British Sixth Rate post ship 'Babet' (1794)

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Babet	3206
Nominal Guns	20	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	The Royal Navy
Previously	French Sixth Rate corvette 'Le Babet' (1793) (24)
Captured	1794/04/23	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Le Havre	NNF-1774
Ship Class	Prompte Class
Designed by	Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb	NNF-1774
Constructor	Pierre Mauger	NNF-1774
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Post Ship
Foundered	1801/10/25	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck119' 1"Imperial Feet36.2725
Length of Keel99' 5 ⅜"Imperial Feet30.1847
Breadth31' 1"Imperial Feet9.4742
Depth in Hold9' 4 ½"Imperial Feet2.7559
Burthen511 ¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1794/12Broadside Weight = 138 Imperial Pound ( 62.583 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 12-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 12-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1794/06/19165 BWAS-1793

Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1794/12 - 1795/04CaptainJohn MurrayBWAS-17931795/04 - 1795/05CommanderJoshua MulockBWAS-17931795/05 - 1795/12CaptainEdward CodringtonBWAS-17931795/12 - 1797/06CaptainWilliam Granville LobbBWAS-17931797/06 - 1801/10/25CaptainJemmett Mainwaring†BWAS-1793

Flag Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1799/10/07Vice-Admiral of the BlueAndrew MitchellBWAS-1793

Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1800/05/07 - 1800/12/24LieutenantRichard BluettNBD1849

Petty Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1795/04 - 1797MidshipmanThomas CullNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
1794/04/30Arrived at PortsmouthBWAS-1793
1794/06Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
1794/06/19RegisteredBWAS-1793
1795/05/10Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £2544.0.0dBWAS-1793
1795/06/23Action of Ile Groix
1796/02/25Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
1796/04/23Capture of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice
1797/01/10

In company with Bellona destroyed a small privateer off Deseada

BWAS-1793
1798/07Began refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
1801/10/25Lost presumed foundered with all hands on passage from Martinique to JamaicaBWAS-1793
1980Completed refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £5194.0.0dBWAS-1793
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Sources
ID	Description	Author	Type
BWAS-1793	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817	Rif Winfield	Book
NNF-1774	Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792	Alain Demerliac	Book
NBD1849	A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849	O'Brien	Digital Book

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