British Third Rate ship of the line 'Diadem' (1782)

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Diadem

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Nominal Guns64BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered5.12.1777BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down11.6.1778BWAS-1793
Named23.7.1778BWAS-1714
Launched19.12.1782BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardHarwich - Essex BWAS-1714
Ship ClassIntrepid ClassB028
Designed byJohn Williams (1700-?)BWAS-1793
ConstructorNicholas PhillipsBWAS-1793
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the Line B028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Broken Up9.1832B028

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck159' 10"Imperial Feet48.4632 
Length of Keel131' 1"Imperial Feet39.9296 
Breadth44' 5"Imperial Feet13.443 
Depth in Hold19' 0"Imperial Feet5.7912 
Draught Forward11' 11"Imperial Feet3.3782 
Draught Aft16' 7"Imperial Feet4.9064 
Burthen1,375 47⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


19.12.1782Broadside Weight = 600 Imperial Pound ( 272.1 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1777500Design Complement

15 Commanding Officers


DatesRankNameSource
28.11.1782 - 28.3.1783CaptainThomas Symonds (c.1720-1792) ADM 6/22/546BWAS-171428.3.1783 - 17.3.1786CaptainThomas Symonds (c.1720-1792) ADM 6/23/41ADM 6/2320.2.1793 - bef.6.1795CaptainAndrew Sutherland (d.1795) ADM 6/24/211BWAS-17141795 - 1796CaptainCharles Tyler (1760-1835)BWAS-17141796 - 1798CaptainGeorge Henry Towry (1767-1809)BWAS-17141799 - 8.11.1799CaptainJohn DawsonBWAS-171413.1.1800 - 1801CaptainSir Thomas LivingstonBWAS-17141801 - 10.4.1802CaptainJohn LarmourBWAS-171412.1804 - 5.1805CaptainHome Riggs Popham (1762-1820)BWAS-17145.1805 - 1.1806CaptainCharles Grant (1770-1824)BWAS-17141.1806 - 8.1806CaptainHugh Downman (1765-1858)BWAS-17148.1806 - 28.4.1808CaptainSamuel Warren (d.1839)BWAS-17146.1810 - 5.1813CaptainJohn PhillimoreBWAS-17145.1813 - 7.2.1815CaptainJohn Martin HanchettBWAS-17148.1813 - 9.3.1814Acting CaptainHenry Dilkes Byng (1781-1860)NBD1849

3 Flag Officers


DatesRankNameSource
8.1796CommodoreHoratio Nelson (1758-1805)BWAS-17141.1806 - 8.1806CommodoreHome Riggs Popham (1762-1820)BWAS-17148.1806 - 1808Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCharles Stirling (1760-1833)BWAS-1714

4 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
19.4.1783 - 10.5.1783Second LieutenantThomas Pressland ADM 6/23/52ADM 6/2310.5.1783 - 3.6.1783Third LieutenantThomas Pressland ADM 6/23/66ADM 6/233.6.1783 - 16.12.1783Second LieutenantThomas Pressland ADM 6/23/79ADM 6/231795LieutenantWilliam Barnham RiderADM 171/8

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
4.3.1793 - 27.10.1795MasterAlexander CarrADM29-1

4 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1795MidshipmanRobert JulyanADM 171/81795 - 1796MidshipmanThomas Briggs (1780-1852)NBD18491808MidshipmanJosiah OakeNBD18494.1813 - 1814Master's MateWilliam Boyle CrookeNBD1849

6 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
1795BoyChristopher BantADM 171/817953rd Class BoyWilliam WalkerADM 171/81795Ordinary SeamanHugh McQuinnADM 171/81795Able SeamanEdward HodgeADM 171/81795Able SeamanHumphrey FryADM 171/81795Ordinary SeamanJohn ClarkeADM 171/8

Service History


DateEventSource
3.1783Commissioned as a guard ship at ChathamBWAS-1714
19.7.1783Completed at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £36401.9.8dBWAS-1714
1784Guard ship at PlymouthBWAS-1714
4.1784repairs at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £1547.3.4dBWAS-1714
17.3.1786

Paid off

BWAS-1714
1.1790Began small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
5.1790Completed small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £7706.0.3dBWAS-1714
1.1793Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
5.1793Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £5053.0.0dBWAS-1714
15.10.1793Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1794Toulon operationsBWAS-1714
14.3.1795Action off Genoa
13.7.1795Battle of Hyeres
4.1796Off GenoaBWAS-1714
14.2.17972nd Battle of Cape St Vincent
4.1797Blockade of CadizBWAS-1714
4.1798Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
5.1798Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £7412.0.0dBWAS-1714
1799Refitted as a Troop Ship
7.4.1799

Sailed from Portsmouth for Dublin with troops, armed en-flute.

TNC
5.1799Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
7.1799Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £6733.0.0dBWAS-1714
8.11.1799Paid offADM 51
4.1800Quiberon Bay operationsBWAS-1714
1.6.1800Operation in Quiberon Bay
8.3.1801Landings in Aboukir BayBWAS-1714
10.4.1802

Paid off

BWAS-1714
4.1804Began middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
12.1804Refitted as a 64 gun Third Rate Ship of the Line
1.1805Completed middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
4.3.1806Took the Frigate Volontaire (40) at the Cape of Good Hope
30.7.1806Took the Brig Arrogant off Montivideo
4.1810Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
6.1810Refitted as a Unrated Troop Ship
7.1810Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
1812To the Halifax stationBWAS-1714
22.6.1813Boat attack on Norfolk, VABWAS-1714
7.2.1815Paid offADM 51
5.1815Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
6.1815Refitted as a Unrated Receiving Ship
6.1815Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
1822Refitted as a Unrated Troop Ship
1825Receiving ship at PlymouthBWAS-1714
1825Refitted as a Unrated Receiving Ship


Sources


IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
BWAS-1793British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817Rif WinfieldBook
B028Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume IJ. J. ColledgeBook
ADM 6/23ADM 6/23 Commission and Warrant Book 1783-1789 Aug.  Archive
NBD1849A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849O'BrienDigital Book
ADM 171/8ADM 171/8 Surviving officers and men entitled to clasps of the Naval GSM for actions from 1793 -1827British AdmiraltyDocument
ADM29-1ADM 29/1 1802-1814 Admiralty: Warrant Officers. Entry Books of Certificates of Service Document
TNCThe Naval ChronicalVariousPeriodical
ADM 51ADM 51 1669-1853 Admiralty: Captains' Logs Archive
 
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