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Nominal Guns16BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat BritainBWAS-1793
OperatorThe Royal NavyBWAS-1793
Ordered1804/05/23BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down1804/06BWAS-1793
Launched1804/08/22BWAS-1793
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1793
ShipyardDeptford BWAS-1793
Ship ClassCruizer ClassBWAS-1793
Designed byWilliam Rule BWAS-1793
ConstructorMrs Frances Barnard BWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeBrig-Sloop BWAS-1793
Foundered1809/03BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck100' 0"Imperial Feet 
Length of Keel77' 3 ⅛"Imperial Feet23.549
Breadth30' 6 ½"Imperial Feet9.3091
Depth in Hold12' 9"Imperial Feet 
Burthen383 3294Tons BM 

Armament

1804/08/22Broadside Weight = 262 Imperial Pound ( 118.817 kg) BWAS-1793
Gun Deck16British 32-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser2British 6-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1797121Design Complement 
Commanders
FromToRankNameSource
1804/111805CommanderWilliam WoolridgeBWAS-1793
18051806CommanderEdward RatseyBWAS-1793
1806/02/221806/09/05LieutenantEdward Thomas TroubridgeBWAS-1793
1806/09/051807/08CommanderEdward Thomas TroubridgeBWAS-1793
1807/08/121807/09CommanderWilliam WilbrahamBWAS-1793
1807/091808CommanderGeorge PigotBWAS-1793
18081808/10CommanderJustice FinleyBWAS-1793
1808/101809/03CommanderJohn James RidgeBWAS-1793
Service History
DateEvent Source
1804/09/03Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1793
1804/10/24Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1793
1804/12/24Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1793
1805/08/02Present at the Action of 1805-08-02 
1806/07/26Present at the Action of 1806-07-26 
1806/07/26Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Pallas  
1809/03Lost, presumed foundered with all hands near Rodrigues Island in the Indian OceanBWAS-1793

Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1793 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817Rif WinfieldBook
 
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Posted by Tim Oakley on Wednesday 16th of May 2012 22:16

Feb / Mar 1807 Blenheim 74 Captain Austin Bissell, R-Ad Thomas Troubridge and passenger Charles Fullerton Elphinstone RN with Java 32 founder of Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean while en route from Madras to Cape Town with only the Harrier 18 Commander William Wilbraham arriving

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