British fifth rate frigate 'Sybille' (1794)

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Sybille6693
Nominal Guns38BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat BritainBWAS-1793
OperatorThe Royal NavyBWAS-1793
Previously French fifth rate frigate 'La Sibylle' (1791) BWAS-1793
Captured1794/06/17BWAS-1793
ShipyardBrest BWAS-1793
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1793
Ship TypeFrigate BWAS-1793
Sold1833/08/07BWAS-1793

Dimensions
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck154' 3"Imperial Feet47.0154
Length of Keel127' 4 ¾"Imperial Feet38.8303
Breadth40' 1 ½"Imperial Feet12.2301
Depth in Hold12' 4"Imperial Feet3.7592
Burthen1,090 91⁄94Tons BM 

Armament

1795/04Broadside Weight = 324 Imperial Pound ( 146.934 kg) BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck28British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck12British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4British 9-Pounder
1799Broadside Weight = 503 Imperial Pound ( 228.1105 kg) BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck28British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck12British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2British 9-Pounder
Flag Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1817/091820/08Rear-Admiral of the WhiteSir Home Riggs PophamBWAS-1793
1820/081823Rear-Admiral of the BlueSir Charles RowleyBWAS-1793
18271827Rear-AdmiralSir Thomas Masterman HardyW031
Commanders
FromToRankNameSource
1795/041799/05/25CaptainEdward Cook†BWAS-1793
1799/05/251799/06CommanderJoseph TurnerBWAS-1793
1799/061802CaptainCharles AdamW031
1799/06/121799/07CommanderWilliam WallerBWAS-1793
1805/071807/08CaptainRobert WinthropBWAS-1793
1807/081813/09CaptainClotworthy UptonBWAS-1793
1813/091814CaptainJames SandersBWAS-1793
18141814CaptainThomas ForrestBWAS-1793
1817/091819/05CaptainCharles MalcolmBWAS-1793
1817/09/151818/12/07LieutenantFrancis BraceNBD1849
1819/05/191820/08CaptainWilliam PophamBWAS-1793
1820/081823CaptainJoshua Ricketts RowleyBWAS-1793
1823/071826/11CaptainSamuel George PechellBWAS-1793
1826/121830CaptainFrancis Augustus CollierBWAS-1793
Commissioned Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1814/02/111815/04/18First LieutenantHenry Fage BelsonNBD1849
1821/08/221823Lieutenant NBD1849
1824/04/071825/09/26LieutenantFrederick William GreyW025
Petty Officers
FromToRankNameSource
18051807/07MidshipmanJohn Leigh BeckfordNBD1849
1815/091820/06/12Masters Mate NBD1849
1817/111820/08MidshipmanHenry QuinNBD1849
1823UnknownMidshipmanHenry Murray Edward AllenNBD1849
1823/101825/02MidshipmanGeorge William RabettNBD1849
Service History
DateEvent Source
1794/11/30Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
1795/04/17Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £7705.0.0dBWAS-1793
1796In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
1797Sailed to the Cape of Good Hope and the East IndiesBWAS-1793
1798/01/01At ManillaBWAS-1793
1798/01/01Present at the Attack on Manilla 
1798/01/22Present at the Attack on the fort of Samboangon 
1799/03/01Action vs Forte - Capture of the Forte 
1799/03/01Took the Fifth Rate Frigate La Forte off the coast of Bengal 
1800/08/23Took the Unrated Brig Name Unknown  
1801/08/19Action vs Chiffone - Capture of the Chiffone 
1801/08/19Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Chiffone off the Seychelles 
1803/04Paid offBWAS-1793
1804/09Began large repair at Deptford BWAS-1793
1805/07RecommissionedBWAS-1793
1805/07Completed large repair at Deptford at a cost of £22224.0.0dBWAS-1793
1805/08fitting at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £12690.0.0dBWAS-1793
1807/05/03Took the Privateer L'Oiseau  
1807/08/15Present at the Second Battle of Copenhagen 
1808/01/25Took the Privateer Le Grand Argus  
1808/08/16Took the Privateer L'Espiègle  
1808/12Began making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
1809/02Completed making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £11286.0.0dBWAS-1793
1810/10Took the Privateer L'Edouard off the Irish coast 
1812/05/10Took the Privateer L'Aigle  
1812/11Sailed to North AmericaBWAS-1793
1813/02/05Took the Privateer Le Brestois  
1813/03/25Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1793
1814Sailed to GreenlandBWAS-1793
1815/04Began large repair at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1793
1816/10Completed large repair at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £30477.0.0dBWAS-1793
1817/11fitting at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £12642.0.0dBWAS-1793
1818Flagship at JamaicaBWAS-1793
1819Flagship at JamaicaBWAS-1793
1820Flagship at JamaicaBWAS-1793
1823/07RecommissionedBWAS-1793
1823/07Began making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
1823/10Completed making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £15604.0.0dBWAS-1793
1826/11Paid offBWAS-1793
1826/11Began making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
1826/12RecommissionedBWAS-1793
1827/04Completed making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £14734.0.0dBWAS-1793
1830/01Began fitting as a Lazarette at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
1831/07Completed fitting as a Lazarette at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
1833/08/07Sold to Mr Henry for £2,460BWAS-1793

Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1793 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817Rif WinfieldBook
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyOxford University PressWeb Site
NBD1849 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849O'BrienDigital Book
W025 William Loney RN - BackgroundP DavisWeb Site
 
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