British Sixth Rate frigate 'Boreas' (1774)

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Boreas	3373
Nominal Guns	28	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	25.12.1770	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	5.1771	BWAS-1714
Launched	23.8.1774	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	25.8.1775	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Charlestown - Kingston upon Hull - The Humber	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Mermaid Class	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Sir Thomas Slade (1703-1771)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Hugh Blaydes (1686-?)	BWAS-1714
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	5.1802	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck124' 6"Imperial Feet37.8016
Length of Keel103' 11"Imperial Feet31.4029
Breadth33' 8"Imperial Feet10.1261
Depth in Hold10' 11 ½"Imperial Feet3.0607
Burthen626 ⁴⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

23.8.1774Broadside Weight = 117 Imperial Pound ( 53.0598 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck24 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Quarterdeck4 British 3-Pounder

8.1779Broadside Weight = 171 Imperial Pound ( 77.5488 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck24 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Quarterdeck4 British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 3-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 18-Pound Carronade

2.1780Broadside Weight = 177 Imperial Pound ( 80.2698 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck24 British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Quarterdeck4 British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 18-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1760200Design Complement

10 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
25.8.1775 - 20.10.1780Captain Charles Thompson (1740-1799) ADM 6/21/118BWAS-171420.10.1780 - 3.4.1781Captain John Rodney (1765-1847) ADM 6/23/45
Issued by Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 3.4.1783BWAS-17143.4.1781 - 9.5.1781Captain Charles Fitzgerald (1756-1810)BWAS-17149.5.1781 - 24.12.1781Captain Henry Savage (d.1823) ADM 6/22/374
Issued by George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 29.11.1781BWAS-171411.9.1782 - 7.5.1783Captain Augustus Montgomery (d.1797) ADM 6/23/514BWAS-17147.5.1783 - 1.11.1783Captain John Wells ADM 6/23/184
Issued by Hugh Pigot (1722-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 5.1.1784ADM 6/234.11.1783 - 24.3.1784Captain John Wells ADM 6/23/159BWAS-171420.3.1784 - 30.11.1787Captain Horatio Nelson (1758-1805): on board from 24.3.1784 ADM 6/23/197NAO3.1797 - 1798Lieutenant John MackenzieBWAS-17141798 - 1801Lieutenant William MilneBWAS-1714

3 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
3.7.1776 - 2.8.1776Midshipman William Carnegie (1756-1831)NAO19.1.1783 - 10.1783Midshipman Henry Blackwood (1770-1832)ref:61624.3.1784 - 1.12.1787MidshipmanThe Hon. Courtnay Boyle (1770-1844)ref:616

Service History

DateEventSource
23.8.1774building at Kingston upon Hull - Yorkshire - The Humber at a cost of £9999.2.7dBWAS-1714
23.8.1774Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
23.10.1775Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £4243.3.9dBWAS-1714
3.3.1776Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
11.1777Began coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
1778In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1.1778Completed coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £5499.5.10dBWAS-1714
1779In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
18.6.1779Took the Privateer Richard
6.7.1779Battle of Grenada
8.1779Took the Gabarre Le Compas (16)
1780In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
11.1781Home to pay offBWAS-1714
2.1782SurveyedBWAS-1714
3.1782Began large repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
9.1782RecommisisonedBWAS-1714
11.1782Completed large repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £13145.18.2dBWAS-1714
31.12.1782Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
11.1783Paid offBWAS-1714
3.1784RecommisisonedBWAS-1714
21.5.1784Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
11.1787Paid offBWAS-1714
2.1788fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
3.1797Slop ship at the NoreBWAS-1714
3.1797Refitted as a Unrated Slop Ship
3.1797Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
9.1797Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
5.1802Sold at SheernessBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/23 Archive

NAOVarious, Web Site

ref:616Nicholas Tracy, Book

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