British Fifth Rate frigate 'Amethyst' (1799)

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Amethyst	3034
Nominal Guns	36	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	4.5.1797	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	8.1798	BWAS-1793
Named	5.8.1797	BWAS-1793
Launched	23.4.1799	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Penelope Class
Designed by	Sir John Henslow (1730-1815)	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Thomas Pollard	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Wrecked	16.2.1811	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck150' 0"Imperial Feet45.72
Length of Keel125' 5 ⅜"Imperial Feet38.1095
Breadth39' 7"Imperial Feet11.8872
Depth in Hold13' 0"Imperial Feet3.9624
Draught Forward10' 7"Imperial Feet3.048
Draught Aft14' 9"Imperial Feet4.2672
Burthen1,045 ⁴⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

22.4.1799Broadside Weight = 444 Imperial Pound ( 201.354 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1797274Design Complement

6 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
5.1799 - 10.1801CaptainJohn Cooke (1762-1805)BWAS-179310.1801 - 11.1801CaptainCharles Tyler (1760-1835)BWAS-179311.1801 - 4.1803CaptainHenry Richard Glynn (d.1848)BWAS-17934.1803 - 6.1804CaptainAlexander Campbell (d.1825)BWAS-17934.1806 - 9.1809CaptainMichael SeymourBWAS-17939.1809 - 16.2.1811CaptainJacob WaltonBWAS-1793

3 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
4.9.1801 - 1805LieutenantWilliam Balfour (1781-1846)NBD184913.6.1807 - 9.1809LieutenantEdward Thomas Crouch (d.1846)NBD18495.8.1808 - 1809LieutenantWilliam Hill (1779-?)NAO

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
24.5.1809 - 6.10.1810MasterChristopher AndersonADM29-1

3 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
5.1801 - 20.12.1805MidshipmanJohn Norman Campbell (d.1849)NBD184910.1809 - 16.2.1811MidshipmanJoseph BroomheadNBD184911.1809 - 16.2.1811MidshipmanJohn Harrison Bowker (d.1848)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
23.4.1799

Launched at Deptford in the presence of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, a number of the nobility, and most of the Admiralty and Navy Commissioners

TNC
9.1799Operations on the Dutch coastBWAS-1793
29.12.1799Took the Privateer L'Aventurier (14)
15.2.1800Took the Privateer La Vaillante (14)
1.4.1800Took the Privateer Corvette Le Mars (22) in the night of 31 March to 01 April 1800BG
6.1800Quiberon operationsBWAS-1793
1.6.1800Operation in Quiberon Bay
25.8.1800Attack on Ferrol
1801In the North SeaBWAS-1793
26.1.1801Capture of the Dédaigneuse
28.1.1801Took the Fifth Rate Frigate La Dédaigneuse (40) off Ferrol
16.3.1801Sank the privateer Nuestra Señora del Carmen (6) BWAS-1793
9.4.1801Took the Privateer Le Général Brune (14) in the Channel
1803In the North SeaBWAS-1793
15.5.1807Took the Privateer La Joséphine (4)
10.11.1808Capture of the Thetis
10.11.1808Took the Fifth Rate Frigate La Thétis (40) in the Bay of Biscay
2.1809Off RochefortBWAS-1793
5.4.1809Capture of the Niémen
5.4.1809Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Nieman (38) in the Bay of Biscay
5.4.1809Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Niémen (40) in the Bay of Biscay
28.7.1809Expedition to the Scheldt
28.7.1809Walcheren Expedition
9.1809Began middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
1.1810Completed middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
16.2.1811Wrecked in a storm in Plymouth Sound, 8 men drownedBWAS-1793

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif WinfieldBook

NBD1849O'BrienDigital Book

NAOVariousWeb Site

ADM29-1 Document

TNCVariousPeriodical

BGOfficialWeb Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Tim on Friday 6th of April 2012 23:04

1811 Feb. 16 Amethyst36 wrecked in Plymouth Sound

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