British Fifth Rate frigate 'Convert' (1778)

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Convert	4854
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Pallas' (1777) (32)
Captured	19.6.1778	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	11.1778	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	NNF-1774
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	28.11.1782	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck127' 9"Imperial Feet38.7181
Length of Keel106' 2 ¼"Imperial Feet32.3152
Breadth35' 4 ¼"Imperial Feet10.6744
Depth in Hold13' 9 ¼"Imperial Feet3.9688
Burthen705 ⁸⁶⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

11.1778Broadside Weight = 135 Imperial Pound ( 61.2225 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck26 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
11.1778220EstablishmentBWAS-1714

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
19.11.1778 - 17.12.1778Captain Thomas Hallum (1721-c.1804) ADM 6/21/476ADM 6/2117.12.1778 - 13.9.1782Captain Henry Harvey (1737-1810) ADM 6/21/488ODNB

Service History

DateEventSource
30.6.1778Arrived at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
8.10.1778Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth NNF-1774
1779Sailed to the relief of JerseyBWAS-1714
7.2.1779Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £6518.6.6dNNF-1774
13.5.1779Action in Cancale Bay
7.1779coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £1914.12.3dNNF-1774
25.12.1779Sailed to the relief of Gibraltar and then to the West IndiesBWAS-1714
8.1.1780Attack on the Caracas Convoy
25.1.1782Battle of Saint Kitts
12.4.1782Battle of the Saintes
12.9.1782

Paid off

BWAS-1714
28.11.1782Sold at WoolwichBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

ADM 6/21 Archive

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

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