British Sixth Rate frigate 'Alligator' (1821)

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Alligator
Nominal Guns	28	B181
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	5.6.1819	B181
Keel Laid Down	11.1819	B181
Launched	29.3.1821	B181
How acquired	Purpose built	B181
Shipyard	Kochi - Kerala	B181
Ship Class	Atholl Class (1817)	B181
Designed by	The SurveyorsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1739-1806	B181
Category	Sixth Rate	B181
Ship Type	Frigate	B181
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B181
Sold	30.10.1865	B181

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB181
Length of Gundeck113' 8"Imperial Feet34.458
Length of Keel94' 8 ¾"Imperial Feet28.6703
Breadth31' 6"Imperial Feet9.6012
Depth in Hold8' 9"Imperial Feet2.667
Burthen499 ⁹¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

29.3.1821Broadside Weight = 383 Imperial Pound ( 173.6905 kg)B181
Upper Gun Deck20 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck6 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1.1822175Design complementB181

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
3.1821 - 5.1821CommanderNBD18493.9.1822 - 7.11.1825Captain†EVNL

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1825 - 5.1825LieutenantEVNL

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
18.5.1827 - 6.18271st Class VolunteerNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
5.10.1821

Arrived at Portsmouth

EVNL
6.1841Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated StoreshipB181
7.1842Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated Troop ShipB181
12.1846

Hospital hulk at Hong Kong

B181
12.1846Refitted as a Unrated Hospital ShipB181

Notes on Ship

MaterielB181

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B181David Lyon, Book

EVNLP. Benyon, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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Posted by Lily Style on Sunday 24th of January 2021 19:14

Wikisource A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Blanckley,says: His next appointment was, 16 May, 1822, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Thos. Alexander, fitting for the East India station, where his exertions during the Burmese war were rewarded by his promotion to the acting-command of the Sophie sloop, about April, 1825.

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