British Fifth Rate frigate 'Artois' (1794)

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Artois	3150
Nominal Guns	38	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	28.3.1793	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	3.1793	BWAS-1793
Launched	3.1.1794	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Built by Contract	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Artois Class	BWAS-1793
Designed by	Sir John Henslow (1730-1815)	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Richard Wells	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Wrecked	31.7.1797	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck146' 3"Imperial Feet44.5025
Length of Keel121' 9 ¾"Imperial Feet36.8999
Breadth39' 2 ½"Imperial Feet11.8999
Depth in Hold13' 9"Imperial Feet4.0386
Draught Forward10' 0"Imperial Feet3.048
Draught Aft15' 6"Imperial Feet4.6025
Burthen996 ⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

3.1.1794Broadside Weight = 494 Imperial Pound ( 224.029 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
2.3.1793270Design Complement

2 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
7.12.1793 - 30.9.1794CaptainCharles Fitzgerald (1756-1810) ADM 6/24/289BWAS-179323.7.1794 - 31.7.1797CaptainEdmund Nagle ADM 6/25/65BWAS-1793

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
15.1.1794 - 26.10.1794MasterPeter Schuyler BruffADM29-1

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1797 - 31.7.1797MidshipmanGeorge Pringle (1778-1834)B1451797 - 31.7.1797MidshipmanRichard BluettNBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
10.2.1796 - 1797Able SeamanGeorge Pringle (1778-1834)B145

Service History

DateEventSource
3.1.1794Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
30.3.1794Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
23.8.1794Destruction of the Volontaire
21.10.1794Capture of the Révolutionnaire
21.10.1794Took the Frigate Revolutionaire (36)
21.10.1794Took the Frigate Révolutionnaire (36)
20.3.1796Action off Pointe du Raz
2.11.1796Took the Brig Le Franklin (12)
16.7.1797Destruction of the Calliope
31.7.1797Wrecked on Ballieu Rocks off BrittanyBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ADM29-1 Document

B145Charles Harding Firth, John Knox Laughton, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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