British fifth rate frigate 'Aquilon' (1786)

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Aquilon3092
Nominal Guns32BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat BritainBWAS-1714
OperatorThe Royal NavyBWAS-1714
Ordered1782/04/23BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down1782/11BWAS-1714
Launched1786/11/23BWAS-1714
First Commissioned1788/05
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardRotherhithe BWAS-1714
Ship ClassHermione ClassBWAS-1714
Designed byEdward Hunt BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigate BWAS-1714
Broken Up1815/09BWAS-1714

Dimensions
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck129' 2"Imperial Feet39.37
Length of Keel107' 0"Imperial Feet 
Breadth35' 8"Imperial Feet10.8712
Breadth35' 4"Imperial Feet 
Depth in Hold12' 7 ½"Imperial Feet3.8481
Draught Forward8' 6"Imperial Feet2.5908
Draught Aft13' 11"Imperial Feet4.2418
Burthen724 0⁄94Tons BM 

Armament

1786/11/23Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg) BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2British 18-Pound Carronade
Crew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1780/03/25220Design Complement 
Commanders
FromToRankNameSource
1791/041794/07CaptainRobert StopfordBWAS-1714
1794/071795/07CaptainRobert BarlowBWAS-1714
1795/071798/09CaptainWilliam Edward CracraftBWAS-1714
1798/091800CaptainThomas BoysBWAS-1714
1811/011811/05CaptainWilliam PakenhamBWAS-1714
1811/051813CaptainWilliam BowlesBWAS-1714
18131813LieutenantJoseph PateyBWAS-1714
18131814/08CaptainWilliam BowlesBWAS-1714
1814/04/221814/07/19Acting CaptainJames BoxerNBD1849
1814/081816CaptainThomas BurtonBWAS-1714
18161816/04CaptainRichard Budd VincentBWAS-1714
Commissioned Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1812/06/201814/04/15LieutenantWilliam Bohun BowyerNBD1849
Petty Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1791/041795MidshipmanFrancis BeaufortNBD1849
Service History
DateEvent Source
1786/12/06Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
1786/12/21Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £3342.0.0dBWAS-1714
1787/10Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
1788/06/26Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £3557.0.0dBWAS-1714
1789/05/20Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1790Paid offBWAS-1714
1791/04RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1791/05Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1791/07Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £3773.0.0dBWAS-1714
1791/09Paid offBWAS-1714
1791/09Paid off and recommissionedBWAS-1714
1791/11/02Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1794/06/01Present at the Glorious 1st of June 
1795/06/23Present at the Action of Ile Groix 
1797/03Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
1797/10/08Took a small privateer in the West IndiesBWAS-1714
1799/04/02Took an 8-gun privateer schoonerBWAS-1714
1800In ordinary?BWAS-1714
1809/07Began large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1811/01RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1811/04Completed large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1812/10Took the Privateer L'Aimable d'Hervilly in the Baltic 
1813In the South AtlanticBWAS-1714
1816/04Paid off at DeptfordBWAS-1714
1816/09Broken up at DeptfordBWAS-1714

Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
NBD1849 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849O'BrienDigital Book
 
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Posted by Tim Oakley on Sunday 29th of July 2012 23:37

28 June 1794 Aquilon 32 cap Robert Stopford at Portsmouth

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