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Nominal Guns36BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat BritainBWAS-1714
OperatorThe Royal NavyBWAS-1714
Ordered1756/07/13BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down1756/08/16BWAS-1714
Named1756/08/03BWAS-1714
Launched1758/03/11BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardLiverpool BWAS-1714
Ship ClassVenus ClassBWAS-1714
Designed byThomas Slade BWAS-1714
ConstructorJohn Okill BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigate BWAS-1714
Sold1828/09/22BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck128' 4 ½"Imperial Feet39.1287
Length of Keel106' 3"Imperial Feet32.385
Breadth35' 9"Imperial Feet10.8966
Depth in Hold12' 4"Imperial Feet3.7592
Draught Forward8' 8"Imperial Feet2.6416
Draught Aft13' 1"Imperial Feet3.9878
Burthen722 2994Tons BM 

Armament

1758/03/11Broadside Weight = 189 Imperial Pound ( 85.7118 kg) BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle12British 1/2-Pound Swivel
1793Broadside Weight = 222 Imperial Pound ( 100.677 kg) BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck24British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck6British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2British 18-Pound Carronade
1809Broadside Weight = 282 Imperial Pound ( 127.887 kg) BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck22British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck10British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2British 24-Pound Carronade
Crew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1756/07/13240Design Complement 
Flag Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1768/111769/03CommodoreHenry FrederickBWAS-1714
Commanders
FromToRankNameSource
1758/031763/03CaptainThomas HarrisonBWAS-1714
1768/061770CaptainSamuel BarringtonBWAS-1714
1770/101772/04CaptainGeorge BalfourBWAS-1714
1777/031778/11CaptainWilliam Peere WilliamsBWAS-1714
1778/111780/10CaptainJames FergusonBWAS-1714
1780/10/201781/11CaptainJames DouglasBWAS-1714
1783/031786/06CaptainCharles HudsonBWAS-1714
1793/011794/05CaptainJonathon FaulknorBWAS-1714
1794/051794/12CaptainWilliam BrownBWAS-1714
1794/121795/02CaptainCharles StirlingBWAS-1714
1795/021795/12CaptainLawrence William HalsteadBWAS-1714
1795/121801CaptainSir Thomas GravesBWAS-1714
1803/071807/07CaptainHenry MatsonBWAS-1714
1809/031809/11CaptainHood Hanway ChristianBWAS-1714
Service History
DateEvent Source
1758/03/11building at Liverpool at a cost of £6645.3.8dBWAS-1714
1758/06/30fitting at Liverpool BWAS-1714
1759/05/18Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Aréthuse  
1759/11/20Present at the Battle of Quiberon Bay 
1761/01/30Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Brune in the Soundings 
1761/04/03Took the Merchantman East Indiaman Le Bertin off Cadiz 
1762/03/07Took the Privateer Aimable Josepha  
1762/05/06Took the Privateer Le Miquilet  
1762/06/04Took the Privateer Nuestra Señora de Bignonia  
1762/09/15Took the Privateer Cannibul  
1762/09/18Took the Privateer Le Duc de Penthièvre  
1762/10/15Took the Unrated Schooner Le Crozen  
1763/03Paid offBWAS-1714
1763/05RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1763/05/03Surveyed, no repairsBWAS-1714
1763/10/15Sailed for the West IndiesBWAS-1714
1765/05Paid offBWAS-1714
1765/06Began great repair at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
1767/02Completed great repair at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £7997.6.9dBWAS-1714
1768/06RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1768/07fitting at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £4834.4.0dBWAS-1714
1769In the ChannelBWAS-1714
1770Paid offBWAS-1714
1770/10RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1772/04Paid offBWAS-1714
1776/09Began large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1714
1777/03RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1777/07Completed large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £13002.0.1dBWAS-1714
1777/08/24Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
1778/08/11Present at the Howe's encounter with d'Estaing 
1778/11/04Sailed for the West IndiesBWAS-1714
1778/12/14Present at the Battle of St. Lucia 
1779In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1779/03/06Took the Privateer Ship-Sloop Governor Trumbull  
1780In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1780/04/17Present at the Battle of Martinique 
1780/05/15Present at the Action of 1780-05-15 
1780/05/19Present at the Action of 1780-05-19 
1781/07/12Took the Privateer Sloop Royal Louis  
1781/11Paid offBWAS-1714
1782/08Began middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard BWAS-1714
1783/03RecommisssionedBWAS-1714
1783/07Completed middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard at a cost of £9434.0.0dBWAS-1714
1786/06Paid offBWAS-1714
1791/02Began large repair at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
1792/03Completed large repair at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £18520.0.0dBWAS-1714
1792/07/22Re-classed as a 32 gun Fifth RateFrigate  
1793/01RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1793/01Began fitting at Deptford BWAS-1714
1793/03Completed fitting at Deptford at a cost of £1506.0.0dBWAS-1714
1793/05/24Took the Privateer Le Sans Culottes  
1793/05/27Action vs Semillante - Venus vs Semillante 
1794/06/01Present at the Glorious 1st of June 
1796/04/14Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
1797/04/20Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
1798/03Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
1799/03/26Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
1800/07Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
1803/06/21Present at the Capture of St. Lucia and Tobago 
1807/07Paid off into ordinary at WoolwichBWAS-1714
1807/07/14Renamed HeroineBWAS-1714
1809/03RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1809/03Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
1809/05Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
1809/07/28Present at the Walcheren Expedition 
1809/11Paid off and laid up at SheernessBWAS-1714
1817Re-classed as a UnratedReceiving Ship  
1823/12Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard BWAS-1714
1824/06Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard BWAS-1714
1828/09/22Sold to John Small Sedger at Deptofrod for £1,710BWAS-1714

Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
 
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Posted by Tim Oakley on Thursday 2nd of August 2012 13:26

17 June 1793 under repair at Falmouth due to damage from the action May 27 1793

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