British Fifth Rate frigate 'Greyhound' (1783)

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Greyhound	4555
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	22.10.1781	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	1.1782	BWAS-1714
Launched	11.12.1783	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	5.1794	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Mistley - Essex	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Amazon Class	BWAS-1714
Designed by	John Williams (1700-?)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	James Betts	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Wrecked	4.10.1808	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck126' 0"Imperial Feet38.4048
Length of Keel103' 11 ⅝"Imperial Feet31.4103
Breadth35' 1 ½"Imperial Feet10.6807
Depth in Hold12' 2"Imperial Feet3.683
Burthen682 ²⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

11.12.1783Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1770220Design Complement

10 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
22.11.1790Captain Herbert Browell ADM 6/24/88ADM 6/2421.5.1794 - 1796Captain Paget Bayly (d.1804) ADM 6/25/43BWAS-17141796 - 1797Captain James Young (1762-1833)BWAS-17141798 - 2.1798Captain Israel PellewBWAS-17142.1798 - 1799Captain Richard LeeBWAS-17141799 - 1800Captain Charles Temple Hardy (1765-1714)BWAS-17141800Captain John CrawleyBWAS-17147.1804 - 1807Captain Charles Fullerton Elphinstone (1784-1807)BWAS-17141807 - 11.1807CommanderSir Edward Thomas Troubridge (2^nd Baronet of Plymouth) (1787-1852)BWAS-17141808 - 4.10.1808Captain William Pakenham (d.1811)BWAS-1714

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
9.12.1796 - 21.5.1797First Lieutenant Thomas BrowneNBD1849

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1805Midshipman Edward Hollingworth Delafosse (1788-?)NBD1849

2 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
1.1798 - 2.17991st Class Volunteer Francis Charles Annesley (d.1846)NBD184912.12.1804 - 18061st Class Volunteer James Hilary Andoe (d.1851)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
11.12.1783building at Mistleythorne - Essex at a cost of £12541.0.6d
21.1.1784coppering and fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
2.1793Took the Privateer L'Actif
6.1793repairs at Gravesend - Kent at a cost of £9082.0.0dBWAS-1714
3.1794Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
24.8.1794Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £4516.0.0dBWAS-1714
19.12.1796Took the Brig L'Aventure (16) off Cap Barfleur
1797Took the Brig La Tartane (16) Five Leagues to the Westward of Beachy-HeadBG
1798On the Irish StationBWAS-1714
2.1798Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
7.1800At SheernessBWAS-1714
16.6.1802Paid offADM 51
4.1803Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
7.1804RecommissionedBWAS-1714
9.1804Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
18.1.1805Took the Lugger Le Vimereaux (15) BG
25.4.1805Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
7.6.1806Took the Unrated Belgica (6) in the East Indies
26.7.1806Action of 1806-07-26
26.7.1806Took the Frigate Pallas (36)
4.10.1808Wecked on the coast of Luzon in the Philippines, one drownedBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/24 Archive

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

BGOfficial, Web Site

ADM 51 Archive

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