British Fifth Rate frigate 'Niger' (1759)

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Niger -> 1813 Negro	5548
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	19.9.1757	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	7.2.1758	BWAS-1714
Named	31.7.1759	BWAS-1714
Launched	25.9.1759	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	27.10.1759	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Niger Class	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Sir Thomas Slade (1703-1771)	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Joseph Harris (d.1773)	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	29.9.1814	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck125' 0"Imperial Feet38.1
Length of Keel103' 4"Imperial Feet31.4283
Breadth35' 2"Imperial Feet10.6782
Depth in Hold12' 0"Imperial Feet3.6576
Draught Forward8' 5"Imperial Feet2.5654
Draught Aft13' 9"Imperial Feet4.0386
Burthen679 ⁶⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

25.9.1759Broadside Weight = 177 Imperial Pound ( 80.2698 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1757220Design Complement

24 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
27.10.1759 - 25.8.1762Captain John Albert Bentinck (1737-1775) ADM 6/19/97BWAS-171425.8.1762 - 17.3.1763Captain Thomas Cornwall (d.1796) ADM 6/19/432BWAS-171425.3.1763 - 29.11.1766CaptainSir Thomas Adams (6^th Baronet of London) (c.1738-1770) ADM 6/19/474BWAS-171429.11.1766 - 6.12.1769Captain Andrew Wilkinson (d.1787) ADM 6/20/148BWAS-17146.12.1769 - 7.8.1771Captain Francis Banks (c.1730-1777) ADM 6/20/264ADM 6/207.8.1771 - 27.3.1772Captain Philip Durell (c.1734-1772)† ADM 6/20/454
Issued by Charles Proby (d.1799), The Mediterranean Sea
Commission confirmed 19.8.1772ADM 6/207.4.1772 - 22.7.1772Captain Edward Thompson (c.1737-1787) ADM 6/20/447
Issued by Sir Peter Denis (1^st Baronet of St Mary's) (c.1713-1778), The Mediterranean Sea
Commission confirmed 6.6.1772BWAS-171414.7.1775 - 8.10.1777Captain George Talbot (c.1730-1787) ADM 6/21/104BWAS-17148.10.1777 - 11.2.1780Captain Robert Alexander Lambert (1732-1801) ADM 6/21/322BWAS-171412.2.1780 - 13.12.1780Captain John Brown (1751-1808) ADM 6/22/351
Issued by Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 12.10.1781BWAS-171424.5.1790 - 3.1.1791Captain Thomas Farnham (d.1793) ADM 6/24/33BWAS-17143.1.1791 - 21.8.1791Captain George Cranfield Berkeley (1753-1818) ADM 6/24/99BWAS-171429.8.1791 - 5.4.1793Captain Richard Goodwin Keats (1757-1834) ADM 6/24/130BWAS-17146.4.1793 - 19.6.1793Captain Robert Moorsom (1760-1835) ADM 6/24/226BWAS-171419.6.1793 - 7.7.1794CaptainThe Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge (1766-1835) ADM 6/24/247BWAS-171421.7.1794 - 10.1797Captain Edward James Foote ADM 6/25/64BWAS-171410.1797 - 3.1798Captain Edward Griffith (1767-1832)BWAS-17143.1798 - 12.1798Captain Mathew Henry Scott (d.1837)BWAS-171412.1798 - 1799CaptainThe Hon. Philip WodehouseBWAS-17146.1799 - 4.1800Captain Joseph Larcom (1764-1818)BWAS-17144.1800 - 29.2.1804Commander James Hillyer (1769-1843)BWAS-171429.4.1804 - 1807Captain James Hillyer (1769-1843)BWAS-17141812 - 1813Lieutenant William Todman (d.1838)BWAS-17141813Lieutenant Isaac Strutt (d.1823)BWAS-1714

5 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
12.12.1760 - 17.3.1763First Lieutenant David Maitland (c.1733-c.1779) ADM 6/19/219ADM 6/1924.9.1775 - 28.4.1777Acting Lieutenant Charles Cotton (1753-1812)ref:6161794First Lieutenant James Walker (1764-1831)ref:9241794Second Lieutenant Richard Carruthers Corne (d.1810)ref:9241794Third Lieutenant David Wilmot (d.1799)ref:924

6 Warrant Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1794Master John Lewisref:9241794Surgeon Robert Kirkwoodref:9241794Purser George Harrisref:9241794Carpenter John Claypittref:9241794Gunner John Walshref:9241794Boatswain James Williamsref:924

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1794Midshipman George Clark Hurdis (d.1858)ADM 171/83.1804 - 1.1807Midshipman John BulfordNBD1849

5 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
12.3.1771 - 22.7.1772Able Seaman Peter Aplin (1753-1817) ADM 107/6/333ADM 107/630.9.1791 - 14.5.1793Able Seaman Charles Cobbe (d.1811)1794Servant Daniel MatthewsonADM 171/81794Able Seaman William Rose Holden (d.1854)ADM 171/81794Captain's Servant William HaydenADM 171/8

2 Marines

DatesRankNameSource
1794Private Robert A WilsonADM 171/81794Lieutenant of Marines Edward Charles Hornbyref:924

Service History

DateEventSource
29.9.1714Sold at Portsmouth for £1,600BWAS-1714
25.9.1759building at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £11264.4.8dBWAS-1714
25.5.1760Took the Privateer Le Jason (8) off Ushant BG
1761Took the Privateer Le Duc de Mazarin (12)
24.10.1762Took the Privateer La Victoire (10)
3.1763RecommissionedBWAS-1714
17.3.1763

Paid off

BWAS-1714
1764West coast of ScotlandBWAS-1714
22.4.1766Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-1714
1769Returned homeBWAS-1714
9.5.1770Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
7.1772Began large repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
22.7.1772

Paid off

BWAS-1714
7.1775RecommissionedBWAS-1714
8.1775Completed large repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £12549.7.7dBWAS-1714
24.9.1775Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
2.12.1775Took the US Merchant brig Peter. She was recaptured off Plymouth, MA by the US Privateer Yankee (12)
8.12.1777Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
7.3.1779Action of March 7 1779
20.3.17801st Action off Monti Christi
20.6.1780Action off Monti Christi
13.12.1780

Paid off

BWAS-1714
2.1783Began great repair at Deptford - London BWAS-1714
4.1784Completed great repair at Deptford - London at a cost of £13717.14.9dBWAS-1714
5.1789Began middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
4.1790Completed middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £7762.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.1790Began coppering and fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
7.1790Completed coppering and fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £1384.0.0dBWAS-1714
3.2.1791Sailed to examine fortifications in the West Indies and then paid offBWAS-1714
21.8.1791Paid offADM 51
1.6.1794Glorious 1st of June
9.5.1795Action in Carteret Bay
27.4.1796Niger vs Ecureuil
14.2.17972nd Battle of Cape St Vincent
20.2.1797Pursuit of the Santissima Trinidad
25.12.1797Took the Cutter La Delphine (4) off Start Point bearing North about 7 LeaguesBG
5.1799Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
6.1799Refitted as a 14 gun Unrated Troop Ship
7.1799Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £5980.0.0dBWAS-1714
3.9.1800Took the Sixth Rate Esmeralda (22) Barcelona
1801In egypt operations, armed en-fluteBWAS-1714
3.3.1804Refitted as a 28 gun Sixth Rate Frigate
2.5.1806Took the Schooner El Virgin del Carmen
1.1808Laid up at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
20.1.1808Paid offADM 51
5.1809RecommissionedBWAS-1714
5.1809Refitted as a Unrated Prison Ship
14.12.1809Paid offADM 51
1813Renamed NegroBWAS-1714

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6 Warrant Officers

2 Petty Officers

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2 Marines

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