British sloop 'Pelican' (1781)

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Pelican	5728
Nominal Guns	18	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer brig 'Le Frédéric' (1781) (16)
Captured	8.1781	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sold	1.5.1783	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck85' 4 ¾"Imperial Feet25.9271
Length of Keel69' 7"Imperial Feet21.051
Breadth23' 4 ¼"Imperial Feet7.0168
Depth in Hold9' 4"Imperial Feet2.8448
Burthen201 ⁸²⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

3.1782Broadside Weight = 66 Imperial Pound ( 29.931 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck2 British 12-Pound Carronade
Gun Deck18 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
3.178290Establishment?BWAS-1714

3 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
4.3.1782 - 14.5.1782Commander Edward Pellew (1757-1833) ADM 6/22/417ADM 6/2214.5.1782 - 16.1.1783Commander Edward Bowater ADM 6/22/468BWAS-171421.1.1783 - 4.1783Commander William Taylor ADM 6/23/13BWAS-1714

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
12.3.1782 - 14.5.1783Gunner Joseph CollettADM 29-1

Service History

DateEventSource
18.2.1782Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
3.1782Commissioned for the Irish seaBWAS-1714
13.4.1782Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £2513.17.9dBWAS-1714
4.1783Paid offBWAS-1714
1.5.1783Sold at Deptford for £710BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

ADM 6/22 Archive

ADM 29-1 Document

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Posted by AvM on Tuesday 9th of October 2018 19:43

An Account Of The Sums of Money recieve for any of His Majesty's Ships Of The Line, or Frigates, Sold between the 1st of January 1782 and the 1st of January 1786; Distinguishing The Ship, And Sum: And Also,An Account Of The Gross Amount of the Sums of Money arising from the Sale of Old Stores, Within The Said Time; And the Uses to which those Sums have been applied: Prepared pursuant to the Commands of the Honourable House Of Commons, signified by their Precept, dated 1st March 1786.

PELICAN Sold 30 June 1783 for £710.

She was then owned by Hurry & Co (of Yarmouth?)
Last surveyed 1791
Las noted as sailed to New Foundland

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