BWAS-1793
ShipyardLe Havre - Normandy BWAS-1714
Ship ClassPrompte Class (1792)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Joseph-Marie-Blaise CoulombFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1755-1789
BWAS-1714
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1793
Ship TypePost ShipBWAS-1793
Broken Up7.1813BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck118' 9"Imperial Feet35.9791 
Length of Keel99' 3 ¾"Imperial Feet30.1943 
Breadth31' 0 ½"Imperial Feet9.4615 
Depth in Hold9' 5 ½"Imperial Feet2.7559 
Burthen509 1⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


11.1793Broadside Weight = 138 Imperial Pound ( 62.583 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 12-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 12-Pound Carronade

7 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
24.9.1793Captain
William TaylorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1814
ADM 6/24/268BWAS-179327.11.1793 - 1793Captain
William TaylorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1814
ADM6/24/286ADM 6/241.6.1795 - 6.2.1796Captain
Edward Leveson GowerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1814
BWAS-17936.2.1796 - 1798Captain
George EyreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1825
BWAS-179310.1798 - 4.1799Captain
Thomas DundasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1812
BWAS-17934.1799 - 7.1800Commander
John Mathias SpreadBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1800
BWAS-17931.7.1800 - 5.1801Captain
Robert PhilpotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1801
BWAS-1793

2 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
27.11.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant
Francis Godolphin BondBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1802
ADM6/24/286ADM 6/2427.11.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
Robert MansellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1830
ADM6/24/286ADM 6/24

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
20.12.1800 - 5.1801Ordinary Seaman
James Sutter BrittonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1800-1815
NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
6.6.1793Arrived at PortsmouthBWAS-1793
8.1793Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
29.8.1793RegisteredBWAS-1793
16.4.1794Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £5159.0.0dBWAS-1793
11.1795Sailed for the West IndiesBWAS-1793
21.3.1796Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
7.1797At SpitheadBWAS-1793
4.10.1797Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1793
5.1801Laid up in Ordinary at PortsmouthBWAS-1793

 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Tim Oakley on Saturday 7th of April 2018 17:33

3 Nov 1804 Mr Galler, purser of the Prompte, and Clerk in the Admiral's Office at Portsmouth, apptd to the Inconstant.

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