British Fifth Rate frigate 'Niger' (1759)

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Niger ➡ 1813 Negro

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Nominal Guns32BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered19.9.1757BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down7.2.1758BWAS-1714
Named31.7.1759BWAS-1714
Launched25.9.1759BWAS-1714
First Commissioned27.10.1759BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardSheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
Ship ClassNiger Class (1757)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Sir Thomas SladeBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1744-1783
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Joseph HarrisBritish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1742-1773
BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Sold29.9.1814BWAS-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 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
27.10.1759 - 25.8.1762Captain
John Albert BentinckBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1757-1773
ADM 6/19/97BWAS-171425.8.1762 - 17.3.1763Captain
Thomas CornwallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1763
ADM 6/19/432BWAS-171425.3.1763 - 29.11.1766Captain
Sir Thomas Adams (6th Baronet of London)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1770
ADM 6/19/474BWAS-171429.11.1766 - 6.12.1769Captain
Andrew WilkinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1779
ADM 6/20/148BWAS-17146.12.1769 - 7.8.1771Captain
Francis BanksBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1772
Transfered ADM 6/20/264ADM 6/207.8.1771 - 27.3.1772Captain
Philip DurellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1758
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/20/454
Issued by
Charles ProbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1772
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 19.8.1772ADM 6/207.4.1772 - 22.7.1772Captain
Edward ThompsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1751-1786
ADM 6/20/447
Issued by
Sir Peter Denis (1st Baronet of St Mary's)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1778
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 6.6.1772BWAS-171414.7.1775 - 8.10.1777Captain
George TalbotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1782
ADM 6/21/104BWAS-17148.10.1777 - 11.2.1780Captain
Robert Alexander LambertBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1745-1780
Transfered ADM 6/21/322BWAS-171412.2.1780 - 13.12.1780Captain
John BrownBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1772-1808
ADM 6/22/351
Issued by
Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 12.10.1781BWAS-171424.5.1790 - 3.1.1791Captain
Thomas FarnhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1791
ADM 6/24/33BWAS-17143.1.1791 - 28.8.1791Captain
George Cranfield BerkeleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1766-1814
ADM 6/24/99BWAS-171429.8.1791 - 5.4.1793Captain
Richard Goodwin KeatsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1825
Transfered ADM 6/24/130BWAS-17146.4.1793 - 19.6.1793Captain
Robert MoorsomBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1784-1825
ADM 6/24/226BWAS-171419.6.1793 - 7.7.1794Captain
The Hon. Arthur Kaye LeggeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1820
Transfered ADM 6/24/247BWAS-171421.7.1794 - 10.1797Captain
Edward James FooteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1785-1830
ADM 6/25/64BWAS-171410.1797 - 3.1798Captain
Edward GriffithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1821
BWAS-17143.1798 - 12.1798Captain
Mathew Henry ScottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1816
BWAS-171412.1798 - 6.1799Captain
The Hon. Philip WodehouseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1807
BWAS-17146.1799 - 15.4.1800Captain
Joseph LarcomBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1814
BWAS-171416.4.1800 - 28.4.1804Commander
James HillyerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1814
BWAS-171429.4.1804 - 20.1.1808Captain
James HillyerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1814
BWAS-17141812 - 1813Lieutenant
William TodmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1813
BWAS-17141813Lieutenant
Isaac StruttBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1813
BWAS-1714

19 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
7.11.1759 - 12.12.1760First Lieutenant
Charles CaesarBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1777
ADM 6/19/110ADM 6/197.10.1760 - 17.3.1763Second Lieutenant
Patrick StuartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1753
ADM 6/19/200ref:84912.12.1760 - 17.3.1763First Lieutenant
David MaitlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1779
ADM 6/19/219ADM 6/1926.7.1775 - 24.9.1775Second Lieutenant
George TurnbullBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1782
ADM 6/21/107ADM 6/2124.9.1775 - 28.4.1777Acting Lieutenant
Charles CottonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1772-1810
ref:61621.9.1790 - 3.1.1791Second Lieutenant
Thomas PalmerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1791
ADM 6/24/69ADM 6/244.1.1791 - 29.8.1791First Lieutenant
John MonktonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1814
ADM 6/24/99ADM 6/244.1.1791 - 29.8.1791Second Lieutenant
William Edward CracraftBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1805
ADM 6/24/99ADM 6/2430.8.1791 - 4.4.1793First Lieutenant
Jemmett MainwaringBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1793
Transfered ADM 6/24/130ADM 6/2430.8.1791 - 31.8.1792Second Lieutenant
Charles RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1825
ADM 6/24/130ADM 6/247.9.1791 - 15.9.1791Third Lieutenant
Henry BlackwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1830
ADM 6/24/134ADM 6/2416.9.1791 - 4.4.1793Third Lieutenant
Charles GarnierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1795
Transfered ADM 6/24/135ADM 6/241.9.1792 - 10.5.1793Second Lieutenant
Christopher John Williams NeshamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1810
Transfered ADM 6/24/172ADM 6/245.4.1793 - 18.6.1793First Lieutenant
James CookBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1793
ADM 6/24/226ADM 6/2415.4.1793 - 7.10.1793Third Lieutenant
The Hon. Charles HerbertBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1805
Transfered ADM 6/24/229ADM 6/2425.4.1793 - 18.6.1793Second Lieutenant
Nathaniel VassallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1814
ADM 6/24/232ADM 6/2419.6.1793 - 1794First Lieutenant
James WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1821
ADM 6/24/417ref:92419.6.1793 - 1794Second Lieutenant
Richard Carruthers CorneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1801
ADM 6/24/417ref:9248.10.1793 - 1794Third Lieutenant
David WilmotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
ADM 6/24/272ADM 6/24

7 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
25.4.1780 - 10.12.1780Purser
Thomas Legal YatesBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1766-1828
ADM 29/81794Surgeon
Robert KirkwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1790-1794
ref:9241794Purser
George HarrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ref:9241794Carpenter
John ClaypittBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ref:9241794Gunner
John WalshBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ref:9241794Boatswain
James WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ref:9241794Master
John LewisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ref:924

2 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
1794Midshipman
George Clark HurdisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1840
ADM 171/83.1804 - 1.1807Midshipman
John BulfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1815
NBD1849

5 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
12.3.1771 - 22.7.1772Able Seaman
Peter AplinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1764-1814
ADM 107/6/333ADM 107/630.9.1791 - 14.5.1793Able Seaman
Charles CobbeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1811
1794Able Seaman
William Rose HoldenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/81794Captain's Servant
William HaydenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/81794Servant
Daniel MatthewsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
ADM 171/8

2 Marines


DatesRankNameSource
1794Lieutenant of Marines
Edward Charles HornbyBritish
Marine
Service 1794
ref:9241794Private
Robert A WilsonBritish
Marine
Service 1794
ADM 171/8

Service History


DateEventSource
25.9.1759building at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £11264.4.8dBWAS-1714
25.5.1760Took the Privateer
Le Jason (8) 1760-1760
French 8 Gun
Privateer Unknown
off Ushant BG
1761Took the Privateer
Le Duc de Mazarin (12) 1757-1761
French 12 Gun
Privateer Unknown

24.10.1762Took the Privateer
La Victoire (10) 1762-1762
French 10 Gun
Privateer Unknown

17.3.1763

Paid off

ADM 33
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

ADM 33
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) 1775-1776
American 12 Gun
Privateer Sloop

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

ADM 34
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
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) 1797-1797
French 4 Gun
Privateer Cutter
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) 1800-1800
Spanish 22 Gun
6th Rate Unknown
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 (Lightly Armed) 1806-1806
Spanish Lightly Armed Gun
Unrated Schooner

1.1808Laid up at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
20.1.1808

Paid off

ADM 35
5.1809Refitted as a Unrated Prison Ship
14.12.1809

Paid off

ADM 35
1813Renamed NegroBWAS-1714
28.8.1815Paid offADM 35

 
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