British Fifth Rate frigate 'Astraea' (1781)

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Astraea

3169
Astrea
Nominal Guns32BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered7.5.1779BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down9.1779BWAS-1714
Launched24.7.1781BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardEast Cowes BWAS-1714
Ship ClassActive Class
Designed byEdward Hunt (d.bef.1740)BWAS-1714
ConstructorRobert FabianBWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigate
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Wrecked23.3.1808BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck126' 0"Imperial Feet38.4048 
Length of Keel103' 7 ⅜"Imperial Feet31.4039 
Breadth35' 9"Imperial Feet10.7137 
Depth in Hold12' 0"Imperial Feet3.6576 
Draught Forward8' 10"Imperial Feet2.4384 
Draught Aft13' 8"Imperial Feet4.0301 
Burthen703 44⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


24.7.1781Broadside Weight = 246 Imperial Pound ( 111.561 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1778250Design Complement

10 Commanding Officers


DatesRankNameSource
2.7.1781 - 1.1784CaptainMathew Squire (d.1800) ADM 6/22/307BWAS-17149.1786 - 5.1790CaptainPeter Rainier (1741-1808)BWAS-17141.1793 - 1.1794CaptainRobert Moorsom (1760-1835)BWAS-17149.1.1794 - 6.1795CaptainHarry PowlettBWAS-17146.1795 - 4.1797CaptainRichard Lane (d.1799)BWAS-17144.1797 - 9.1799CaptainRichard Dacres (1761-1837)BWAS-17144.1800 - 1801CommanderPeter Ribouleau (d.1847)BWAS-17144.1805 - 2.1806CaptainJames CarthewBWAS-17142.1806 - 11.1807CaptainJames DunbarBWAS-171411.1807 - 23.3.1808CaptainEdmund HeywoodBWAS-1714

2 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
5.1795 - 6.1795First LieutenantWilliam Pryce Cumby (1771-1837)ref:6168.4.1799 - 1.1.1800First LieutenantThomas BrowneNBD1849

4 Warrant Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
23.9.1787 - 28.6.1790MasterJames Banks Robinson (c.1748-1819)ADM29-123.2.1803 - 2.7.1804BoatswainThomas NeedhamNAO23.2.1803 - 2.7.1804BoatswainThomas NeedhamNAO23.2.1803 - 2.7.1804BoatswainThomas NeedhamNAO

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
24.2.1788 - 4.1790Captain's ServantPatrick Campbell (1773-1841)ref:6161795Ordinary SeamanWilliam MainlandADM 171/8

Service History


DateEventSource
24.7.1781building at East Cowes at a cost of £7542.19.11dBWAS-1714
25.7.1781coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £7855.1.6dBWAS-1714
7.10.1781Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
20.12.1782Capture of the South Carolina
15.3.1783Took the Privateer Ship Julius Caesar (14)
1.1784Paid offBWAS-1714
9.1784Began small repair at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
11.1784Completed small repair at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £3414.0.0dBWAS-1714
7.1786Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
9.1786RecommissionedBWAS-1714
11.1786Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £4271.0.0dBWAS-1714
6.1.1787Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
5.1790Paid offBWAS-1714
1.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
5.1793Began repairs at Rotherhithe BWAS-1714
8.1793Completed repairs at Rotherhithe at a cost of £5347.0.0dBWAS-1714
9.1793Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
10.1793Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £4677.0.0dBWAS-1714
10.4.1795Astraea vs Gloire
10.4.1795Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Gloire (32) in the Channel
23.6.1795Action of Ile Groix
10.3.1796Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
26.4.1796Capture of St Lucia
27.4.1796At St LuciaBWAS-1714
6.1796At St Vincent and GrenadaBWAS-1714
1.6.1797Took the Privateer Stuiver (10) off the Scaw
22.4.1798Took the Privateer La Renommée (5) near Dogger Bank
20.5.1798Took the Privateer La Vengeance (6) near Jamaica
10.4.1799Took the Privateer Lugger Le Marsouin (14) in the North Sea
24.4.1799

Arrived at Yarmouth

TNC
9.1799Paid offBWAS-1714
3.1800Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
4.1800RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1800Refitted as a 16 gun Unrated Troop Ship
6.1800Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £7355.0.0dBWAS-1714
1801Egypt operationsBWAS-1714
11.1804Began repairs at Deptford BWAS-1714
4.1805RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1805Refitted as a 32 gun Fifth Rate Frigate
5.1805Completed repairs at Deptford at a cost of £12506.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.1805Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
6.1805Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
14.12.1807Took the Privateer La Providence (14)
23.3.1808Wrecked on Anegada Island (Virgin Islands) losing 4 menBWAS-1714


Sources


IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
ref:616Who's Who in Nelson's NavyNicholas TracyBook
NBD1849A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849O'BrienDigital Book
ADM29-1ADM 29/1 1802-1814 Admiralty: Warrant Officers. Entry Books of Certificates of Service Document
NAOThe National Archive - Trafalgar AncestorsVariousWeb Site
ADM 171/8ADM 171/8 Surviving officers and men entitled to clasps of the Naval GSM for actions from 1793 -1827British AdmiraltyDocument
TNCThe Naval ChronicalVariousPeriodical
 
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