British brig-sloop 'Cruizer' (1797)

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Cruizer	3759
Nominal Guns	16	B083
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	The Royal Navy
Ordered	1796/12/19	B083
Keel Laid Down	1797/02	B083
Acquired	1797/12/20	B083
How acquired	Purchased on the Stocks	B083
Shipyard	Ipswich	B083
Ship Class	Cruizer Class
Designed by	William Rule	B083
Constructor	Stephen Teague	B083
Category	Unrated	B083
Ship Type	Brig-Sloop
Sold for Break Up	1819/02/03	B083

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

1797/12/20Broadside 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

Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1798/02 - 1800CommanderCharles WollastonBWAS-17931801/01 - 1801/04/02CommanderJames BrisbaneBWAS-17931801/04/03 - 1806/01/22CommanderJohn HancockBWAS-17931806/01/22 - 1808CommanderPringle StoddartBWAS-17931808 - 1808/03/26CommanderGeorge Charles MackenzieBWAS-17931808/03/26 - 1808/07CaptainGeorge Charles MackenzieBWAS-17931808/07 - 1808/11/26LieutenantThomas WellsBWAS-17931808/11/26 - 1813/11CommanderThomas Richard TokerBWAS-1793

Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1804/04/10 - 1804/05/01Acting LieutenantHopewell Hayward BuddNBD18491804/05/01 - 1804/08LieutenantHopewell Hayward BuddNBD18491806/03 - 1807/08/23LieutenantJames Woodford†ref:10081807/09/14 - 1812/03/13LieutenantJohn AllenNBD1849

Petty Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1802/03 - 1805MidshipmanRobert Ball BoardmanNBD1849

Crewmen

DatesRankNameSource
1801/03/02 - 1801/051st Class VolunteerEdward Hollingworth DelafosseNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
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1797/02Began building at Ipswich BWAS-1793
1797/12/20Completed building at Ipswich at a cost of £4588.0.0dBWAS-1793
1798/01/01Began fitting at Chatham BWAS-1793
1798/03/16Completed fitting at Chatham at a cost of £3362.0.0dBWAS-1793
1798/04/27Took the Privateer Lugger Le Jupiter (8)
1798/05/19Took the Privateer Le Chasseur (4)
1799/05/21Took the Privateer Deux Frères (14)
1800/02/23Took the Privateer Cutter Le Persévérant (14) BG
1800/03/25Took the Privateer Filibustier (14)
1801/04/02Battle of Copenhagen
1803/06/14Action of 1803-06-14
1804/03/08In company with Rattler (16) , her boats cut out and burnt Le Colombe (4) at SluysBWAS-1793
1804/05/16Attack on Ver Huell's squadron
1804/11/18Took the Privateer Le Contre-Amiral Magon (17) In the North Sea
1805/11/13Took the Privateer Lugger Le Vengeur (14) BG
1807/01/06Took the Privateer Brig L'Iéna (16)
1807/01/26Took the Privateer Brave (16)
1809/05/31Took the Unrated Christianborg (6) off Bornholm
1819/02/03Sold at Sheerness to Job Cockshot for £960 to be broken upBWAS-1793
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Sources
ID	Description	Author	Type
B083	Steele's Navy List October 1799	Steele	Book
BWAS-1793	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817	Rif Winfield	Book
NBD1849	A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849	O'Brien	Digital Book
ref:1008	The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure vol. VIII	J Hinton	Periodical
BG	The London Gazette	Official	Web Site

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