British Fifth Rate frigate 'Druid' (1783)

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Druid	3994
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	20.3.1780	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	8.1780	BWAS-1714
Launched	16.6.1783	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Bristol - England	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Hermione Class (1780)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Edward HuntBritish Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1731-1740	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Sydenham TeastBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	10.1813	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck129' 1 ¼"Imperial Feet39.3256
Length of Keel107' 1 ⅜"Imperial Feet32.6231
Breadth35' 5 ⅞"Imperial Feet10.6902
Depth in Hold12' 10"Imperial Feet3.6576
Draught Forward8' 10 ½"Imperial Feet2.4511
Draught Aft14' 11 ½"Imperial Feet4.2799
Burthen717 ⁵⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

16.6.1783Broadside Weight = 282 Imperial Pound ( 127.887 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
25.3.1780220Design Complement

20 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
10.6.1783 - 3.10.1787Captain Transfered ADM 6/23/82BWAS-171427.5.1784 - 9.10.1788Captain Transfered ADM 6/23/216BWAS-17141785 - 1.4.1788CaptainBWAS-171415.10.1790 - 15.10.1791Captain ADM 6/24/78BWAS-171416.10.1791 - 1795Captain ADM 6/24/140ADM 6/241795CaptainBWAS-17145.8.1795 - 7.3.1797CaptainNAO1796 - 7.1796CaptainBWAS-17147.1796 - 3.1797CaptainBWAS-17142.1798 - 1802CommanderBWAS-17141802 - 8.10.1802CaptainBWAS-17144.1805 - 7.1806CaptainBWAS-17147.1806 - 7.1807CaptainBWAS-17147.1807 - 1808CaptainBWAS-17141808 - 8.1810CaptainBWAS-17148.1810 - 5.1811CaptainBWAS-17145.1811 - 6.1811CaptainBWAS-17146.1811 - 5.1812CaptainBWAS-17145.1812 - 1813CaptainBWAS-17141813 - 3.7.1813CaptainBWAS-1714

4 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
16.10.1790 - 23.12.1790First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/79ADM 6/242.11.1790 - 1790Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/84ADM 6/2424.12.1790 - 1790First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/97ADM 6/241791 - 16.9.1793LieutenantNBD1849

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
2.6.1784 - 15.11.1788Midshipmanref:616

4 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
1784 - 4.1784Captain's Servantref:61630.9.1787 - 1789Captain's ServantNBD18494.1793 - 1793Able SeamanNBD18495.1805 - 9.18061st Class VolunteerNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
14.8.1783Began coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
11.11.1783Completed coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £8719.18.2dBWAS-1714
6.1785Began refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
7.1785Completed refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £4585.4.3dBWAS-1714
1.4.1788

Paid off

BWAS-1714
8.1790Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
10.1790RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1.1791Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £8331.0.0dBWAS-1714
6.4.1792Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
6.1793Took the Privateer in the Channel
7.1.1796Took the Flûte
7.3.1797

Paid off

BWAS-1714
2.1798RecommissionedBWAS-1714
2.1798Refitted as a 16 gun Unrated Troop Ship
2.1798Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
4.1798Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £7397.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.1798Ostend operationsBWAS-1714
6.1.1799

Arrived at Plymouth from Portsmouth.

TNC
7.4.1799

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

TNC
10.1799At Gibraltar and armed en-fluteBWAS-1714
1801Sailed to the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1802Sailed to JamaicaBWAS-1714
8.10.1802Paid offADM 51
10.1804Began repairs at Deptford - London BWAS-1714
4.1805RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1805Refitted as a 32 gun Fifth Rate Frigate
4.1805Completed repairs at Deptford - London at a cost of £13361.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.1805Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
6.1805Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
2.2.1806Took the Privateer
1.5.1806Took the Brig-Corvette
13.11.1809Took the Brig-Corvette
28.8.1810Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
1813In home watersBWAS-1714
3.7.1813Paid offADM 51
11.1813Broken up at WoolwichBWAS-1714

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
14.5.1798-20.5.1798	Raid on Ostend	Home Riggs PophamBritish Naval Sailor Service 1783-1820

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/24 Archive

NAOVarious, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ref:616Nicholas Tracy, Book

TNCVarious, Periodical

ADM 51 Archive

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