British Fifth Rate frigate 'Daedalus' (1780)

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Daedalus

3796
Nominal Guns32BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered25.6.1778BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down7.1778BWAS-1714
Launched20.5.1780BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardLiverpool - Lancashire BWAS-1714
Ship ClassActive Class (1778)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Edward HuntBritish
Ship Builder
Administrator
Dockyard Staff
Service 1757-1786
BWAS-1714
Constructor
John FisherBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up7.1811BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck125' 7"Imperial Feet38.1071 
Length of Keel103' 1"Imperial Feet31.4029 
Breadth35' 8"Imperial Feet10.7086 
Depth in Hold11' 10 ¾"Imperial Feet3.3719 
Burthen702 60⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


20.5.1780Broadside Weight = 246 Imperial Pound ( 111.561 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1778250Design Complement

9 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
2.5.1780 - 21.4.1783Captain
Thomas PringleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1760-1801
ADM 6/22/122BWAS-171422.11.1790 - 21.11.1790Captain
William LukeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1814
ADM 6/24/88ADM 6/2416.3.1793 - 30.7.1794Captain
Sir Charles Henry Knowles (2nd Baronet)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1821
Transfered ADM 6/24/221BWAS-171430.7.1794 - 9.1795Captain
Thomas WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1830
ADM 6/25/69BWAS-17149.1795 - 3.1797Captain
George CountessBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1810
BWAS-17143.1797 - 1801Captain
Henry Lidgbird BallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1814
BWAS-17141801Lieutenant
Charles James JohnstonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1841
BWAS-17141802 - 2.6.1803Captain
William WallerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1814
BWAS-17141809 - 1.9.1810Captain
Samuel Hood InglefieldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1811
BWAS-1714

5 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
3.5.1780 - 20.12.1782Second Lieutenant
Philip HancorneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1791
Transfered ADM 6/22/123ADM 6/2222.11.1790 - 14.11.1791First Lieutenant
Thomas ShirleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1807
Transfered ADM 6/24/91ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 1790Second Lieutenant
William LambBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1798
ADM 6/24/89ADM 6/241801 - 24.1.1801Lieutenant
Thomas DidhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1801
†ref:18841.12.1806 - 18.8.1807Lieutenant
George BrooksBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1805-1815
NBD1849

2 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
6.5.1780 - 19.4.1783Master
Andrew TraceyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1795
ADM 29-112.9.1793 - 13.8.1794Master
Robert LilburneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1796
ADM 29-1

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
8.2.1794 - 1794Midshipman
Augustus Boyd GrantBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1794
9.1794 - 1794Midshipman
Charles John AustenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1852
NBD184910.1805 - 1.1809Midshipman
Nicholas AtkinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1814
NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
29.5.1781Sailed for North America with a convoyBWAS-1714
20.1.1782Took the Lugger
Le Moustic (8) 1780-1782
French 8 Gun
Privateer Lugger
in the Channel
15.4.1782Sailed for Newfoundland with a convoyBWAS-1714
11.12.1782Took the Cutter
La Légère (8) 1782-1782
French 8 Gun
Privateer Cutter
in the ChannelBG
1783Fishery protection in the Shetland IslesBWAS-1714
3.7.1784

Paid off

BWAS-1714
9.1790Began great repair at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey BWAS-1714
1.1793Completed great repair at Rotherhithe - London - Surrey at a cost of £19147.0.0dBWAS-1714
2.1793Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
3.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
3.1793Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £1686.0.0dBWAS-1714
1794Sailed to HalifaxBWAS-1714
10.12.1795Sailed for West Africa and on to JamaicaBWAS-1714
9.2.1799Daedalus vs Prudente
9.7.1799Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
14.8.1799Operations in the Red SeaBWAS-1714
23.8.1800Took the Sloop
Vrow Cornelia (6) 1800-1800
Dutch 6 Gun
Merchant Sloop
BG
23.8.1800Took the Brig
De Vrow Elizabeth Christiana (6) 1800-1800
Dutch 6 Gun
Merchant Brig
BG
23.8.1800Took the Brig
Unknown Dutch Brig (16) 1800-1800
Dutch 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
BG
4.1803Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
2.6.1803

Paid off

BWAS-1714
10.1803Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £1607.0.0dBWAS-1714
12.1805Began middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
12.1806Completed middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
28.3.1807Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
11.11.1808Capture of Samana
1809On the Jamaica StationBWAS-1714
1.9.1810

Paid off

BWAS-1714
7.1811Broken up at SheernessBWAS-1714

 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Madelaine Kirke on Saturday 23rd of November 2019 18:31

Leighton Reed was a Marine officer on this ship, dying in Jamaica in 1807. Details including a link to a source on wikitree.com page for him (Reed-21074)

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