British sloop 'Cruizer' (1797)

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Cruizer	3759
Nominal Guns	16	SNL1799
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	19.12.1796	SNL1799
Keel Laid Down	2.1797	SNL1799
Acquired	20.12.1797	SNL1799
How acquired	Purchased on the Stocks	SNL1799
Shipyard	Ipswich - Suffolk	SNL1799
Ship Class	Cruizer Class	SNL1799
Designed by	William Rule (d.1816)	SNL1799
Constructor	Stephen Teague	SNL1799
Category	Unrated	SNL1799
Ship Type	Sloop	SNL1799
Sailing Rig	Brig	SNL1799
Sold for Break Up	3.2.1819	SNL1799

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck100' 0"Imperial Feet30.48
Length of Keel77' 3"Imperial Feet23.4805
Breadth30' 7"Imperial Feet9.3218
Depth in Hold12' 9"Imperial Feet3.7719
Draught Forward7' 6"Imperial Feet2.286
Draught Aft11' 2"Imperial Feet3.4036
Burthen384 ³¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

20.12.1797Broadside Weight = 262 Imperial Pound ( 118.817 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck16 British 32-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1797121Design Complement

8 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
2.1798 - 1800Commander Charles Wollaston (1777-1845)BWAS-17931.1801 - 2.4.1801Commander James Brisbane (1774-1826)BWAS-17933.4.1801 - 22.1.1806Commander John HancockBWAS-179322.1.1806 - 1808Commander Pringle Stoddart (1768-1848)BWAS-17931808 - 26.3.1808Commander George Charles MackenzieBWAS-179326.3.1808 - 7.1808Captain George Charles MackenzieBWAS-17937.1808 - 26.11.1808Lieutenant Thomas Wells (d.1825)BWAS-179326.11.1808 - 11.1813Commander Thomas Richard TokerBWAS-1793

4 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
10.4.1804 - 1.5.1804Acting Lieutenant Hopewell Hayward BuddNBD18491.5.1804 - 8.1804Lieutenant Hopewell Hayward BuddNBD18493.1806 - 23.8.1807Lieutenant James Woodford (d.1807)†ref:100814.9.1807 - 13.3.1812Lieutenant John Allen (1789-1857)NBD1849

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
3.1802 - 1805Midshipman Robert Ball BoardmanNBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
2.3.1801 - 5.18011st Class Volunteer Edward Hollingworth Delafosse (1788-?)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource

2.1797Began building at Ipswich - Suffolk BWAS-1793
20.12.1797Completed building at Ipswich - Suffolk at a cost of £4588.0.0dBWAS-1793
1.1.1798Began fitting at Chatham - Kent BWAS-1793
16.3.1798Completed fitting at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £3362.0.0dBWAS-1793
27.4.1798Took the Lugger Le Jupiter (8)
19.5.1798Took the Lugger Le Chasseur (4)
21.5.1799Took the Privateer Les Deux Frères (14)
23.3.1800Took the Cutter Le Persévérant (14) on the Brown BankBG
25.3.1800Took the Privateer Le Filibustier (14)
2.4.1801Battle of Copenhagen
14.6.1803Action of 1803-06-14
8.3.1804In company with Rattler (16) , her boats cut out and burnt Le Colombe (4) at SluysBWAS-1793
16.5.1804Attack on Ver Huell's squadron
18.11.1804Took the Privateer Le Contre-Amiral Magon (17) In the North Sea
13.11.1805Took the Lugger Le Vengeur (14) BG
6.1.1807Took the Brig L'Iéna (16)
26.1.1807Took the Privateer Le Brave (16)
31.5.1809Took the Unrated Christianborg (6) off Bornholm
3.2.1819Sold at Sheerness to Job Cockshot for £960 to be broken upBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

SNL1799Steele, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ref:1008J. Hinton, Periodical

BGOfficial, Web Site

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