British sloop 'Nautilus' (1784)

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Nautilus	5512
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	13.5.1782	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	8.1782	BWAS-1714
Launched	9.1.1784	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	West Itchenor - Chichester	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Echo Class (1781)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Edward HuntBritish Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1731-1740	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Caleb CrookendenBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Wrecked	3.2.1799	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck101' 2"Imperial Feet30.8356
Length of Keel83' 0"Imperial Feet25.2984
Breadth27' 9"Imperial Feet8.2623
Depth in Hold12' 10"Imperial Feet3.6576
Burthen339 ⁹²⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

9.1.1784Broadside Weight = 84 Imperial Pound ( 38.094 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck16 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 12-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 12-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1781125Design Complement

9 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1.11.1784 - 27.3.1786Commander ADM 6/23/249BWAS-171427.3.1786 - 2.12.1788Commander ADM 6/23/232BWAS-171416.1.1789 - 1.10.1790Commander ADM 6/23/502BWAS-17141.10.1790 - 24.4.1793Commander Transfered ADM 6/24/72BWAS-171412.1792 - 20.2.1793LieutenantBWAS-171420.2.1793 - 1.1794Commander ADM 6/24/212BWAS-17149.1.1794 - 24.3.1794CommanderBWAS-17141795 - 9.1795CommanderBWAS-17149.1795 - 3.2.1799CommanderBWAS-1714

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
20.1.1794 - 4.11.1795Lieutenantref:616

Service History

DateEventSource
8.1782Began building at West Itchenor - Chichester BWAS-1714
9.1.1784Completed building at West Itchenor - Chichester at a cost of £3622.6.11dBWAS-1714
23.1.1784Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
17.12.1784Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £1404.0.0dBWAS-1714
8.4.1787Sailed for Sierra LeoneBWAS-1714
2.12.1788Paid offADM 51
1.1789RecommissionedBWAS-1714
26.5.1789Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
3.6.1790Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
28.7.1791Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
12.1792Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
2.1793Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £4376.0.0dBWAS-1714
6.2.1793Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
8.1795Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
9.1795Paid off and recommissionedBWAS-1714
11.1795Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £3862.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.1797Took the Privateer
12.6.1797Took the Cutter off the Dutch coast , off FleckeryN-GAZ
12.6.1797Took the Lugger off the Dutch coast , off FleckeryN-GAZ
2.7.1797Took the Privateer off the Scaw
4.4.1798Took the Unrated in the North Sea
3.2.1799Wrecked off Flamborough HeadBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ref:616Nicholas Tracy, Book

ADM 51 Archive

N-GAZJ. W. Norie, Book

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Posted by Brian on Monday 21st of July 2014 21:22

1797/05 Took the Privateer L'Adolph
The London Gazette
Publication date:6 June 1797
Admiralty Office, June 10, 1797 - Letter from Captain Gunter, Commander of His Majesty's sloop Nautilus, dated at sea, May 24, 1797
I beg you will be pleased to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty of the capture of the Adolphe French lugger privateer, after being chased four hours by his Majesty's sloop Nautilus and Sea-Gull, and previously started from under the land, and chased by his Majesty's hired cutter, the King George. She had been out nine days from Boulogne; she is quite new, had taken nothing, this being her first cruize, pierced for 12 guns, part of which she threw over board in the chase, and only five on board when taken, and eight swivels with thirty five men.

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