British fifth rate frigate 'Shannon' (1806)

Armament
1806/05/05			Broadside Weight = 425 Imperial Pound ( 192.7375 kg)	BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck	28	British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	6	British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck	8	British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 32-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement
Date	# of Men	Notes	Source
1794	284	Design Complement

Commissioned Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1812/01	1813/06/01	Lieutenant	Provo William Parry Wallis	NBD1849

Petty Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1813	1813	Midshipman	Douglas Charles Clavering	EWIKI

Service History
Date	Event	Source
1804/08	Began building at Frindsbury	BWAS-1793
1806/05/05	Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1806/05/05	Completed building at Frindsbury at a cost of £19484.0.0d	BWAS-1793
1806/08/03	Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £13564.0.0d	BWAS-1793
1807/12/24	Present at the Occupation of Madeira
1809/01/27	Took the Privateer Le Pommereuil
1811/08/09	Sailed for North America	BWAS-1793
1812/10/31	Took the Privateer Thorn
1813/05/16	Took the Privateer L'Invincible off Cape Anne
1813/06/01	Action vs Chesapeake - Chesapeake vs Shannon
1813/06/01	Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Chesapeake
1814	In Ordinary at Portsmouth	BWAS-1793
1815/07	Began large repair at Chatham Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1817/03	Completed large repair at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £26328.0.0d	BWAS-1793
1817/04	In Ordinary at Chatham	BWAS-1793
1826/05	Began very small repair at Chatham Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1826/07	Completed very small repair at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £4969.0.0d	BWAS-1793
1828/08	Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1828/09	Recommissioned	BWAS-1793
1828/12	Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £14746.0.0d	BWAS-1793
1831/11	fitting as a Receiving Ship at Sheerness Dockyard	BWAS-1793
1844/03/11	Renamed Saint Lawrence	BWAS-1793
1859/11/12	Breaking up completed at Chatham	BWAS-1793

Fleets
From	Until	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1807/12	1807/12	Hood\'s fleet at Madeira	Samuel Hood

Notes on Ship

Memorial at St. Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada "Sacred to the memory of Mr. John Samwell Midshipman of HMS Shannon who died at the Naval Hospital on the 13th June 1815 aged 18 years. Also Mr William Stevens boatswain of the same ship who died there on the 19th June 1815 aged 36 years. Those brave officers clos'd their career in consequence of desperate wounds received in the gallant action between their own ship and the American frigate Chesepak on the 1 of June 1815 which ended in the capture of the enemy ship in 14 minutes." Memoria at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada "Sacred to the memory of the brave seaman who died at the Hospital of the wounds they received on board H.M.S. Shannon in the Glorious Action in which she captured the United States Frigate '[USS Chesapeake\|Chesapeake]' on the first of June 1813. Owen Callaghan. Peter Lawson. Francis Albert. Francis Dixon. John Anthony."

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
EWIKI	Wikipedia	Various	Web Site

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