British Fifth Rate frigate 'Magnanime' (1794)

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Magnanime
Nominal Guns	44	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Magnanime' (1780) (64) 1780-1794 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Ordered	11.8.1794	BWAS-1793
Acquired	8.1794	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Intrepid Class (1765)	BWAS-1793
Designed by	John WilliamsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1762-1778	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Adam HayesBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1748-1785	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	7.1813	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck159' 6"Imperial Feet48.4658
Length of Keel131' 6"Imperial Feet39.9337
Breadth44' 4"Imperial Feet13.4366

Armament

8.1794Broadside Weight = 480 Imperial Pound ( 217.68 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck8 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle4 British 12-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1794310EstablishmentBWAS-1793

8 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
11.1794 - 9.1795CaptainBWAS-17939.1795 - 10.1798CaptainBWAS-17931799 - 2.1802CaptainBWAS-17932.1802CaptainBWAS-17932.1802 - 8.1802CaptainBWAS-179310.1803 - 10.1804CaptainBWAS-17931806 - 1807LieutenantBWAS-17931810LieutenantBWAS-1793

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1797 - 2.8.1799LieutenantE-WIKI5.10.1803 - 16.9.1804LieutenantNBD1849

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
7.12.1794 - 11.6.1797MasterADM 29-1

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1801 - 2.1802MidshipmanNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
11.1794RecommissionedBWAS-1793
2.1795Completed fitting and cut down at a cost of £17,066BWAS-1793
22.6.1797Took the Privateer off Cape ClearBG
15.8.1797Took the Privateer
16.3.1798Took the Brig in Latitude 42 and Longitude 12BG
2.4.1798Took the Ship BG
16.8.1798Took the Privateer BG
24.8.1798Took the Frigate off Finistere
12.10.1798Battle of Tory Island
19.4.1799

Arrived at Plymouth

TNC
5.1799Began making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
6.1799Completed making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £6694.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.1800On the African coastBWAS-1793
5.4.1800Took the Brig at Goree Island
2.1802Paid off after two years in the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
4.1802Present at the mutiny of the West Indies Regiment at DominicaBWAS-1793
8.1802Paid offBWAS-1793
10.1803Recommissioned as afloating battery at BristolBWAS-1793
10.1803Refitted as a 38 gun Unrated Floating Battery
11.1803Fitted to 'Lie in the Clyde'BWAS-1793
10.1804Laid up at SheernessBWAS-1793
1.1805Commissioned as a Hospital Ship at SheernessBWAS-1793
1.1805Refitted as a Unrated Hospital Ship
1812In Ordinary at SheernessBWAS-1793
7.1813Broken up at SheernessBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ADM 29-1 Document

BGOfficial, Web Site

TNCVarious, Periodical

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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