British sloop 'Heron' (1804)

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Heron -> 1811 Volcano	4713
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Purchased	6.1804	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Newcastle upon Tyne - Northumberland - River Tyne	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Sold	28.8.1816	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck97' 6"Imperial Feet29.5874
Length of Keel75' 3"Imperial Feet22.8752
Breadth26' 2"Imperial Feet7.9333
Depth in Hold10' 7"Imperial Feet3.2258
Burthen274 ⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

6.1804Broadside Weight = 135 Imperial Pound ( 61.2225 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck14 British 18-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
6.180465 BWAS-1793

7 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
6.1804 - 11.5.1807Commander John Edgcumbe (d.1838)BWAS-179311.5.1807 - 1810Commander William Coote (c.1782-1857)BWAS-17933.1811 - 12.1812Commander John Griffith (d.1826)BWAS-179312.1812 - 1813Commander William Fairbrother Carroll (1784-1862)BWAS-17931813 - 12.1813Lieutenant Thomas ForsterBWAS-17936.12.1813 - 6.1815Commander David Price (1790-1854)BWAS-17936.1815 - 9.1815Commander John Wyatt WatlingBWAS-1793

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
22.11.1811 - 25.3.1813Lieutenant Leslie BouldersonNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
1804Sailed to the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
5.1804Began fitting at Thames - England - Thames, Medway and The Nore BWAS-1793
16.6.1804Completed fitting at Thames - England - Thames, Medway and The Nore BWAS-1793
16.6.1804Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
9.8.1804Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
1805in the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
16.3.1806Sailed to NewfoundlandBWAS-1793
12.1810Began fitting as a Bomb Vessel at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
3.1811RecommissionedBWAS-1793
3.1811Sailed for PortugalBWAS-1793
3.1811Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated Bomb Vessel
3.1811Renamed VolcanoBWAS-1793
5.1811Completed fitting as a Bomb Vessel at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
12.1812In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
13.10.1814Took the Privateer Saucy Jack (7) in the Windward Passage
9.1815Paid offBWAS-1793
28.8.1816Sold at Portsmouth for £1,100BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by AvM on Friday 21st of July 2017 21:37

'Jason'
She was built in 1803 by W.Rowe, Newcastle

Posted by AvM on Friday 21st of July 2017 21:29

Papers Respecting The Navy, Presented In Pursuance Of Addresses of the House of Lords to His Majesty.
Navy Office, 18th March 1805

HMS Heron was purchased form Thomas and R.Brown
as 'Jason' was 2 years old and has 339bm
was purchased for £4,071
moreover £2,792 were spent to fitting the ship at King'S Yard.

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