British Third Rate ship of the line 'America' (1794)

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America -> 1795 Impetueux	3031
Nominal Guns	74	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'América' (1788) (74)
Captured	1.6.1794	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	9.1796	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	NNF-1774
Ship Class	Téméraire Class	NNF-1774
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	12.1813	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck182' 0"Imperial Feet55.4736
Length of Keel149' 8 ¼"Imperial Feet45.4216
Breadth48' 7 ¾"Imperial Feet14.6495
Depth in Hold21' 7"Imperial Feet6.5786
Burthen1,884 ¹⁶⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

9.1796Broadside Weight = 1128 Imperial Pound ( 511.548 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck30 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 18-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 18-Pounder
Roundhouse6 British 18-Pound Carronade

8 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
9.1796 - 3.1799CaptainJohn Willett Payne (1752-1803)BWAS-17933.1799 - 4.1802CaptainSir Edward Pellew (1757-1833)BWAS-17935.1803 - 7.1803CaptainSamuel GravesBWAS-17937.1803 - 1805CaptainThomas Byam Martin (1773-1854)BWAS-179311.1803 - 6.1812CaptainDavid Milne (1763-1845)BWAS-17931805 - 10.1806CaptainJohn Erskine Douglas (1758-1847)BWAS-179310.1806 - 8.1811CaptainJohn Lawford (1756-1842)BWAS-17936.1812 - 1813CaptainCharles Inglis (d.1833)BWAS-1793

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
6.1812 - 1813Vice-Admiral of the BlueGeorge Martin (1765-1847)BWAS-1793

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
26.4.1798 - 14.4.1802First LieutenantJohn Pilfold (1769-1834)NAO12.4.1813 - 12.1813LieutenantJames BlandfordNBD1849

4 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
13.6.1797 - 10.3.1799MidshipmanGeorge CanningNAO2.1799 - 1800MidshipmanFrancis Charles Annesley (d.1846)NBD18493.1799 - 2.1802MidshipmanGeorge Cadogan (1783-1864)NBD18498.1812 - 4.9.1812SupernumeraryEdwin Ludlow RichNBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
16.10.1796 - 12.6.1797Able SeamanGeorge CanningNAO

Service History

DateEventSource
1.6.1794Arrived at PortsmouthBWAS-1793
25.9.1794RegisteredBWAS-1793
7.1795Began large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
14.7.1795Renamed ImpetueuxBWAS-1793
9.1796Commissioned for the ChannelBWAS-1793
11.1796Completed large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £42030.0.0dBWAS-1793
8.3.1797Took the Cutter Le Vautour in the Channel
4.1797The Spithead MutinyBWAS-1793
11.6.1797Took the Privateer La Zoe (20)
5.4.1798Took the Chasse-Maree La Sainte Famille
17.3.1799

Sailed from Portsmouth

TNC
1.4.1799

Sailed from Plymouth

TNC
1.6.1799Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
1800Took the Privateer La Petite Cherie (4)
1.6.1800Operation in Quiberon Bay
29.7.1800Took the Privateer Le Celebre (7) cut out from Port Louis
25.8.1800Attack on Ferrol
4.1802Paid offBWAS-1793
8.1802Began small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
1803Completed small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
5.1803RecommissionedBWAS-1793
10.1806In the ChannelBWAS-1793
1809In the North SeaBWAS-1793
13.3.1810Sailed for PortugalBWAS-1793
1.3.1812Sailed for PortugalBWAS-1793
1813In ordinary at ChathamBWAS-1793
12.1813Broken up at ChathamBWAS-1793

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif WinfieldBook

NNF-1774Alain DemerliacBook

NAOVariousWeb Site

NBD1849O'BrienDigital Book

TNCVariousPeriodical

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Tim Oakley on Wednesday 29th of January 2014 22:38

March 1799 members of the crew 1st Lt George Ross [later sided with mutineers], Lt John Stokes, Captain Boys [Royal Marines] a John Smith fell overboard and drowned, mutineers Samuel Sidney, Thomas Harrop, William Jones [all hanged], Stephen Walford, William McAdam [100 lashes] and Michael Pennell. Landsmen William Sugate age 17 and John Fox age 20 dismissed for sodomy

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