British sloop 'Childers' (1778)

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Childers
Nominal Guns	10	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	30.9.1777	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	3.4.1778	BWAS-1714
Launched	7.9.1778	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	4.9.1778	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Limehouse - London	BWAS-1714
Designed by	John WilliamsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1762-1765	BWAS-1714
Constructor	James MenetonBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	1811	BWAS-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 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
4.9.1778 - 27.1.1780Commander ADM 6/21/449BWAS-171427.1.1780 - 3.2.1781Commander ADM 6/22/104
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 24.3.1780BWAS-171429.1.1781 - 27.10.1781Commander† Discharged Dead ADM 6/22/411
Issued by , Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 15.2.1782BWAS-171428.10.1781 - 6.9.1783Commander Transfered ADM 6/23/146
Issued by , Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 30.9.1783BWAS-17141.12.1787Commander ADM 6/23/440ADM 6/2326.8.1789 - 22.10.1789Commander ADM 6/23/541ADM 6/2322.10.1789 - 22.11.1790Commander ADM 6/23/7BWAS-171422.12.1790 - 28.10.1791Commander ADM 6/24/96BWAS-171428.10.1791 - 24.5.1793Commander ADM 6/24/143ADM 6/2424.5.1793 - 27.1.1794Commander Transfered ADM 6/24/241BWAS-171412.2.1794 - 3.1795Commander ADM 6/25/13BWAS-171410.3.1795 - 31.10.1795CommanderBWAS-171412.1795 - 5.12.1796CommanderBWAS-17145.12.1796 - 3.1799CommanderBWAS-171422.3.1798 - 22.4.1798Acting Commander Discharged ADM 196/3/5ADM 19614.2.1799 - 29.4.1802CommanderBWAS-17147.1802 - 11.1802CommanderBWAS-17148.1803 - 9.4.1805CommanderBWAS-171420.7.1805 - 3.1806CommanderBWAS-17143.1806 - 1808CommanderBWAS-17141808 - 1809CommanderBWAS-17141809CommanderBWAS-17141809 - 1.1811CommanderBWAS-1714

3 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
11.9.1778 - 2.4.1779MasterADM 29-129.1.1790 - 27.10.1791MasterADM 29-113.8.1803 - 17.7.1805MasterADM 29-1

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
6.1791 - 1792Master's MateNBD1849

2 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
4.1.1790 - 6.1.1790Able SeamanADM 29/87.1.1790 - 14.9.1790ClerkADM 29/8

Service History

DateEventSource
1779Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1781Sailed to the West IndiesBWAS-1714
25.3.1782Took the Brig
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 near GravelinesN-GAZ
14.3.1793Took the Ship of the Line
3.9.1795Took the Cutter off St. Brieux
14.4.1796Took the Cutter off Cape Barfleur .BG
13.11.1796Took the Corvette
4.1.1798Took the Privateer in the Channel
3.8.1798Capture of the Aventurier
4.8.1798Took the Brig 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
1.1811Paid offBWAS-1714
2.1811Broken upBWAS-1714

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