British Sixth Rate post ship 'Menai' (1814)

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Menai	5354
Nominal Guns	26	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	18.1.1813	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	6.1813	BWAS-1793
Launched	5.4.1814	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	10.1814	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Built by Contract	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Frindsbury - Kent	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Conway Class	BWAS-1793
Designed by	William Rule (d.1816)	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Josiah Brindley	BWAS-1793
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Post Ship	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	1853	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck108' 0"Imperial Feet32.9184
Length of Gundeck108' 1"Imperial Feet32.9216
Length of Keel89' 8 ⅞"Imperial Feet27.1494
Length of Keel89' 9 ⅝"Imperial Feet27.1431
Breadth30' 8"Imperial Feet9.3472
Breadth30' 6"Imperial Feet9.2964
Depth in Hold9' 0 ½"Imperial Feet2.7559
Depth in Hold9' 0"Imperial Feet2.7432
Draught Forward7' 11"Imperial Feet2.159
Draught Aft11' 4"Imperial Feet3.4544
Burthen448 ⁸⁶⁄₉₄Tons BM
Burthen444 ³³⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

5.4.1814Broadside Weight = 342 Imperial Pound ( 155.097 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck18 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck6 British 12-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 12-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

1818Broadside Weight = 330 Imperial Pound ( 149.655 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck18 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck6 British 12-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1813155Design Complement

5 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
10.1814 - 1815Captain Watkin Owen Pell (1788-1869)BWAS-17934.1819 - 9.1823CaptainSir Fairfax Moresby (1786-1877)BWAS-179321.10.1823 - 1826Captain Houston Stewart (1791-1875)BWAS-17939.1.1827 - 12.9.1827Captain Michael Seymour (1802-1887)W03312.9.1827 - 1829Captain Thomas Bourchier (1791-?)NBD1849

6 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
14.10.1814 - 15.4.1815Lieutenant Francis BraceNBD18496.5.1819 - 9.1823Lieutenant Edward BiddulphNBD184924.9.1823 - 12.12.1823Lieutenant Joseph Cammelleri (1794-1860)NBD18491.12.1825 - 13.11.1827Lieutenant Thomas Metcalfe Currie (1800-1846)NBD184910.1.1827 - 8.12.1829Lieutenant James Richard BoothNBD184929.3.1828 - 1830Lieutenant Edward BullerNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
5.4.1814Began fitting for ordinary at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
4.5.1814Completed fitting for ordinary at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
10.1814Commissioned for North AmericaBWAS-1793
10.1814Began fitting for sea at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
8.12.1814Completed fitting for sea at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £5589.0.0dBWAS-1793
2.1817Refitted as a 28 gun Sixth Rate Post Ship
7.1817Began middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
1818Refitted as a 26 gun Sixth Rate Post Ship
4.1819Commissioned for St HelenaBWAS-1793
7.1819Completed middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £17001.0.0dBWAS-1793
9.1823Paid offBWAS-1793
10.1823Commissioned for HalifaxBWAS-1793
1.1824Began fitting for sea at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
1826In Ordinary at WoolwichBWAS-1793
1.1827Recommissioned for South AmericaBWAS-1793
4.1827Completed fitting for sea at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £4428.0.0dBWAS-1793
9.1829Paid off into Ordinary at PorstmouthBWAS-1793
1830Refitted as a Other Vessels Receiving Ship
11.1852Used as a target for Boyne (98) BWAS-1793
4.1853Broken up at PortsmouthBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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