British fifth rate frigate 'Latona' (1781)

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Latona
Nominal Guns	38	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain	BWAS-1714
Operator	The Royal Navy	BWAS-1714
Ordered	1779/03/22	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	1779/10	BWAS-1714
Launched	1781/03/13	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Limehouse	BWAS-1714
Designed by	John Williams	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Edward Greaves	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sold	1816/05/02	BWAS-1714

Dimensions
Dimension	Measurement	Type	Metric Equivalent	BWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck	141' 3"	Imperial Feet	43.053
Length of Keel	116' 10"	Imperial Feet	35.6108
Breadth	38' 11 ¾"	Imperial Feet	11.8809
Depth in Hold	13' 6"	Imperial Feet	4.1148
Draught Forward	10' ¹⁄₁₂"	Imperial Feet	3.0501
Draught Aft	13' 11 ½"	Imperial Feet	4.2545
Burthen	944 ²⁰⁄₉₄	Tons BM

Armament
1781/03			Broadside Weight = 372.5 Imperial Pound ( 168.9291 kg)	BWAS-1714
Gun Deck	28	British 18-Pounder
Gun Deck	14	British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Quarterdeck	4	British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck	8	British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	4	British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2	British 9-Pounder
1806/06			Broadside Weight = 425 Imperial Pound ( 192.7375 kg)	BWAS-1714
Gun Deck	28	British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	4	British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck	8	British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	4	British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2	British 9-Pounder
1810/06			Broadside Weight = 123 Imperial Pound ( 55.7805 kg)	BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck	14	British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck	6	British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder
1813/07			Broadside Weight = 192 Imperial Pound ( 87.072 kg)	BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck	16	British 24-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement
Date	# of Men	Notes	Source
1781/03	280	Establishment	BWAS-1714

Flag Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1797/05	1798	Vice-Admiral of the Blue	William Waldegrave	BWAS-1714
1813/12	1815	Rear-Admiral of the White	William Hope	BWAS-1714

Commanders
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1781/03	1781/11	Captain	Sir Hyde Parker	BWAS-1714
1781/11	1783/04	Captain	Hugh Seymour Conway	BWAS-1714
1783/05	1784/05	Captain	Thomas Boston	BWAS-1714
1784/05	1786/03	Captain	Charles Sandys	BWAS-1714
1786/03	1786/10	Commander	Velters Cornewall Berkeley	BWAS-1714
1790/05	1790/12	Captain	Albemarle Bertie	BWAS-1714
1792/12	1794/09	Captain	Edward Thornbrough	BWAS-1714
1794/09	1796	Captain	Arthur Kaye Legge	BWAS-1714
1797/05	1797/11	Captain	John Bligh	BWAS-1714
1797/11	1802/10	Captain	Frank Sotheron	BWAS-1714
1804/08	1806	Captain	Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin	BWAS-1714
1806/04	1809	Captain	James Athol Wood	BWAS-1714
1809	1810	Captain	Hugh Pigot	BWAS-1714
1810/06	1810/10/21	Commander	James Collins	BWAS-1714
1810/10/21	1811	Captain	James Collins	BWAS-1714
1811	1812/04	Commander	Charles Sotheby	BWAS-1714
1812/04	1813	Captain	Sir Edward Rodney	BWAS-1714
1813	1813	Captain	Mathew Buckle	BWAS-1714
1813/12	1815	Captain	Andrew Smith	BWAS-1714

Commissioned Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1800	1801/02/14	Lieutenant	Christian Laschen†	TIMES
1806/06/09	1807/10/16	Lieutenant	John Barclay	NBD1849
1814/04/02	1814/06/15	Lieutenant	John Donaldson Boswall	NBD1849

Petty Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1790/06	1791	Midshipman	Francis Beaufort	NBD1849
1795/05/18	1797	Midshipman	Duncombe Pleydall Bouverie	NBD1849
1800	1803/03	Midshipman	Richard Barton	NBD1849
1805/11/26	1809/02	Masters Mate	William Absolon	NBD1849
1809/05	1809/06/18	Masters Mate	William Absolon	NBD1849

Crewmen
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1799/01/19	1800	1st Class Volunteer	Richard Barton	NBD1849
1804/03/21	1807	1st Class Volunteer	John Bowerbank	NBD1849

Service History
Date	Event	Source
1781/03/13	building at Limehouse at a cost of £22470.3.5d	BWAS-1714
1781/03/15	coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard	BWAS-1714
1781/08/05	Present at the Battle of Dogger Bank
1782/04/25	Took the Privateer Le Bernardin In the Channel
1782/09	Sailed to the Relief of Gibraltar	BWAS-1714
1782/10/20	Present at the Battle of Cape Spartel
1783/04	Paid off	BWAS-1714
1783/05	Recommissioned	BWAS-1714
1783/11/24	Sailed for the Leeward Islands	BWAS-1714
1786/10	Paid off	BWAS-1714
1788/11	Began middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard	BWAS-1714
1790/05	Recommissioned	BWAS-1714
1790/06	Completed middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £15978.0.0d	BWAS-1714
1790/12	Paid off	BWAS-1714
1792/12	Recommissioned	BWAS-1714
1792/12	Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard	BWAS-1714
1793/01	Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £12644.0.0d	BWAS-1714
1793/03	Took the Privateer L'Amérique
1793/05	Took the Privateer Brig Le Franklin
1793/11/27	Took the Sixth Rate Frigate La Blonde
1794/06/01	Present at the Glorious 1st of June
1797/05/30	Sailed for Newfoundland	BWAS-1714
1798/02	Returned to England	BWAS-1714
1799/11/29	Took the Privateer L'Aigle on the Lisbon station
1799/12/03	Took the Privateer L'Intrépide on the Lisbon station
1800	In the North Sea	BWAS-1714
1800/04/06	Took the Privateer La Virginie off Flamborough
1801	In the Baltic	BWAS-1714
1802/08	At St Petersburg	BWAS-1714
1802/10	Returned home and paid off into ordinary	BWAS-1714
1804/04	Began middling repair at Deptford Dockyard	BWAS-1714
1804/08	Recommissioned	BWAS-1714
1804/10	Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard	BWAS-1714
1805/10/22	Took the Privateer Amphion
1806/08	Sailed for Jamaica	BWAS-1714
1808/01/01	At Curacao	BWAS-1714
1809/02/10	Present at the Capture of the Junon
1809/02/10	Took the Fifth Rate Frigate La Junon off the Saintes
1809/03/14	Present at the Capture of the d'Hautpoult
1809/06/18	Took the Fifth Rate Frigate La Félicité in the Caribbean (en-Flute)
1810/06	Recommissioned	BWAS-1714
1810/06	Re-classed as a 22 gun Unrated Troop Ship
1813	In ordinary at Sheerness	BWAS-1714
1813/07	Re-classed as a 16 gun Unrated Troop Ship
1813/12	Recommissioned as flagship for Leith	BWAS-1714
1813/12	Re-classed as a Unrated Receiving Ship

Fleets
From	Until	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1782/09	1782/12	Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782	Lord Richard Howe

Sources
ID	Description	Author	Type
BWAS-1714	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield	Book
TIMES	The Times (Newspaper)		Document
NBD1849	A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849	O'Brien	Digital Book

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