British sloop 'Childers' (1778)

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Childers

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Nominal Guns10BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered30.9.1777BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down3.4.1778BWAS-1714
Launched7.9.1778BWAS-1714
First Commissioned4.9.1778BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardLimehouse - London BWAS-1714
Designed by John Williams (1700-?)BWAS-1714
Constructor James MenetonBWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSloop BWAS-1714
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1714
Broken Up1811BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck79' 0"Imperial Feet24.0792 
Length of Keel60' 9 ½"Imperial Feet18.3007 
Breadth25' 3"Imperial Feet7.6352 
Depth in Hold10' 11 ¾"Imperial Feet3.0671 
Burthen206 15⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


10.1778Broadside Weight = 23 Imperial Pound ( 10.4308 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck10 British 4-Pounder
Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

1793Broadside Weight = 28 Imperial Pound ( 12.698 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck14 British 4-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
10.177880 BWAS-1714

23 Commanding Officers


DatesRankNameSource
4.9.1778 - 27.1.1780Commander William Peacock ADM 6/21/449BWAS-171427.1.1780 - 3.2.1781CommanderThe Hon. John Whitmore Chetwynd (1754-1788) ADM 6/22/104
Issued by Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 24.3.1780BWAS-171429.1.1781 - 27.10.1781Commander Chadwick Lyndon (d.1781)† ADM 6/22/411
Issued by George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 15.2.1782BWAS-171428.10.1781 - 6.9.1783Commander David Mackay ADM 6/23/146
Issued by Sir Peter Parker (1715-1811), Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Commission confirmed 30.9.1783BWAS-17141.12.1787Commander John Laugharne ADM 6/23/440ADM 6/2326.8.1789 - 22.10.1789Commander Thomas Rayment (c.1724-1791) ADM 6/23/541ADM 6/2322.10.1789 - 22.11.1790Commander Richard Incledon (1755-1825) ADM 6/23/7BWAS-171422.12.1790 - 28.10.1791Commander Robert Barlow (1757-1843) ADM 6/24/96BWAS-171428.10.1791 - 24.5.1793Commander Robert Barlow (1757-1843) ADM 6/24/143ADM 6/2424.5.1793 - 27.1.1794Commander Joshua Mulock (d.1805) ADM 6/24/241BWAS-171412.2.1794 - 3.1795Commander Robert Warburton ADM 6/25/13BWAS-171410.3.1795 - 31.10.1795Commander Richard Dacres (1761-1837)BWAS-171412.1795 - 5.12.1796Commander Stephen Poyntz (d.1847)BWAS-17145.12.1796 - 3.1799Commander James O'BryenBWAS-171422.3.1798 - 22.4.1798Acting Commander John Allen (1774-1854) ADM 196/3/5ADM 19614.2.1799 - 29.4.1802Commander James Coutts CrawfordBWAS-17147.1802 - 11.1802Commander John Delafons (d.1804)BWAS-17148.1803 - 9.4.1805CommanderSir William Bolton (1777-1830)BWAS-171420.7.1805 - 3.1806Commander John LakeBWAS-17143.1806 - 1808Commander Thomas Innes (d.1831)BWAS-17141808 - 1809Commander Joseph PackwoodBWAS-17141809Commander Francis John NottBWAS-17141809 - 1.1811Commander Joseph PackwoodBWAS-1714

3 Warrant Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
11.9.1778 - 2.4.1779Master Thomas SmithADM29-129.1.1790 - 27.10.1791Master Thomas PriceADM29-113.8.1803 - 17.7.1805Master John CookeADM29-1

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
6.1791 - 1792Master's Mate Samuel Butcher (1770-1849)NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
1779Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1781Sailed to the West IndiesBWAS-1714
25.3.1782Took the Brig Lady Greene (14)
8.1783Paid offBWAS-1714
11.1789RecommissionedBWAS-1714
6.1790Paid offBWAS-1714
1.1791RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1793Refitted as a 14 gun Unrated Unknown
2.1.1793Fired on by a shore battery at Brest while standing into the harbour. This was the first hostile act of the French Revolutionary WarsBWAS-1714
15.2.1793Took the Privateer Le Patriote (2) near GravelinesN-GAZ
14.3.1793Took the Ship of the Line Le Triton (64)
3.9.1795Took the Cutter La Vigilante (6) off St. Brieux
14.4.1796Took the Cutter La Bonne Espérance off Cape Barfleur .BG
13.11.1796Took the Corvette L'Etna (16)
4.1.1798Took the Privateer Le Vengeur (12) in the Channel
3.8.1798Capture of the Aventurier
4.8.1798Took the Brig L'Aventurier (14) at Correjou by boat attack
29.3.1799

Sailed from Plymouth

TNC
3.5.1799Joined Lord Keith off Cadiz and was sent to Gibraltar as escort to three transportsTRN3
11.1802Paid offBWAS-1714
8.1803Recommissioned for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
3.1806In the ChannelBWAS-1714
1808In the North SeaBWAS-1714
14.3.1808Childers vs Lougen
19.10.1808Took the Privateer Frernskanten (4)
1.1811Paid offBWAS-1714
2.1811Broken upBWAS-1714

 
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