British Fifth Rate frigate 'Hebe' (1782)

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Hebe -> 1805 Blonde

4672
Nominal Guns38BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
PreviouslyFrench Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Hébé' (1782) (38)
Captured4.9.1782BWAS-1714
ShipyardSt Malo - Brittany NNF-1774
Ship ClassHébé ClassNNF-1774
Designed by Jacques-Noël Sané (1740-1831)NNF-1774
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigate BWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up6.1811BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck151' 3 ½"Imperial Feet46.0375 
Length of Keel126' 1 ¾"Imperial Feet38.4239 
Breadth39' 11 ½"Imperial Feet11.8999 
Depth in Hold12' 5 ½"Imperial Feet3.6703 
Burthen1,071 18⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


9.1782Broadside Weight = 297 Imperial Pound ( 134.6895 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

12.1805Broadside Weight = 389 Imperial Pound ( 176.4115 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
9.1782280 BWAS-1714

9 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
4.12.1782 - 16.4.1783Captain George Keppel ADM 6/22/550BWAS-171430.9.1783 - 7.10.1785Captain Edward Thornbrough (1754-1834) ADM 6/23/145BWAS-17148.1.1790 - 6.10.1791Captain Alexander Hood (1758-1798) ADM 6/24/15BWAS-171426.12.1791 - 3.12.1792Captain William Affleck (d.1794) Transfered ADM 6/24/157
Confirmed 3.3.1792ADM 6/2415.4.1793 - 7.7.1794Captain Alexander Hood (1758-1798) Transfered ADM 6/24/229ADM 6/249.7.1794 - 1796Captain Paul Minchin ADM 6/25/58BWAS-17143.1798 - 1800Commander William BirchallBWAS-17141800 - 1802Commander George ReynoldsBWAS-17147.1806 - 7.1810Captain Volant Vashon BallardBWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
23.5.1785 - 7.10.1785CommodoreThe Hon. John Leveson Gower (1740-1792) ADM 6/23/282BWAS-1714

5 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
17.4.1783 - 22.1.1784First Lieutenant Clement Johnson (d.1798) ADM 6/23/52ADM 6/2317.4.1783 - 17.6.1785Third Lieutenant Andrew Johnstone Skinner ADM 6/23/52ADM 6/2317.6.1785 - 7.10.1785Third LieutenantHRH Prince William Henry (Prince William Henry) (1765-1837) ADM 6/23/284ADM 6/2317.6.1785 - 7.10.1785Acting Fourth Lieutenant Andrew Johnstone Skinner ADM 6/23/285ADM 6/2317.3.1786 - 20.1.1790Third Lieutenant Andrew Johnstone Skinner ADM 6/23/321ADM 6/23

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
12.1.1790 - 6.10.1791Master Bartholomew JacksonADM 29-1

3 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
4.9.1782 - 1783Midshipman Michael Fitton (1765-1852)NBD18492.1790 - 1791Midshipman Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769-1839)ODNB1792Master's Mate William Pryce Cumby (1771-1837)ref:616

Service History


DateEventSource
23.12.1782Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
11.11.1783Completed coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £8743.17.5dBWAS-1714
1784Recommissioned for the ChannelBWAS-1714
4.1785Began refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
5.1785Completed refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £4000.19.1dBWAS-1714
7.10.1785

Paid off

BWAS-1714
3.1787Began refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
5.1787Completed refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £4763.0.0dBWAS-1714
1.1790RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1792RecommissionedBWAS-1714
5.1793Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
7.1793Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £5293.0.0dBWAS-1714
10.1794Began refitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
1.1795Completed refitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £7461.0.0dBWAS-1714
9.5.1795Action in Carteret Bay
3.7.1795Took the Gunboat Vesuve (4)
2.1798Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
3.1798Refitted as a 16 gun Unrated Troop Ship
5.1798Ostend operationsBWAS-1714
5.1798Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £8587.0.0dBWAS-1714
1800Egyptian operationsBWAS-1714
28.3.1800Embarked elements of the 40th Regiment of Foot at MargateJF1800
11.4.1802

Paid off and laid up at Chatham

BWAS-1714
17.7.1805Action off Calais
12.1805Refitted as a 38 gun Fifth Rate Frigate
24.12.1805Renamed BlondeBWAS-1714
1.1806Began middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
7.1806RecommissionedBWAS-1714
8.1806Completed middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £19907.0.0dBWAS-1714
7.7.1807Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
15.8.1807Took the Privateer La Dame Villaret (5)
16.8.1807Took the Privateer L'Hortense (8)
14.9.1807Took the Privateer L'Hirondelle (8)
23.9.1807Took the Schooner Le Duquesne (12)
14.10.1807Took the Privateer L'Alert (20)
13.12.1809Actions of December 1809
7.1810Paid offBWAS-1714
6.1811Broken up at DeptfordBWAS-1714


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
14.5.1798-20.5.1798Raid on Ostend Home Riggs Popham (1762-1820) 
 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Cy on Thursday 21st of January 2021 00:26

For crew details you would need to look in ADM 36, ships muster books which are held by the national archives. But they are not digitised (except for the Victory in 1805) so you would need to visit, or find someone to photograph them for you.

Posted by ELAINE HENDSTOCK on Wednesday 20th of January 2021 20:29

Would there be any information on the crew in 1794, my 4th great grandfather is noted as a Masters Mate of the Hebe on his marriage certificate. I know he stayed in Penzance and I think was born in Sweden, as he is noted as a Swede on the certificate and signs his name as per his country which could have been Anders Carlsson or Karlsson. His name in the UK was Andrew Charles and he died in 1838.

Posted by Tim Oakley on Friday 28th of December 2018 18:45

On 8 October 1783 Thornbrough was given command of the crack frigate Hebe 38, serving in home waters and enjoying huge success in the prevention of smuggling whilst also undertaking some survey work. From June to September 1785 he cruised around the British Isles with the broad pennant of Commodore Hon. John Leveson-Gower, having Prince William aboard as a newly-commissioned lieutenant, He later served in Rear-Admiral Hon. John Leveson-Gower’s squadron of observation during 1788, and was present at the Kings Naval Review at Plymouth on 18 August 1789 prior to being paid off on 21 October.

Posted by Tim Oakley on Sunday 2nd of December 2018 18:47

Collection Correspondence of William IV
Reference GEO/MAIN/44685-44686
Title Letter from Prince William to George III, written aboard HMS Hebe, in Portland Roads
Date 6 November 1785
Writer William, Prince (1765-1837)
Addressee George III, King
Description Prince William writes of stormy weather during their last cruise and of the admiration he has for the Hebe. He hopes the King will grant him a promotion and the command of the Hebe - this will be, the Prince maintains, in the best interest of the reign.

Posted by Charles on Thursday 24th of July 2014 20:51

Portsmouth Dec 31, 1784 - Hebe frigate departs on a cruize (The Times 3 Jan 1785)

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