British Fifth Rate frigate 'Amsterdam' (1804)

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Amsterdam	3046
Nominal Guns	32
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Dutch Fifth Rate frigate 'Proserpine' (1801) (32)
Captured	4.5.1804
Shipyard	Amsterdam - Holland	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sold	9.8.1815

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck140' 8"Imperial Feet42.6771
Length of Keel113' 6"Imperial Feet34.4541
Breadth37' 6"Imperial Feet11.2994
Depth in Hold140' 8"Imperial Feet42.6771
Burthen849Tons BM

Armament

6.1805Broadside Weight = 264 Imperial Pound ( 119.724 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck20 British 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 24-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
5.180685 BWAS-1793

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
5.1806 - 6.1807Commander Alexander Innes (d.1839)BWAS-17936.1807 - 9.1809Commander Edward Wallis HoareBWAS-17939.1809 - 1811Commander William MorceBWAS-1793

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
2.1810 - 12.1810Midshipman John Sleigh (d.1848) TransferedNBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
1.2.1809 - 2.1810Boy John Sleigh (d.1848)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
17.6.1805Arrived at PortsmouthBWAS-1793
1806Guardship at CorkBWAS-1793
5.1806Refitted as a 20 gun Unrated Storeship
5.1806Began fitted as a storeship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
8.1806Completed fitted as a storeship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
5.1811fitting as a Receiving Ship at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
1812In Ordinary at PlymouthBWAS-1793
9.8.1815Sold for £1,150BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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