British fifth rate frigate 'Naiad' (1797)

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Naiad
Nominal Guns	38	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain	BWAS-1793
Operator	The Royal Navy	BWAS-1793
Ordered	1795/04/30	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	1795/09	BWAS-1793
Launched	1797/02/27	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Built by Contract	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Limehouse	BWAS-1793
Designed by	William Rule	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Robert Hill	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sold	1866/02/02	BWAS-1793

Dimensions
Dimension	Measurement	Type	Metric Equivalent	BWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck	147' 0"	Imperial Feet	44.8056
Length of Keel	122' 6 ¼"	Imperial Feet	37.3444
Breadth	39' 6 ½"	Imperial Feet	12.0523
Depth in Hold	13' 9"	Imperial Feet	4.191
Draught Forward	10' 7"	Imperial Feet	3.2258
Draught Aft	15' 10"	Imperial Feet	4.826
Burthen	1,018 ⁹¹⁄₉₄	Tons BM

Armament
1797/03			Broadside Weight = 494 Imperial Pound ( 224.029 kg)	BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck	28	British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10	British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck	2	British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	4	British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2	British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date	# of Men	Notes	Source
1797/03	284		BWAS-1793

Commanders
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1797/03	1799/12	Captain	William Pierrepont	BWAS-1793
1799/12	1800/12	Captain	John Murray	BWAS-1793
1800/12	1801/06	Captain	William Henry Ricketts	BWAS-1793
1801/06	1801/12	Captain	Philip Wilkinson	BWAS-1793
1802/09	1804	Captain	James Wallis	BWAS-1793
1804	1808/06	Captain	Thomas Dundas	BWAS-1793
1809/03	1809/10	Captain	George Cocks	BWAS-1793
1809/10	1811/07	Captain	Henry Hill	BWAS-1793
1811/07	1813	Captain	Philip Carteret	BWAS-1793

Commissioned Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1802	Unknown	Lieutenant	George Barnard	NBD1849
1804/11/07	1806	Lieutenant	John Fordyce Maples	NAO
1805	1806	Lieutenant	Henry Le Visconte	NAO
1805	1806	Lieutenant	Thomas Francis Charles Mainwaring	NAO
1823/04/14	1824/10/05	First Lieutenant	Michael Quin	NBD1849

Warrant Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1804/02/04	1805/04/09	Master	John Huntingdon	W041

Petty Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1802/09	1804	Midshipman	William Baker Strugnell	NBD1849
1804/09	1808/04/22	Masters Mate	Mark Anthony	NBD1849
1809/10	1812/04	Masters Mate	Charles Ayre	NBD1849
1823/04/02	1824	Midshipman	Richard Brydges Beechey	NBD1849

Crewmen
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1823/06/03	1826	1st Class Volunteer	Charles James Fox Campbell	NBD1849

Service History
Date	Event	Source
1797/02/27	Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1797/05/06	Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1798/04/23	Took the Unrated Gun-brig Arrogante off Brest
1798/08/11	Took the Privateer Le Tigre off Finisterre
1798/08/24	Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Decade off Finistere
1799/03/03	Took the Privateer L'Heureux Hazard in the Bay of Biscay
1799/10/15	Present at the Capture of Spanish Treasure Ships
1800/05/16	Took the Unrated Packet Boat Alucadia cut out from Pontevedra
1800/05/16	Took the Unrated Packet Boat Raposa cut out from Pontevedra
1801/12	Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1802/09	Recommissioned
1802/11	Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1803/05/29	Took the Unrated L'Impatiente in the Bay of Biscay
1803/05/29	Taken by L'Impatient
1803/07/04	Took the Unrated Schooner La Providence by boats off Brest
1805/10/21	Present at the Battle of Trafalgar
1808	Blockade of Brest
1808/06	Began making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1808/08	Completed making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £9055.0.0d	BWAS-1793
1808/12/16	Took the Privateer La Fanny
1808/12/16	Took the Privateer Le Superbe
1811/09/21	Took the Unrated La Ville de Lyon
1811/10/06	Took the Privateer Le Milan in the Channel
1811/11/06	Took the Privateer Le Requin in the Channel
1813	Paid off at Portsmouth
1814/07	Began large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1815/04	Completed large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £28862.0.0d	BWAS-1793
1823/04	Recommissioned
1823/04	Began fitting for sea at Portsmouth Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1823/08	Completed fitting for sea at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £15058.0.0d	BWAS-1793
1824/05/23	Boats destroyed an Algerian brig at Bona
1826	Paid off
1828/04	Began small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1828/06	Completed small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £12789.0.0d	BWAS-1793
1846/07	Began fitting as a Coal Depot at Portsmouth Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1846/10	Recommissioned as a coal depot at Callao, Peru
1847/01	Completed fitting as a Coal Depot at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £11115.0.0d	BWAS-1793
1866/02/02	Sold at Callao to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company as a coal depot for $2,000 and broken up in 1898

Sources
ID	Description	Author	Type
BWAS-1793	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817	Rif Winfield	Book
NBD1849	A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849	O'Brien	Digital Book
NAO	The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors	Various	Web Site
W041	Age of Nelson Website	Patrick Marioné	Web Site

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