British Fifth Rate frigate 'Endymion' (1797)

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Endymion	4106
Nominal Guns	44	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	30.4.1795	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	11.1795	BWAS-1793
Named	14.11.1795	BWAS-1793
Launched	29.3.1797	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Built by Contract	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Rotherhithe	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Endymion Class
Constructor	John Randall (1755-1802)	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Broken Up	18.8.1868	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck159' 3 ⅜"Imperial Feet48.4727
Length of Keel132' 3"Imperial Feet40.236
Breadth42' 7 ⅜"Imperial Feet12.8111
Depth in Hold12' 4"Imperial Feet3.7084
Burthen1,277 ⁴⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

4.1797Broadside Weight = 609 Imperial Pound ( 276.1815 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle4 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
4.1797340 BWAS-1793

10 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
4.1797 - 1.1800CaptainSir Thomas Williams (1761-1841)BWAS-17931.1800 - 5.1802CaptainPhilip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham (1763-1845)BWAS-17935.1802 - 4.1803CaptainJohn LarmourBWAS-17934.1803 - 4.1805CaptainCharles Paget (1778-1839)BWAS-17934.1805 - 1806CaptainEdward Durnford King (1771-1862)BWAS-17931806 - 1810CaptainThomas Bladen Capel (1776-1853)BWAS-17931810 - 9.3.1812CaptainSir William Bolton (1777-1830)BWAS-17935.1813 - 1815CaptainHenry HopeBWAS-179330.10.1840 - 1843CaptainFrederick William Grey (1805-1878)BWAS-17938.12.1845 - 23.1.1847CaptainGeorge Robert Lambert (1796-1869)NBD1849

5 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
16.2.1799 - 1799LieutenantCharles John Austen (1779-1852)NBD18496.3.1801 - 1802LieutenantGeorge Miller Bligh (1780-1834)EWIKI4.1803 - 1803LieutenantCharles John Austen (1779-1852)NBD18495.2.1806 - 2.1807LieutenantJohn Bingham (1785-?)NBD184918.2.1815 - 9.1815LieutenantAlexander BoyterNBD1849

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
21.4.1797 - 1.5.1802MasterDavid DonaldsonADM29-1

8 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
4.1797 - 13.12.1797MidshipmanCharles John Austen (1779-1852)NBD184927.1.1799 - 1799MidshipmanWilliam Silvester Addington (1783-1863)NBD18491800 - 4.1802MidshipmanColin Campbell (1787-?)NBD18491.1800 - 1.1803MidshipmanEdward Henry A'Court (1783-1855)NBD18492.4.1802 - 1803MidshipmanJames John Gordon Bremer (1786-1850)NBD18492.1807 - 1807MidshipmanProsper Ambrose (d.1848)NBD184914.2.1807 - 1809MidshipmanHenry William Bruce (1792-1863)NBD18491814 - 18.2.1815Master's MateAlexander BoyterNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
11.1795Began building at Rotherhithe BWAS-1793
29.3.1797Completed building at Rotherhithe at a cost of £18012.0.0dBWAS-1793
29.3.1797Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1793
12.6.1797Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £11652.0.0dBWAS-1793
30.4.1798Took the Privateer La Revanche (12) on the Irish Station
5.1798Took the Privateer Le Brutus (6) on the Irish Station
5.1798Took the Unrated Packet San Antonio on the Irish Station
10.5.1798Took the Privateer Corvette Les Huit Amis (18) on the Irish Station
9.1798Took the Privateer La Sophie (20) on the Irish Station before the 05/09/1798 date of the letter of London GazetteBG
1.1799Took the Privateer Casualidad (6) on the Irish StationTNC
1.1799Took the Privateer Schooner Prudentia (1) on the Irish StationTNC
5.1800Took the Privateer Le Scipio (18)
5.1800Took the Privateer San Josef (4)
5.1800Took the Privateer Intrepedo (2)
13.4.1801Took the Privateer La Furie (14)
18.6.1803Took the Unrated Brig La Colombe (16) off Ushant
25.6.1803Capture of the Bacchante
25.6.1803Took the Unrated Corvette La Bacchante (18) near the Azores
16.7.1803Took the Unrated Corvette L'Adour (20) in the Atlantic
16.8.1803Took the Privateer Le General Moreau (16)
12.1803Began making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
5.1804Completed making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £9619.0.0dBWAS-1793
19.2.1807Forcing the Dardanelles
1.3.1807Passage of the Dardanelles
5.1808Began small repair at Chatham Dockyard BWAS-1793
10.1808Completed small repair at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £13834.0.0dBWAS-1793
1.1809Evacuation at Corunna
21.3.1809Sailed with a convoy to Cape St VincentBWAS-1793
11.11.1810Took the Privateer Le Milan (14)
9.3.1812Paid off at PlymouthBWAS-1793
5.1812Began middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
5.1813Recommissioned for North AmericaBWAS-1793
7.1813Completed middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £35809.0.0dBWAS-1793
18.1.1814Took the Privateer Schooner Meteor (3)
7.3.1814Took the Privateer Schooner Mars (15)
15.8.1814Took the Privateer Schooner Herald (18)
16.8.1814Took the Privateer Invincible (16) ref:720
1815In Ordinary at PlymouthBWAS-1793
15.1.1815Capture of the President
15.1.1815Took the Fifth Rate Frigate President (44)
2.1817Refitted as a 50 gun Fourth Rate Frigate
1.1820Began middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
2.1822Completed middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £31090.0.0dBWAS-1793
1833In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
6.1833Began fitting for sea at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
9.1833Completed fitting for sea at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
1834In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
1.1834Began fitting as a Flagship at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
2.1834Completed fitting as a Flagship at Portsmouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
5.1837Began fitting for sea at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
2.1839Refitted as a 44 gun Fifth Rate Frigate
1840Deployed to the East Indies and ChinaBWAS-1793
2.1841Completed fitting for sea at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £15271.0.0dBWAS-1793
7.1842Yangtzee operationsBWAS-1793
9.1845Began fitting for sea at Plymouth Dockyard BWAS-1793
12.1845Completed fitting for sea at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £6261.0.0dBWAS-1793
1.1848Placed in ordinary at PlymouthBWAS-1793
1859Receiving ship at DevonportBWAS-1793
6.3.1868Ordered to be broken upBWAS-1793
18.8.1868Breaking up completed at PlymouthBWAS-1793

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif WinfieldBook

NBD1849O'BrienDigital Book

EWIKIVariousWeb Site

ADM29-1 Document

BGOfficialWeb Site

TNCVariousPeriodical

ref:720 Web Site

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