British sloop 'Porto' (1781)

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Porto -> 1782 Harlequin
Nominal Guns	12	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French sloop 'L'Arlequin' (1780) (12) 1780-1781 French 12 Gun Unrated Sloop
Captured	4.1781	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1714
Sold	19.6.1782	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck80' 1"Imperial Feet24.4094
Length of Keel63' 10"Imperial Feet19.2024
Breadth20' 5"Imperial Feet6.223
Depth in Hold9' 5"Imperial Feet2.8702
Burthen141 ⁴⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
22.4.1781 - 19.6.1783Commander Transfered ADM 6/22/304
Issued by , Portugal - Iberian Peninsula
Confirmed 27.6.1781BWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
6.1781Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
9.1781Completed coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £1489.3.3dBWAS-1714
1782Renamed HarlequinBWAS-1714
19.6.1782Sold to John Birkley of Shadwell for £905BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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