British sloop 'Orestes' (1781)

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Orestes

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Nominal Guns18BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
Dutch Privateer sloop 'Mars' (1781) (24) 1781-1781
Dutch 24 Gun
Privateer Sloop
Captured3.12.1781BWAS-1714
ShipyardAmsterdam - Holland BWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSloopBWAS-1714
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1714
Foundered5.11.1799BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck94' 0"Imperial Feet28.6512 
Length of Keel81' 0"Imperial Feet24.6888 
Breadth30' 4"Imperial Feet9.2456 
Depth in Hold12' 1"Imperial Feet3.6703 
Burthen396 40⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


7.1782Broadside Weight = 84 Imperial Pound ( 38.0943 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck18 British 9-Pounder
Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

1792Broadside Weight = 57 Imperial Pound ( 25.8498 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck18 British 6-Pounder
Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

26.8.1794Broadside Weight = 75 Imperial Pound ( 34.0128 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck2 British 18-Pound Carronade
Gun Deck18 British 6-Pounder
Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
7.1782125 BWAS-1714

10 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
24.6.1782 - 26.9.1783Commander
John Hope BowersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1783
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/22/484BWAS-17144.10.1783 - 17.5.1786Commander
James EllisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1786
ADM 6/23/148BWAS-171417.5.1786 - 23.5.1789Commander
Manley DixonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1825
ADM 6/23/334BWAS-171423.5.1789 - 21.9.1790Commander
Thomas Revell ShiversBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1814
ADM 6/23/527BWAS-17145.11.1790 - 29.9.1791Commander
Sir Harry Burrard-NealeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1795
ADM 6/24/85BWAS-171430.9.1791 - 16.12.1792Commander
Sir Harry Burrard-NealeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1795
Transfered ADM 6/24/138ADM 6/2415.12.1792 - 29.3.1793Commander
Rt Hon. Augustus FitzroyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1801
ADM 6/24/185BWAS-17144.4.1794 - 9.1796Commander
Thomas Archibald OrrokBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1796
ADM 6/25/27BWAS-17149.1796 - 2.1798Commander
Christopher ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1802
BWAS-17142.1798 - 5.11.1799Commander
William HaggitBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1793
†BWAS-1714

12 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
17.5.1786 - 23.6.1788Lieutenant
Thomas JennisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1793
ADM 6/23/334ADM 6/2323.6.1788 - 12.5.1790Lieutenant
William Robert BroughtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1818
Transfered ADM 6/23/467ADM 6/234.12.1790 - 31.3.1791Lieutenant
Abraham PullibankBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1792
ADM 6/24/94ADM 6/241.4.1791 - 29.9.1791First Lieutenant
Abraham PullibankBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1792
ADM 6/24/115ADM 6/241.4.1791 - 29.9.1791Second Lieutenant
d'Arcy PrestonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1896
ADM 6/24/115ADM 6/2430.9.1791 - 12.12.1792First Lieutenant
Abraham PullibankBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1792
ADM 6/24/138ADM 6/2430.9.1791 - 13.11.1792Second Lieutenant
d'Arcy PrestonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1896
ADM 6/24/138ADM 6/2414.11.1792 - 14.12.1792Second Lieutenant
Thomas WhiteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1821
ADM 6/24/181ADM 613.12.1792 - 14.12.1792First Lieutenant
Rt Hon. Augustus FitzroyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1801
ADM 6/24/184ADM 6/2415.12.1792 - 1792First Lieutenant
Thomas WhiteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1821
ADM 6/24/185ADM 6/2427.1.1793 - 19.4.1793Second Lieutenant
George CockburnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1851
Transfered ADM 6/24/218
Issued by
Samuel Granston GoodallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1750-1801
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 9.3.1793ADM 6/2414.5.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
James GrantBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1801
ADM 6/24/238ADM 6/24

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
26.9.1788 - 28.4.1793Purser
Daniel B DawesBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1777-1822
ADM 29/8

Service History


DateEventSource
2.1782Began coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
16.2.1782RegisteredBWAS-1714
8.1782Completed coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £3961.19.11dBWAS-1714
30.11.1782Took the Privateer
La Complaissance (Unknown) 1782-1782
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

1792Sailed to the West IndiesBWAS-1714
4.1793Returned to the UKBWAS-1714
3.9.1797Took the Lugger
Le Furet (Lightly Armed) 1797-1797
French Lightly Armed Gun
Privateer Lugger
in the Channel , Portland bearing. N. N. W. Distance 9 leaguesBG
8.1798Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
5.11.1799Lost presumed foundered with all hands in a hurricane in the Indian OceanBWAS-1714

 
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