Dimensions
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793Length of Gundeck154' 3 ½"Imperial Feet46.9519 Length of Keel129' 9 ⅛"Imperial Feet39.3224 Breadth39' 8"Imperial Feet11.8872 Depth in Hold13' 6"Imperial Feet4.0132 Burthen1,085 77⁄94Tons BM Armament
27.6.1805Broadside Weight = 494 Imperial Pound ( 224.029 kg)BWAS-1793 | Upper Gun Deck | 28 British 18-PounderQuarterdeck | 12 British 32-Pound CarronadeQuarterdeck | 2 British 9-PounderForecastle | 2 British 32-Pound CarronadeForecastle | 2 British 9-Pounder11.1841Broadside Weight = 63 Imperial Pound ( 28.5705 kg)BWAS-1793 | Upper Gun Deck | 6 British 18-Pound CarronadeUpper Gun Deck | 2 British 9-PounderCrew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1799284Design Complement
4 Commissioned Officers
DatesRankNameSource1809LieutenantTRN51809LieutenantTRN52.5.1810 - 15.6.1814First LieutenantBWAS-17147.11.1843 - 9.11.1846LieutenantNBD18491 Petty Officer
DatesRatingNameSource1811 - 1812MidshipmanNBD1849Service History
DateEventSource25.1.1806Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-17933.1807At AlexandriaBWAS-17936.3.1807Capture of Alexandria31.10.1809Action in Rosas Bay3.1810Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-17935.1810RecommissionedBWAS-17938.1810Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
at a cost of £12062.0.0dBWAS-179313.2.1812Took the 20-gun slaver MerinosBWAS-179313.2.1812Capture of the Merinos13.2.1812Took the Storeship off Cape Sorso17.9.1812Took the Xebec off Corfu21.12.1812On the 21st of December, 1812, the British 38-gun frigate Apollo, Captain , accompanied by the brig-sloop , chased a trabaccolo under the protection of the tower of St.-Cataldo. As this tower was reputed to be the strongest between Brindisi and Otranto, Captain Taylor resolved to attempt its destruction. The boats of the two vessels were accordingly detached on that service, under the orders of Lieutenants and . The enemy became so much discouraged at having Murat's Neapolitan colours cut down by the first shot from the Apollo's barge, that the tower was carried without the assistance of the ships or the slightest loss. It contained a telegraph, three carriage-guns, and three swivels, and was blown up.18.1.1813Attacks on Lagusta and Curzola24.4.1813Landed thirty Marines at St. Cataldo, in southern Apulia, under Lieutenants (R.M.) John Tothill and Colin Campbell, dislodged some troops who had just before been disembarked there, made 26 prisoners, killed 1 and wounded several, and brought out the felucca which had disembarked them, all without loss.RN27.5.1813Action of 1813-05-2713.2.1814Occupation of PaxoRN13.2.1814Surrender of Paxo1815In Ordinary at PortsmouthBWAS-17935.1816Began middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-179312.1817Completed middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
at a cost of £40467.0.0dBWAS-17936.1819Roofed over fore and aftBWAS-179312.1837Began fitting as a Troopship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-17934.1838Completed fitting as a Troopship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
at a cost of £11404.0.0dBWAS-179311.1841RecommissionedBWAS-179311.1841Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated Troop Ship7.1842Operations in the Yangtse RiverBWAS-17938.1853Began fitted as a storeship at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham
BWAS-179310.1853Commissioned for the MediterraneanBWAS-179311.1853Completed fitted as a storeship at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham
at a cost of £5340.0.0dBWAS-17931855In the Black SeaBWAS-179316.10.1856Breaking up completed at PortsmouthBWAS-1793