British Fifth Rate frigate 'Aimable' (1782)

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Aimable	2936
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Aimable' (1776) (32)
Captured	19.4.1782	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Toulon - Provence	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Alcmème Class	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Antoine Groignard (1727-1799)	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	5.1814	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck133' 5"Imperial Feet40.5422
Length of Keel109' 5"Imperial Feet33.2373
Breadth36' 8"Imperial Feet11.0067
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528
Burthen782 ⁴⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

5.1782Broadside Weight = 198 Imperial Pound ( 89.793 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 12-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

1791Broadside Weight = 174 Imperial Pound ( 78.909 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
5.1782220 BWAS-1714

12 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
13.5.1782 - 29.7.1783CaptainAlexander Hood (1758-1798) ADM 6/23/154
Issued by George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 22.10.1783BWAS-17147.2.1793 - 5.1795CaptainSir Harry Burrard-Neale (d.1840) ADM 6/24/205BWAS-17145.1795 - 7.1795CaptainFrancis Laforey (1767-1835)BWAS-17147.1795 - 7.1796CaptainCharles Sydney DaversBWAS-17147.7.1796 - 4.1797CaptainJemmett Mainwaring (d.1801)BWAS-17144.1797 - 27.10.1798CaptainWilliam Granville LobbBWAS-171411.1798 - 11.9.1802CaptainHenry Raper (1767-1845)BWAS-17149.1803 - 8.1805CaptainWilliam Bolton (d.1817)BWAS-17148.1805CaptainDuncombe Pleydall Bouverie (1780-?)BWAS-17148.1805 - 7.1807CaptainClotworthy UptonBWAS-17147.1807 - 9.1810CaptainGeorge StuartBWAS-17149.1810 - 6.2.1811CaptainJohn Charles WoolcombeBWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
5.1795 - 7.1795Vice-Admiral of the RedSir John Laforey (1^st Baronet Laforey) (1729-1796)BWAS-1714

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1804LieutenantWilliam MatherTRN5

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
14.1.1799 - 26.9.1800MasterDavid ClarkADM29-1

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1794 - 1795MidshipmanCharles Philip Butler Bateman (1776-?)NBD18491797Master's MateThomas Cull (d.1846)NBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
2.1806 - 18061st Class VolunteerThomas Atkinson (d.1864)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
21.7.1782Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
11.1782Blockade of Cap FrancoisBWAS-1714
29.1.1783Registered, backdated to date of captureBWAS-1714
26.4.1783

Sailed from Jamaica for England

Jamaica BWAS-1714
12.7.1783

Arrived at Chatham, paid off and was laid up

Chatham BWAS-1714
1.1790Began great repair at Rochester - Kent BWAS-1714
12.1792Completed great repair at Rochester - Kent at a cost of £15727.0.0dBWAS-1714
12.1792Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
2.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
3.1793Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £6268.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.1793Took the Privateer Le Laborieux in the Channel
22.5.1793Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
26.5.1793Took the Privateer Le Coureur (10)
23.5.1794Took the Gabarre La Moselle (20) off the Hyeres
5.5.1795Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
22.7.1796Aimable vs Pensée
15.9.1796Took the Privateer L'Iris (6) BWAS-1793
6.4.1797Took the Privateer Le Chasseur (6) BG
6.4.1798Took the Privateer Le Triomphe (14) off Puerto Rico
8.4.1798Took the Privateer Le Chasseur (2) off Puerto Rico
20.4.1798Took the Privateer L'Espiègle (2)
10.1798Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
27.10.1798

Paid off

BWAS-1714
11.1798RecommissionedBWAS-1714
3.1799Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £6691.0.0dBWAS-1714
1.6.1799Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
20.11.1799Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
17.12.1799Action of 1799-12-17
1801In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
7.1803Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
9.1803RecommissionedBWAS-1714
11.1803Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £8405.0.0dBWAS-1714
16.5.1804Attack on Ver Huell's squadron
1805In the North SeaBWAS-1714
11.11.1807Took the Privateer La Décidée (16)
2.1.1809Took the Corvette L'Iris (24)
2.1.1809Took the Corvette L'Iris (24) off Dieppe
7.7.1809Operations in the Elbe
25.11.1810Stranded on Berwick Bar but refloatedBWAS-1714
5.1814Broken up at DeptfordBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

TRN5William Laid Clowes, Digital Book

ADM29-1 Document

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

BGOfficial, Web Site

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