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Pallas5676
Nominal Guns32BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat BritainBWAS-1793
OperatorThe Royal NavyBWAS-1793
Ordered1804/03/16BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down1804/06BWAS-1793
Launched1804/11/17BWAS-1793
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1793
ShipyardPlymouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
Designed byWilliam Bately BWAS-1793
ConstructorJoseph Tucker BWAS-1793
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1793
Ship TypeFrigate BWAS-1793
Wrecked1810/12/18BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck127' 1"Imperial Feet38.735
Length of Keel107' 1"Imperial Feet32.639
Breadth34' 2"Imperial Feet10.414
Depth in Hold11' 10"Imperial Feet3.6068
Draught Forward9' 6"Imperial Feet2.8956
Draught Aft11' 10"Imperial Feet3.6068
Burthen664 8694Tons BM 

Armament

1804/11/17Broadside Weight = 300 Imperial Pound ( 136.05 kg) BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck26British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle4British 24-Pound Carronade
Crew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1804215Design Complement 
Commanders
FromToRankNameSource
1804/121806/08CaptainThomas CochraneBWAS-1793
1806/081807/06CaptainGeorge MillerBWAS-1793
1807/061808/03CaptainJohn Acworth OmmanneyBWAS-1793
1808/031809/06CaptainSir George Francis SeymourBWAS-1793
18091809CaptainWilliam Hugh DobbieB163
1809/061809/10CaptainWilliam Hugh DobbieBWAS-1793
1809/101810/05CaptainGeorge CadoganBWAS-1793
1810/051810/16CaptainSir James BowenBWAS-1793
1810/061810/10CaptainEdwards Lloyd GrahamBWAS-1793
1810/101810/12/18CaptainGeorge Paris MonkeBWAS-1714
Commissioned Officers
FromToRankNameSource
18061806/08/15LieutenantJohn HaswellBWAS-1793
Petty Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1808/03/031810MidshipmanGeorge BlandNBD1849
Crewmen
FromToRankNameSource
1810/06/101810/121st Class VolunteerCheesman Henry BinsteadNBD1849
Service History
DateEvent Source
1805/03Entered port with gold candlesticks five feet high at each mastheadTRN5
1806/04/05Present at the Pallas in the Gironde 
1806/04/05Took the Unrated Brig La Tapageuse by boats in the Gironde 
1806/05/05Aided by the Fox , cutter, and Contest , brig, a party of seamen under Lord Cochrane stormed a French battery on the Pointe de l'Aiguillon and spiked three 36-pr. gunsTRN5
1806/05/14Present at the Action of 1806-05-14 
1807/05/06Took the Privateer L'Alerte  
1810/12/18Wrecked off May Island in the Firth of Forth, Nymphe also lostBWAS-1793

Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1793 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817Rif WinfieldBook
B163 Royal Navy BiographyJohn MarshallBook
BWAS-1714 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
NBD1849 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849O'BrienDigital Book
TRN5 The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol VWilliam Laid ClowesDigital Book
 
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Posted by Tim Oakley on Wednesday 6th of June 2012 22:43

18 Dec 1810 Pallas 32 Captain George Paris Monke and Nymphe 36 Captain Edward Snyd Clay wrecked off Dunbar at the mouth of the Firth of Forth

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