British Merchant merchantman 'Cuvera' (1798)

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Cuvera	19447
Nominal Guns	24	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Private Owners
Launched	12.9.1798	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Calcutta - Bengal - Hooghly	BWAS-1793
Category	Merchant	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Merchantman	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Bought by the Navy	30.5.1804	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Malabar' (1804) (56)

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck168' 6"Imperial Feet51.2086
Length of Keel127' 4"Imperial Feet38.7134
Breadth37' 2"Imperial Feet11.2849
Burthen935 ⁵⁶⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

12.1799Broadside Weight = 72 Imperial Pound ( 32.652 kg)W1812P
Gun Deck24 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
12.1799130 W1812P

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1799 - 1800Captain (HEIC) John LoweW1812P

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
19.11.1798 - 25.7.1799Chief Mate Arundel RobertsIORMAR

Service History

DateEventSource
6.12.1799Issued with a Letter-of-MarqueW1812P
1801In use as a troop transport in IndiaBWAS-1793
1802In use as a troop transport in IndiaBWAS-1793

Notes on Ship

EIC JournalIORMAR

Built at Calcutta 1796, 935 tons.

Voyages:

(1) From Bengal 1799. Calcutta 19 Nov 1798 - 28 Jan 1799 Saugor - left Bengal 10 Feb - 10 May St Helena - voyage ended Aug.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

W1812PMichael Dun, Web Site

IORMAR Archive

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