| Phaeton | 5775 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 38 | B028 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | B028 | |
| Operator | The Royal Navy | B028 | |
| Ordered | 1780/03/03 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Keel Laid Down | 1780/06 | B028 | |
| Launched | 1782/06/12 | B028 | |
| First Commissioned | 1782/03 | ||
| How acquired | Purpose built | B028 | |
| Shipyard | Liverpool | B028 | |
| Ship Class | Minerva Class | B028 | |
| Designed by | Edward Hunt | BWAS-1714 | |
| Constructor | John Smallshaw | BWAS-1714 | |
| Category | Fifth Rate | B028 | |
| Ship Type | Frigate | B028 | |
| Sold for Break Up | 1828/03/26 | B028 | |
Dimensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension | Measurement | Type | Metric Equivalent | BWAS-1714 |
| Length of Gundeck | 141' 0" | Imperial Feet | 42.9768 | Length of Keel | 116' 5 ¼" | Imperial Feet | 35.4902 | Breadth | 39' 0 ½" | Imperial Feet | 11.8999 | Depth in Hold | 13' 10 ¼" | Imperial Feet | 4.2228 | Burthen | 944 4⁄94 | Tons BM |
Armament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1782/06/12 | Broadside Weight = 390.5 Imperial Pound ( 177.0921 kg) | BWAS-1714 | ||
| Upper Gun Deck | 28 | British 18-Pounder | ||
| Upper Gun Deck | 14 | British 1/2-Pound Swivel | ||
| Quarterdeck | 6 | British 18-Pound Carronade | ||
| Quarterdeck | 8 | British 9-Pounder | ||
| Forecastle | 4 | British 18-Pound Carronade | ||
| Forecastle | 2 | British 9-Pounder | ||
| Crew Complement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | # of Men | Notes | Source |
| 1778/11/06 | 270 | Design Complement | |
| Commanders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1782/03 | 1783 | Captain | William Waldegrave | BWAS-1714 |
| 1783/04 | 1785/08 | Captain | John Colpoys | BWAS-1714 |
| 1786/09 | 1788/11/20 | Captain | George Dawson | BWAS-1714 |
| 1792/12 | 1794/02 | Captain | Sir Andrew Snape Douglas | BWAS-1714 |
| 1794/09 | 1799/07 | Captain | Robert Stopford | BWAS-1714 |
| 1799/07 | 1802/03 | Captain | James Nicoll Morris | BWAS-1714 |
| 1803/07 | 1806/10 | Captain | George Cockburn | BWAS-1714 |
| 1806/10 | 1808/07 | Captain | John Wood | BWAS-1714 |
| 1808/07 | 1808/10/13 | Commander | Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew | BWAS-1714 |
| 1808/10/14 | 1812/08 | Captain | Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew | BWAS-1714 |
| 1816/10 | 1817 | Captain | Francis Stanfell | BWAS-1714 |
| 1818/04/14 | 1819/10 | Captain | William Henry Dillon | BWAS-1714 |
| 1819/10/29 | 1822/09/23 | Captain | William Augustus Montagu | B163 |
| 1822/09 | 1825 | Captain | Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt | BWAS-1714 |
| Commissioned Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1794/12/24 | 1797/09 | Lieutenant | George Wolfe | B163 |
| 1796/05/10 | 1800 | Lieutenant | Francis Beaufort | NBD1849 |
| 1796/05/10 | 1800/11/12 | Lieutenant | Francis Beaufort | B163 |
| 1800 | 1800/11/13 | First Lieutenant | Francis Beaufort | NBD1849 |
| 1815/10/31 | 1818/01/07 | Lieutenant | Richard Hoare | B163 |
| 1818/04 | 1819/10 | Lieutenant | John Geary | B163 |
| 1819/10/29 | 1822/05/17 | Lieutenant | Charles Philip Yorke | B163 |
| 1819/10/29 | 1822/09/23 | First Lieutenant | Henry Fage Belson | NBD1849 |
| 1819/11/01 | 1822/01/28 | Lieutenant | Coote Hely Hutchinson | B163 |
| Petty Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1783/04 | 1787 | Midshipman | John Hancock | B163 |
| 1786/11/21 | 1788/12/03 | Midshipman | Richard Curry | B163 |
| 1793 | 1794/04 | Midshipman | Graham Eden Hamond | B163 |
| 1794/09 | 1796/05/09 | Midshipman | Francis Beaufort | B163 |
| 1795 | 1796/05/10 | Midshipman | Francis Beaufort | NBD1849 |
| 1798 | 1799/07/07 | Midshipman | Francis Mason | B163 |
| 1799/07 | 1802/01/10 | Midshipman | Anthony Collins Stanton | B163 |
| 1802/06 | 1807/03 | Midshipman | James Anderson | NBD1849 |
| 1803/09 | 1805/06 | Midshipman | James Scott | B163 |
| 1810 | 1810/09/19 | Midshipman | Nicholas Atkin | NBD1849 |
| 1815 | 1816 | Masters Mate | William Boulton | NBD1849 |
| 1819/10/30 | 1824/08 | Midshipman | Edward John Carpenter | B163 |
| 1825 | 1825/03 | Midshipman | Richard Brydges Beechey | NBD1849 |
| Crewmen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1819/12/10 | 1822/04 | 1st Class Volunteer | St Leger Aldworth | NL1865 |
| Service History | Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1782/03 | First Commissioned | BWAS-1714 |
| 1782/11 | Began fitting at Plymouth | BWAS-1714 |
| 1782/12/27 | Completed at Plymouth at a cost of £18986.8.1d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1782/12/27 | Completed fitting at Plymouth at a cost of £7565.18.4d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1783/04 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1714 |
| 1783/10/08 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | BWAS-1714 |
| 1785/08 | Paid off | BWAS-1714 |
| 1786/09 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1714 |
| 1786/12/17 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | BWAS-1714 |
| 1788/12 | Paid off | BWAS-1714 |
| 1790/12 | Began large repair at Portsmouth | BWAS-1714 |
| 1792/12 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1714 |
| 1793/01 | Completed large repair at Portsmouth at a cost of £15788.0.0d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1793/03 | Took the Privateer Lugger Aimable Liberte | |
| 1793/04/14 | Took the Privateer Le Général Dumourier | |
| 1793/05/28 | Took the Sixth Rate Corvette Prompte off the Spanish coast | |
| 1793/06 | Took the Privateer Poisson Volant | |
| 1793/06 | Took the Privateer Le Général Washington | |
| 1793/11/27 | Took the Sixth Rate Frigate La Blonde | |
| 1794/02 | Paid off | BWAS-1714 |
| 1794/03 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1714 |
| 1794/06/01 | Took the Defence in tow having briefly engaged the Impétueux | |
| 1794/06/01 | Present at the Glorious 1st of June | |
| 1795 | Part of the royal escort for Princess Carolina of Brunswick | BWAS-1714 |
| 1795/06/07 | Assisted at the capture of eight vessels laden with wine and naval stores from Bourdeaux; during which she endeavouried to take a corvette that had sought refuge under a battery on the south end of Belleisle, the Phaeton had 1 man killed, 7 others wounded, and 2 guns dismounted. | B163 |
| 1795/06/16 | Present at the First Battle of Groix | |
| 1796/03/10 | Took the Unrated Corvette Bonne Citoyenne | |
| 1797/03/06 | Took the Privateer Actif | |
| 1797/09/16 | Took the Privateer Le Chasseur | |
| 1797/09/24 | Took the Unrated L'Indien | |
| 1797/09/28 | Took the Unrated L'Indienne | |
| 1797/10/07 | Took the Unrated Brig Découverte | |
| 1797/10/07 | Took the Privateer La Découverte in the Channel | |
| 1797/12/28 | Took the Unrated Le Hasard | |
| 1797/12/28 | Took the Sixth Rate Ship La Daphne | |
| 1798/01/01 | Took the Privateer Aventure | |
| 1798/02/19 | Took the Privateer La Légère | |
| 1798/03/22 | Destroyed a large frigate near Cordoban lighthouse | BWAS-1714 |
| 1798/03/22 | Chased the French Charente (36) off the il d'Aix, which escaped after running aground | TRN4 |
| 1798/08/31 | Took the Privateer Mercure | |
| 1798/09/06 | Took the Fifth Rate Frigate La Flore | |
| 1798/10/08 | Took the Privateer Le Lévrier | |
| 1798/11/20 | Took the Sixth Rate Corvette Hirondelle in the Channel | |
| 1798/11/24 | Took the Privateer Résolue | |
| 1798/12/06 | Took the Privateer Ressource | |
| 1800 | To the Mediterranean until 1801 | BWAS-1714 |
| 1800/05 | Present at the seige of Genoa | TRN4 |
| 1800/05/16 | Her boats, together with Naiad , took El Reposo and destroyed La Alcudia at Pontevedro | |
| 1800/10/27 | Took the Unrated Polacca San Jose | |
| 1802/03 | Paid off | BWAS-1714 |
| 1802/12 | Began large repair at Deptford | BWAS-1714 |
| 1803/07 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1714 |
| 1803/08 | Completed large repair at Deptford at a cost of £21545.0.0d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1805/08/02 | Present at the Action of 1805-08-02 | |
| 1808 | At Nagasaki | BWAS-1714 |
| 1811/04/24 | Sailed from Madras | TRN5 |
| 1811/05/21 | Arrived at Penang | TRN5 |
| 1811/05/24 | Left Penang | TRN5 |
| 1811/05/24 | Left Penang for Malacca | TRN5 |
| 1811/06/11 | Left Malacca as part of the fleet to suppress Java | TRN5 |
| 1811/08 | Present at the reduction of Java | BWAS-1714 |
| 1811/08/31 | Landing parties from the Phaeton and the Sir Francis Drake rushed and took the fort of Sumenap, in the island of Madura | |
| 1812/08 | Returned home with the East India convoy | BWAS-1714 |
| 1812/10 | Began large repair at Deptford | BWAS-1714 |
| 1814/04 | Fitted for ordinary at Sheerness | BWAS-1714 |
| 1814/04 | Completed large repair at Deptford | BWAS-1714 |
| 1815/11 | Began fitting at Sheerness | BWAS-1714 |
| 1816/01 | Completed fitting at Sheerness | BWAS-1714 |
| 1816/10 | Commissioned for St Helena | BWAS-1714 |
| 1818/04 | Commissioned for the East Indies | BWAS-1714 |
| 1819/10 | Paid off and then recommissioned | BWAS-1714 |
| 1825 | Paid off | BWAS-1714 |
| 1827/07/11 | Sold to Mr Freake for £3,430. The sale was cancelled Mr Freake having been declared insane | BWAS-1714 |
| 1828/03/26 | Resold to Joshua Cristall for £2,500 for breaking up | BWAS-1714 |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| B028 | Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I | J. J. Colledge | Book |
| BWAS-1714 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| B163 | Royal Navy Biography | John Marshall | Book |
| NBD1849 | A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 | O'Brien | Digital Book |
| NL1865 | The Navy List 1865 | The Admiralty | Digital Book |
| TRN4 | The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol IV | William Laid Clowes | Digital Book |
| TRN5 | The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol V | William Laid Clowes | Digital Book |