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	BWAS-1793
Designed by	Sir John Henslow (1730-1815)	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Thomas Pollard	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
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 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
5.1799 - 10.1801Captain John Cooke (1762-1805)BWAS-179310.1801 - 11.1801Captain Charles Tyler (1760-1835)BWAS-179311.1801 - 4.1803Captain Henry Richard Glynn (d.1848)BWAS-17934.1803 - 6.1804Captain Alexander Campbell (d.1825)BWAS-17934.1806 - 9.1809Captain Michael SeymourBWAS-17939.1809 - 16.2.1811Captain Jacob WaltonBWAS-1793

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
10.1.1809 - 13.1.1809Rear-Admiral of the Blue Robert Stopford (1768-1847) Transfered ADM 196/68/191ADM 196

3 Commissioned Officers

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

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
24.5.1809 - 6.10.1810Master Christopher AndersonADM 29-1

3 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
5.1801 - 20.12.1805Midshipman John Norman Campbell (d.1849)NBD184910.1809 - 16.2.1811Midshipman Joseph BroomheadNBD184911.1809 - 16.2.1811Midshipman John 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 Le Vaillant (14)
1.4.1800Took the 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 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 Lugger La Joséphine (4)
10.11.1808Capture of the Thetis
10.11.1808Took the Frigate La Thétis (40) in the Bay of Biscay
2.1809Off RochefortBWAS-1793
5.4.1809Capture of the Niémen
5.4.1809Took the Frigate Nieman (38) in the Bay of Biscay
5.4.1809Took the 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

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 196 Document

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

NAOVarious, Web Site

ADM 29-1 Document

TNCVarious, Periodical

BGOfficial, Web Site

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

1811 Feb. 16 Amethyst36 wrecked in Plymouth Sound

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