British Fifth Rate frigate 'Cuba' (1806)

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Oxford (22) 1656-1669
British 22 Gun
5th Rate Ship
(1656)
George TeerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1783
George TeerBritish
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Service 1758-1783
Orleans (Unknown) 1838
American Unknown Gun
Merchant Brig
(1838)
Hound (Unknown) 1839
American Unknown Gun
Merchant Schooner
(1839)
La Coquette (Unknown) 1809-1822
French Unknown Gun
Unrated Corvette
(1809)
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French Unknown Gun
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(1809)
John Ender (Unknown) 1839
American Unknown Gun
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(1839)
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Cuba
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Spanish Fifth Rate frigate 'Pomona' (1794) (34) 1794-1808 Spanish 34 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Captured	23.8.1806	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Ferrol - Spain	3DECKS
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Sold	3.4.1817	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck142' 4"Imperial Feet43.284
Length of Keel116' 2"Imperial Feet35.36
Breadth37' 7"Imperial Feet11.303
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528
Burthen872 ⁷⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

11.1806Broadside Weight = 258 Imperial Pound ( 117.003 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
11.1806254 BWAS-1793

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
28.11.1806 - 8.1807CaptainBWAS-1793

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
2.1807 - 9.1807MidshipmanNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
28.8.1807Arrived at Portsmouth and laid upBWAS-1793
5.1811Began fitting as a Receiving Ship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
6.1811Completed fitting as a Receiving Ship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
3.4.1817Sold to William Thomas for £1,200BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

3DECKSManuel Blasco Felip, Cy Harrison, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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Posted by Mike Webb on Monday 17th of May 2021 14:53

This ship appears to have been on convoy duty in Jamaica, July 1807. It is named in a letter from John Coloquhoun Grant to Joseph Foster Barham II, 6 July 1807 (in Bodleian, MS. Clar. dep. c. 357). Described there as Cuba frigate of 38 guns.

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