British Fifth Rate ship 'Diomede' (1781)

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Diomede	3923
Nominal Guns	44	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	14.8.1779	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	3.1780	BWAS-1714
Launched	18.10.1781	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Bristol	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Roebuck Class
Designed by	Sir Thomas Slade (1703-1771)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	James Martin Hillhouse	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Wrecked	2.8.1795	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck140' 0"Imperial Feet42.672
Length of Keel116' 0 ½"Imperial Feet35.3695
Breadth37' 11"Imperial Feet11.2812
Depth in Hold16' 4"Imperial Feet4.8937
Burthen887 ³⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

18.10.1781Broadside Weight = 285 Imperial Pound ( 129.2475 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1769280Design Complement

2 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
4.10.1781 - 12.1783CaptainThomas Lennox Frederick (1750-1799) ADM 6/22/348BWAS-17143.1793 - 2.8.1795CaptainMathew SmithBWAS-1714

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1793Second LieutenantThomas Hayward (1767-1797)

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
7.5.1793 - 2.8.1795Captain's ServantCharles Allen (1779-1853)NL1865

Service History

DateEventSource
18.10.1781building at Bristol at a cost of £14594.9.5dBWAS-1714
8.6.1782Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
20.12.1782Capture of the South Carolina
2.1783Paid offBWAS-1714
7.1783Completed middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard at a cost of £16481.0.0dBWAS-1714
1.1785Began small repair at Sheerness Dockyard BWAS-1714
3.1785Completed small repair at Sheerness Dockyard at a cost of £5963.9.0dBWAS-1714
6.1791Began middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard BWAS-1714
3.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
22.10.1794Action off Mauritius
2.8.1795Wrecked off TrincomaleeBWAS-1714

Notes on Ship

The Gentleman's Magazine May 1831 p471TGM
Refers to the wreck in an obituary." struck upon a rock, not laid down in any chart, at the entrance of the harbour of Trincomalee."

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif WinfieldBook

NL1865The AdmiraltyDigital Book

TGMVariousBook

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