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Alarm2944
Nominal Guns32BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat BritainBWAS-1714
OperatorThe Royal NavyBWAS-1714
Ordered1757/09/19BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down1757/09/26BWAS-1714
Named1758/09/02BWAS-1714
Launched1758/09/19BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardHarwich BWAS-1714
Ship ClassNiger ClassBWAS-1714
Designed byThomas Slade BWAS-1714
ConstructorJohn Barnard BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeBrig-Sloop BWAS-1714
Broken Up1812/09BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck125' 0"Imperial Feet 
Length of Keel103' 4"Imperial Feet 
Breadth35' 2"Imperial Feet 
Depth in Hold12' 0"Imperial Feet 
Burthen679 6794Tons BM 

Armament

1758/09/19Broadside Weight = 177 Imperial Pound ( 80.2698 kg) BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck12British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Quarterdeck4British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2British 6-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1757220Design Complement 
Commanders
FromToRankNameSource
1758/101759CaptainJames GalbraithBWAS-1714
17591761/11CaptainJohn RushworthBWAS-1714
1761/111762/02CaptainCharles WolseleyBWAS-1714
1762/021763/07CommanderJames AlmsBWAS-1714
1763/091764/05CaptainGeorge WatsonBWAS-1714
1764/05/071766/04CaptainRowland CottonBWAS-1714
1769/021772/07CaptainJohn JervisBWAS-1714
1772/071776/05CaptainJohn StottBWAS-1714
1776/051777/10CaptainWilliam HayBWAS-1714
1777/101779/04CaptainRobert ManBWAS-1714
1780/011781/04CaptainRichard PearsonW031
1780/011781/04CaptainRichard PearsonBWAS-1714
1781/041782/09CaptainSir Charles CottonBWAS-1714
1782/091783/08CaptainWilliam WolseleyBWAS-1714
1793/031794/10CaptainLewis RobertsonBWAS-1714
1794/101795/05CaptainJames CarpenterBWAS-1714
1795/051795/12CommanderDavid MilneBWAS-1714
1795/121796/03CaptainGeorge VaughanBWAS-1714
1796/031796/11CaptainDavid MilneBWAS-1714
1796/111797/08CaptainEdward FellowesBWAS-1714
1798/011799/03/01CommanderWilliam SandersonBWAS-1714
1799/03/011799/10CaptainWilliam SandersonBWAS-1714
1799/101801CaptainRobert RollesBWAS-1714
1802/031802/11CaptainWilliam ParkerBWAS-1714
Service History
DateEvent Source
1758/09/19building at Harwich at a cost of £6027.3.11dBWAS-1714
1759/06/24Completed at Harwich BWAS-1714
1760/09/19Took the Privateer Cutter La Comtesse d'Ayen  
1760/60Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £3195.5.11dBWAS-1714
1761/01/13Took the Unrated Corvette Sardine in the Bay of Biscay 
1761/03/11Took the Privateer La Lutine  
1761/11coppering at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £2854.0.11dBWAS-1714
1762/01/22Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
1762/05/28Took the Unrated Brig Fenix  
1762/06/03Took the Sixth Rate Thetis  
1762/06/06Present at the Operations against Havanna 
1762/06/09Took the Privateer Le Volage  
1763/07Paid offBWAS-1714
1763/07coppering at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £865.19.1dBWAS-1714
1763/07Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
1763/09RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1763/10Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £3260.7.0dBWAS-1714
1764/01/03Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
1766/04Paid offBWAS-1714
1767Began middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
1769Completed middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £7537.14.3dBWAS-1714
1769/02RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1769/05/12Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1773/09/22Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1776/05Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1776/07At Plymouth then sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1778/10/16Took the Privateer Le Chercher Bruit  
1779/03Began great repair at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
1779/04Paid offBWAS-1714
1780/01RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1780/06Completed great repair at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £13383.14.8dBWAS-1714
1782/02/11Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
1782/04/09Present at the Action off Dominica 
1782/04/12Present at the Battle of the Saintes 
1783/08Paid offBWAS-1714
1790/08Began great repair at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1791/07Completed great repair at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £3529.0.0dBWAS-1714
1793/01RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1793/02fitting at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £4648.0.0dBWAS-1714
1793/04/20Took the Privateer Le Chauvelin  
1793/04/27Took the Privateer L'Enfant de la Patrie  
1793/11refitting at UnknownBWAS-1714
1794/02/20Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1795/01Took the Sixth Rate East Indiaman Le Duras  
1795/05/30Action vs Liberté - Alarm vs Liberte 
1797/08Paid offBWAS-1714
1797/08Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1798/01RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1798/03Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £11331.0.0dBWAS-1714
1798/04Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
1799/07Took the Unrated Felix  
1799/07Took the Unrated Packet Boat St Dorval  
1799/11/25Took the Privateer Asturias  
1799/11/25Took the Privateer Astuzzana  
1800/02Took the Fifth Rate Cuervo  
1800/05Took the Privateer La Confiance  
1800/09Took the Unrated Le Général Toussaint off San Domingo 
1801/06Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
1802/03RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1802/03Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £8147.0.0dBWAS-1714
1802/11Paid offBWAS-1714
1812/09Broken up at PortsmouthBWAS-1714

Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyOxford University PressWeb Site
 
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