British Fifth Rate frigate 'Menelaus' (1810)

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Menelaus

5355
Nominal Guns38BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered28.9.1808BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down11.1808BWAS-1793
Launched17.4.1810BWAS-1793
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1793
ShipyardPlymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
Ship ClassLively ClassBWAS-1793
Designed byWilliam Rule (d.1816)BWAS-1793
ConstructorJoseph Tucker (c.1760-1831)BWAS-1793
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1793
Ship TypeFrigate BWAS-1793
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1793
Sold10.5.1897BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck154' 1"Imperial Feet46.9397 
Length of Keel129' 6 ¼"Imperial Feet39.3256 
Breadth39' 6 ½"Imperial Feet11.8999 
Depth in Hold13' 6"Imperial Feet4.0132 
Draught Forward10' 10"Imperial Feet3.048 
Draught Aft14' 8"Imperial Feet4.318 
Burthen1,077 15⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


17.4.1810Broadside Weight = 494 Imperial Pound ( 224.029 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1799284Design Complement

2 Commanding Officers


DatesRankNameSource
5.1810 - 30.8.1814CaptainPeter Parker (d.1814)†BWAS-17939.1814 - 10.1815CaptainEdward DixBWAS-1793

2 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
5.1810 - 5.1815MidshipmanJohn Theophilus Kelsall (d.1856)NBD18496.1811 - 12.1811MidshipmanJames Thomas CookneyNBD1849

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
18.6.1810 - 2.1813VolunteerWarre Squire Bradley (1797-?)NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
11.1808Began building at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
17.4.1810Completed building at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £38836.0.0dBWAS-1793
17.4.1810Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
21.6.1810Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £38836.0.0dBWAS-1793
11.7.1810Sailed for the Cape of Good hopeBWAS-1793
29.11.1810Capture of Mauritius
7.11.1811Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
29.2.1812Took the Privateer Le Saint Joseph (16) off Frejus
13.8.1812Landing party at San StefanoBWAS-1793
2.9.1812Took the Privateer Le Saint Esprit (2) at Mignone
3.9.1812Destroyed three sloops at Porto ErcoleBWAS-1793
4.9.1812Took the Storeship Fidèle at Mignone
22.3.1813Took the Packet Hirondelle at Mignone
22.3.1813Took the Privateer Le Nouveau Phoenix (6) at Mignone
1814In North AmericaBWAS-1793
30.8.1814Landing party in the ChesapeakeBWAS-1793
9.1815Began large repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
10.1815Paid offBWAS-1793
2.1819Laid up at ChathamBWAS-1793
2.1819Completed large repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £34409.0.0dBWAS-1793
1834Refitted as a Unrated Hospital Ship
9.1836Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
10.1836Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
1896At Portsmouth DockyardBWAS-1793
10.5.1897Sold at Portsmouth to John Read, Jnr for £1,157BWAS-1793

 
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Posted by Brian on Wednesday 2nd of July 2014 01:15

1814/08/30 Landing party in the Chesapeake
The London Gazette, Publication date:25 October 1814
From the late Sir Peter Parker, Captain of his Majesty's ship Menelaus, dated off Pool's Island in the Chesapeake, the 29th of August, stating, that with the seaman and marines of that ship, he had dispersed a party of the enemy's regulars and Militia, assembled for the defence of a large depot of stores on the eastern shore of Maryland, and totally destroying the depot, consisting of corn, hemp, and flax, to an immense amount.

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