British Fifth Rate frigate 'Nymphen' (1807)

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Nymphen
Nominal Guns	36
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Danish Fifth Rate frigate 'Nymfen' (1796) (32) 1796-1807 Danish 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Captured	7.9.1807
First Commissioned	1.1809
Shipyard	Nyholm Dockyard - Copenhagen	W006
Designed by	Frantz Christopher Henrich HohlenbergDanish Designer Ship Builder Service 1765-1804	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sold	11.1.1816

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck140' 4"Imperial Feet42.6745
Length of Keel117' 10 ⅛"Imperial Feet35.6648
Breadth38' 0 ½"Imperial Feet11.5951
Depth in Hold10' 3"Imperial Feet3.1242
Burthen907 ¹¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1.1809Broadside Weight = 467 Imperial Pound ( 211.7845 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1.1809254EstablishmentBWAS-1793

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1.1809 - 12.1810CaptainBWAS-179312.1810 - 2.1814CaptainBWAS-17932.1814 - 8.1815CaptainBWAS-1793

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1814MidshipmanNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
7.9.1807Taken at the fall of CopenhagenBWAS-1793
9.11.1807Arrived at ChathamBWAS-1793
10.1808Started fitting at ChathamBWAS-1793
10.1808Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
1.1809CommissionedBWAS-1793
3.1809Completed fitting at ChathamBWAS-1793
3.1809Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
28.7.1809Walcheren Expedition
1810Receiving ship at Leith until 1810/12BWAS-1793
3.3.1811Took the 14-gun privateer **Vigilante**BWAS-1793
3.3.1811Took the Privateer
28.6.1813Sailed for LisbonBWAS-1793
2.1814Commissioned for the DownsBWAS-1793
8.1815Paid offBWAS-1793
11.1.1816Sold at Deptford? for £2,910BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

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