British sloop 'Kingfisher' (1804)

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Kingfisher	5001
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	27.11.1802	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	3.1803	BWAS-1793
Launched	10.3.1804	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Built by Contract	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	King's Boatbuilders - Dover	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Merlin Class	BWAS-1793
Designed by	William Rule (d.1816)	BWAS-1793
Constructor	John King (1769-?)	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	10.1816	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck106' 0"Imperial Feet32.3088
Length of Keel86' 11 ½"Imperial Feet26.2255
Breadth28' 2"Imperial Feet8.5408
Depth in Hold13' 9"Imperial Feet4.0386
Draught Forward7' 10"Imperial Feet2.1336
Draught Aft10' 11"Imperial Feet3.0734
Burthen370Tons BM

Armament

10.3.1804Broadside Weight = 304 Imperial Pound ( 137.864 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck16 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck6 British 12-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 12-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
29.1.1795121Design Complement

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
4.1804 - 6.1805Commander Richard William Cribb (d.1805)†BWAS-179330.7.1805 - 9.2.1806Commander Nathaniel Day Cochrane (1780-1844)BWAS-17939.2.1806 - 29.7.1806CommanderSir George Francis Seymour (1787-1870)BWAS-179329.7.1806 - 21.1.1809Commander William HepenstallBWAS-179321.1.1809 - 1813Commander Ewell TrittonBWAS-1793

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1813Lieutenant John CampbellNBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
5.5.1804 - 18041st Class Volunteer William BarnardNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
1804Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
26.3.1804Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1793
3.5.1804Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1793
12.1804Took the Schooner Les Deux Amis (6) off Cape San JuanBG
11.5.1805Took the Privateer Damas (4) off Cape San JuanBG
16.12.1805Took the Schooner L'Elizabeth (14) in the West IndiesBG
6.2.1806Action of San Domingo
14.5.1806Action of 1806-05-14
11.10.1806Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
27.6.1808Took the Privateer L'Hercule (2)
12.3.1809Action of 1809-03-12
29.11.1811Action of 1811-11-29
2.2.1813Boats destroyed a convoy off CorfuBWAS-1793
1814Placed in OrdinaryBWAS-1793
10.1816Broken up at PortsmouthBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

BGOfficial, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Brian on Saturday 17th of May 2014 21:47

The Gentleman's magazine. v. 83:pt. 2 (1813).
Admiralty Office - July 31. A letter from Captain Tritton, of his Majesty's ship Kingfisher, dated Fano, Feb. 8, mentions that the boats of that ship, under the command of acting lieutenant G.H. Palmer, had succeeded in in capturing a trabacolo, and running on shore nine others, near St. Catherine's in the island of Corfu, five of which are totally destroyed. This service was executed under a very heavy fire of musketry, and a gun battery on the heights, by which two men were killed and seven wounded.

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