British sloop 'Experiment' (1781)

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Oxford (22) 1656-1669
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(1656)
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Service 1758-1783
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Experiment
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Captured	14.2.1781	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	5.1781	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1714
Sold	21.3.1785	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck90' 0"Imperial Feet27.432
Length of Keel78' 0"Imperial Feet23.7744
Breadth26' 0"Imperial Feet7.9248
Depth in Hold9' 0"Imperial Feet2.7432
Burthen280 ⁴⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
5.1781110 BWAS-1714

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
14.5.1781 - 5.1.1783CommanderBWAS-17145.1.1783 - 11.6.1783Commander ADM 6/23/116
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 19.8.1783BWAS-171411.6.1783 - 25.10.1784Commander ADM 6/23/238
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 23.8.1784BWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
14.2.1781Mercantile Experiment taken at the surrender of St EustatiusBWAS-1714
23.10.1784Paid offADM 51
21.3.1785Sold at Antigua for £486.9.8 3/4dBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 51 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jeanne Sandford on Wednesday 19th of December 2012 01:14

Inerested in any information about the Experiment and the Junius Brutus regarding prisoners of war impressed off the docks in Barbados.

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