British Third Rate ship of the line 'Juste' (1794)

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Juste	4970
Nominal Guns	80	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Juste' (1784) (80)
Captured	1.6.1794	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Brest - Brittany	BWAS-1793
Designed by	Antoine Groignard	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Jacques-Augustin Lamothe (1762-1824)	BWAS-1793
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	2.1811	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck193' 4"Imperial Feet58.8275
Length of Keel159' 3 ¾"Imperial Feet48.4823
Breadth50' 3 ½"Imperial Feet15.2527
Breadth22' 5 ½"Imperial Feet6.7183
Burthen2,143 ¹⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1795Broadside Weight = 1084 Imperial Pound ( 491.594 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck30 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck32 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 24-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle6 British 12-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1795738EstablishmentBWAS-1793

9 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
2.6.1794 - 7.1794LieutenantHenry Blackwood (1770-1832)ref:61610.7.1795 - 17.10.1795CaptainWilliam Cayley (1742-1801)BWAS-179318.10.1795 - 31.10.1796CaptainThe Hon. Thomas Pakenham (1757-1836)BWAS-17932.1797 - 30.6.1797CaptainWilliam Hancock KellyBWAS-17936.1799 - 1.1801CaptainHenry Trollope (1756-1839)BWAS-17931.1801 - 3.1801CaptainHerbert Sawyer (d.1833)BWAS-17933.1801CaptainSir Thomas Williams (1761-1841)BWAS-17935.1801 - 7.1801CaptainRichard Dacres (1761-1837)BWAS-17937.1801 - 10.4.1802CaptainSir Edmund NagleBWAS-1793

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
4.1802 - 1802LieutenantT WooldridgeTNC

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
4.8.1804 - 30.6.1806MasterPeter Peterson (d.1815)ADM29-1

3 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
8.1795 - 7.1797MidshipmanWilliam Borough (1781-1852)NBD18491796 - 6.4.1804MidshipmanArden Adderley (1783-1864)NBD18498.1796 - 9.1797MidshipmanHopewell Hayward BuddNBD1849

2 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
5.3.1796 - 8.1796Able SeamanHopewell Hayward BuddNBD18497.8.1799 - 8.18021st Class VolunteerFrancis Beaumont (1787-?)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
1.6.1794Taken at the Glorious first of JuneBWAS-1793
19.6.1794Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
28.8.1794Registered in the Royal Navy by Admiralty OrderBWAS-1793
8.1795CommissionedBWAS-1793
3.10.1795Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £20331.0.0dBWAS-1714
1.1797Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
2.1797RecommissionedBWAS-1793
3.1797Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £24089.0.0dBWAS-1714
30.6.1797

Paid off

BWAS-1793
6.1799RecommissionedBWAS-1793
10.4.1802

Laid up in ordinary at Plymouth

BWAS-1793
2.1811Broken up at PlymouthBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:616Nicholas Tracy, Book

TNCVarious, Periodical

ADM29-1 Document

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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