British gun-brig 'Fearless' (1794)

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Oxford (22) 1656-1669
British 22 Gun
5th Rate Ship
(1656)
George TeerBritish
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Service 1758-1783
George TeerBritish
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Service 1758-1783
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(1809)
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Fearless
Nominal Guns	12	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	6.3.1794	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	3.1794	BWAS-1793
Launched	6.1794	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Gravesend - Kent	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Conquest Class (1794)	BWAS-1793
Designed by	Sir John HenslowBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1761-1801	BWAS-1793
Constructor	William CleverleyBritish Ship Builder Service 1800	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Gun-brig	BWAS-1793
Wrecked	20.1.1804	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck75' 1"Imperial Feet22.8651
Length of Keel62' 4 ⅝"Imperial Feet18.9135
Breadth21' 2"Imperial Feet6.4516
Depth in Hold7' 0"Imperial Feet2.1336
Burthen149Tons BM

Armament

6.1794Broadside Weight = 118 Imperial Pound ( 53.513 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck10 British 18-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser2 British 24-Pounder (Gover)
Stern Chaser2 British 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
3.179450Design Complement

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
8.1794 - 9.1795LieutenantBWAS-17938.1796 - 29.11.1798LieutenantBWAS-179329.11.1798 - 14.6.1802LieutenantBWAS-17937.1803 - 20.1.1804LieutenantBWAS-1793

Service History

DateEventSource
6.1794Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
26.10.1794Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
9.1795Paid offBWAS-1793
8.1796RecommissionedBWAS-1793
29.12.1798

Sailed from Plymouth for Scilly with two transports to recover stores saved from the wreck of the Colossus.

TNC
1801Paid offBWAS-1793
7.1803Recommissioned for JerseyBWAS-1793
20.1.1804Wrecked in Cawsand BayBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

TNCVarious, Periodical

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