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Nominal Guns20BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat BritainBWAS-1714
OperatorThe Royal NavyBWAS-1714
Ordered1773/12/01BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down1774/05BWAS-1714
Launched1776/04/20BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardChatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
Ship ClassSphinx ClassBWAS-1714
Designed byJohn Williams BWAS-1714
ConstructorIsrael Pownoll BWAS-1714
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip BWAS-1714
Sold1831/04/13BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck108' 1 ¼"Imperial Feet32.9501
Length of Keel89' 10 ⅜"Imperial Feet27.3907
Breadth30' 1"Imperial Feet9.1694
Depth in Hold9' 8"Imperial Feet 
Draught Forward7' 4"Imperial Feet2.2352
Draught Aft12' 6"Imperial Feet3.81
Burthen432 5694Tons BM 

Armament

1776/04/20Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg) BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20British 9-Pounder
1794Broadside Weight = 114 Imperial Pound ( 51.699 kg) BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4British 12-Pound Carronade
Crew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1773140Design Complement 
1794134BWAS-1714
Flag Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1777/111781CommodoreSir George CollierBWAS-1714
Commanders
FromToRankNameSource
1776/051777/02/16CommanderMathew SquireBWAS-1714
1777/02/161777/05/21CaptainJohn LinzeeBWAS-1714
1777/05/211778/11CaptainCharles PhippsBWAS-1714
1778/111781CaptainJohn CollinsBWAS-1714
17811781/11CommanderJohn WainwrightBWAS-1714
1783/031787/12CaptainJohn HuttBWAS-1714
1794/03/191795/11CaptainSir Thomas GravesBWAS-1714
1795/10/311797/03CaptainRichard DacresBWAS-1714
1797/031798/09CaptainStephen PoyntzBWAS-1714
1798/091801/12CaptainRobert LarkanBWAS-1714
1801/121802/04CaptainEdward BraceBWAS-1714
1802/041802/04CaptainCharles WollastonBWAS-1714
1802/041803/04CaptainHenry HillBWAS-1714
1803/041805/12CaptainBridges Watkinson TaylorBWAS-1714
1805/121805/12CaptainClotworthy UptonBWAS-1714
1806/071809/12CaptainSir James BowenBWAS-1714
Petty Officers
FromToRankNameSource
18021802MidshipmanHenry BourneNBD1849
Crewmen
FromToRankNameSource
1800/04/0818021st Class VolunteerPeter BaylyNBD1849
Service History
DateEvent Source
1774/05Began building at Chatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
1776/04/20Completed building at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £10401.9.2dBWAS-1714
1776/04/20Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
1776/07/09Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
1776/08/20Sailed for AmericaBWAS-1714
1776/10/27Took the Privateer Sloop Independence  
1779/07/24Present at the Penobscot Expedition 
1779/10/13Took the Privateer Revenge  
1780/01Present at the Operations against Charleston 
1781/11Paid offBWAS-1714
1782/07Began coppering and fitting at Chatham Dockyard BWAS-1714
1783/01Completed coppering and fitting at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £5960.12.2dBWAS-1714
1783/03RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1783/05/11Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
1784Returned home at the end of the yearBWAS-1714
1784/12Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
1787/12Paid offBWAS-1714
1793/07Began great repair at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1794/03RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1794/05Completed great repair at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £11744.0.0dBWAS-1714
1800In NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
1800/01/29Took the Privateer La Vigoureuse  
1803/05Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
1805/08/15Took the Unrated La Faune in the Channel 
1805/08/16Took the Unrated Corvette La Torche  
1807In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1808In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1808/03/02Took the Unrated La Marie Galante by landing party 
1809In the North SeaBWAS-1714
1809/12Paid offBWAS-1714
1809/12Laid up in ordinary at SheernessBWAS-1714
1814Re-classed as a Other VesselsReceiving Ship  
1825Laid aground as a breakwater?BWAS-1714
1831/04/13Sold to John Small Sedger for £1,130BWAS-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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