British Sixth Rate post ship 'Bonne Citoyenne' (1796)

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Bonne Citoyenne	3371
Nominal Guns	20	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French corvette 'La Bonne Citoyenne' (1794) (20)
Named	20.5.1796	BWAS-1793
Captured	10.3.1796	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	6.1796	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Bayonne - Aquitaine	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Bonne Citoyenne Class	BWAS-1793
Designed by	Raymond-Antoine Haran (1748-?)	BWAS-1793
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Post Ship	BWAS-1793
Sold	3.2.1819	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck120' 0"Imperial Feet36.576
Length of Keel100' 6 ¼"Imperial Feet30.4864
Breadth30' 11"Imperial Feet9.1694
Depth in Hold8' 7"Imperial Feet2.6162
Burthen511 ⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

6.1796Broadside Weight = 86 Imperial Pound ( 39.001 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck18 British 6-Pounder

1809Broadside Weight = 297 Imperial Pound ( 134.6895 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck18 British 32-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder

17 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
6.1796 - 6.3.1797CommanderSir Charles Lindsay (d.1799)BWAS-179318.2.1797 - 5.3.1797CommanderEdward Berry (1768-1831)ref:6167.3.1797 - 5.1797CaptainMark Robert Kerr (1776-1840)BWAS-17935.1797 - 5.1798CommanderRichard RetalickBWAS-17935.1798 - 24.12.1798CommanderJosiah NisbetBWAS-179324.12.1798 - 8.1799CaptainJosiah NisbetBWAS-17938.1799 - 6.9.1800CommanderThomas James MalingBWAS-17935.1800 - 10.1801LieutenantRobert JacksonNBD18499.1800 - 10.1800LieutenantArchibald DuffBWAS-179310.1800 - 5.1802CommanderRobert JacksonBWAS-179317.5.1802 - 12.1802CommanderPhilip Carteret (1777-1828)BWAS-17933.1808 - 5.1809CommanderJohn Thompson (1776-1864)BWAS-17935.1809 - 6.7.1809CommanderWilliam MounseyBWAS-17936.7.1809 - 2.1810CaptainWilliam MounseyBWAS-179311.1810 - 7.3.1811CommanderPitt Burnaby Greene (d.1837)BWAS-17937.3.1811 - 8.1814CaptainPitt Burnaby Greene (d.1837)BWAS-17938.1814 - 1.1815CaptainSir Augustus William James CliffordBWAS-1793

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
25.6.1796 - 7.10.1798LieutenantRobert Benjamin Young (1773-1846)NBD18491809First LieutenantJoseph SymesTRN5

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
4.1808 - 6.1809Master's MateJohn Henry BellairsNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
10.3.1796Arrived at PortsmouthBWAS-1793
6.1796Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
14.8.1796Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £4792.0.0dBWAS-1793
2.1797Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
14.2.17972nd Battle of Cape St Vincent
20.2.1797Pursuit of the Santissima Trinidad
8.1797Took the Tartane Jengin del Rosario and send all the Prisoners on board of her.BG
8.1797Took the Privateer Le Pluvier (9) between Cartagena and Oran in the Mediterranean , carried to AlgiersBG
8.1797Took the Privateer La Garnarde (10) in the Mediterranean , carried to MaltaBG
1803Paid offBWAS-1793
8.1807Began middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
3.1808RecommissionedBWAS-1793
6.1808Completed middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
5.7.1809Capture of the Furieuse
6.7.1809Took the Frigate La Furieuse (40) in the Atlantic (while en-flute)
11.7.1810Sailed with a convoy for the MadeiraBWAS-1793
12.3.1811Sailed for South AmericaBWAS-1793
1814Off JamaicaBWAS-1793
1.1815Laid up in ordinary at PortsmouthBWAS-1793
3.2.1819Sold for £1,550 to Joshua CrystallBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ref:616Nicholas Tracy, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

TRN5William Laid Clowes, Digital Book

BGOfficial, Web Site

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