British sloop 'Musette' (1796)

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Musette	5484
Nominal Guns	18	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer corvette 'La Musette' (1793) (18)
Captured	21.12.1796	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Nantes - Brittany	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Sold	27.8.1806	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck102' 0 ½"Imperial Feet31.1023
Length of Keel80' 9 ⅜"Imperial Feet24.3935
Breadth26' 11 ¼"Imperial Feet7.9312
Depth in Hold13' 3 ¾"Imperial Feet3.9815
Burthen311 ⁷⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen300French Tonneaux293.7

Armament

9.1803Broadside Weight = 240 Imperial Pound ( 108.84 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck20 British 24-Pound Carronade

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
9.1803 - 12.1804Lieutenant John Bevan (d.1832)BWAS-17931805Lieutenant Thomas SimpsonBWAS-17931806 - 8.1806Lieutenant Robert Benjamin Young (1773-1846)BWAS-1793

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
4.10.1803 - 6.1805Midshipman Edward Andrews (1782-?)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
1.1.1797Taken by Hazard (16) off the Irish coast
30.1.1797Arrived at Plymouth and laid upBWAS-1793
1799Refitted as a Other Vessels Receiving Ship
9.1803Commissioned as a Floating Battery for the River YareBWAS-1793
9.1803Refitted as a 20 gun Unrated Floating Battery
9.1803Began fitting as a Floating Battery at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
10.1803Completed fitting as a Floating Battery at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
27.8.1806Sold at PlymouthBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:692J. J. Salein, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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