British Third Rate ship of the line 'Pompee' (1793)

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Pompee	5866
Nominal Guns	80	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Pompée' (1791) (74)
Captured	29.8.1793	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Toulon - Provence	EWIKI
Ship Class	Duquesne Group variant of Téméraire Class	EWIKI
Designed by	Jacques-Noël Sané (1740-1831)	EWIKI
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	1.1817	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck182' 2"Imperial Feet55.4742
Length of Keel148' 7 ¼"Imperial Feet45.1168
Breadth49' 0 ½"Imperial Feet14.9479
Depth in Hold21' 10 ½"Imperial Feet6.4135
Burthen1,901 ⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

5.1795Broadside Weight = 1078 Imperial Pound ( 488.873 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck30 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle4 British 32-Pound Carronade
Roundhouse8 British 18-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
5.1795640 BWAS-1793

6 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1794 - 3.5.1794LieutenantJohn DavieBWAS-17935.1795 - 8.1795CaptainCharles Edmund Nugent (1759-1844)BWAS-17938.1795 - 1795CaptainJames Vashon (1742-1827)BWAS-17931801CaptainCharles Stirling (1760-1833)EWIKI1806 - 1807CaptainRichard Dacres (1761-1837)ref:61613.12.1808 - 1809CaptainEdward Pelham Brenton (1774-1839)ref:616

14 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
5.1795 - 19.12.1796LieutenantGeorge BarkerNBD184911.8.1805 - 24.5.1808LieutenantHopewell Hayward BuddNBD18493.1806 - 12.1806First LieutenantJames Boxer (d.1847)NBD18491807 - 4.8.1807Acting LieutenantSeptimus Arabin (d.1856)NBD18496.1807 - 13.10.1807LieutenantJames Boxer (d.1847)NBD18494.8.1807 - 6.2.1808LieutenantSeptimus Arabin (d.1856)NBD18491809LieutenantPhilip Henry Bridges (d.1848)NBD18491809 - 18.3.1810LieutenantGeorge Guy BurtonNBD184920.12.1809 - 5.1810LieutenantJohn BrineNBD184918.3.1810 - 10.1810LieutenantJohn Thomas Young (1782-1848)NBD184912.6.1811 - 8.1811Acting LieutenantJohn Henry BellairsNBD184910.1813 - 18.7.1814Acting LieutenantWilliam Baker Strugnell (1788-1850)NBD184918.7.1814 - 10.1814LieutenantWilliam Baker Strugnell (1788-1850)NBD184917.2.1815 - 1815LieutenantPeter Barnes (1793-?)NBD1849

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1799Purser WelsfordTNC

6 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
5.1795 - 19.2.1799MidshipmanHenry BaughNBD18499.1805 - 4.10.1806MidshipmanHenry Hayward BuddNBD18491806 - 1807Master's MateSeptimus Arabin (d.1856)NBD18493.1809 - 1809MidshipmanWilliam BishopNBD184911.1809 - 4.1810MidshipmanHenry KentNBD18491810MidshipmanMartin Bennett (1789-?)NBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
1808 - 3.18081st Class VolunteerAlexander Buchanan (1793-?)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
3.5.1794Arrived at PortsmouthBWAS-1793
29.10.1794RegisteredBWAS-1793
2.1795Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
6.1795Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £17774.0.0dBWAS-1793
12.1796Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
1797Spithead MutinyBWAS-1793
2.1797Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £17283.0.0dBWAS-1793
7.4.1799

Sailed from Portsmouth

TNC
6.7.1801Battle of Algeciras Bay
5.1805Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
12.1805Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £41229.0.0dBWAS-1793
19.2.1807Forcing the Dardanelles
1.3.1807Passage of the Dardanelles
15.8.1807Second Battle of Copenhagen
5.1808fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £9177.0.0dBWAS-1793
10.10.1808Took the Unrated Brig Le Pilade (16) near Barbadoes
20.10.1808Took the Unrated Brig-Corvette Le Pylade (16) off Martinique
28.1.1809Capture of Martinique
14.3.1809Capture of the d'Hautpoult
17.4.1809Took the Third Rate Ship of the Line Le Hautpoult (74) off Puerto Rico
9.1810Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
1.1811Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £24599.0.0dBWAS-1793
1812making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £15672.0.0dBWAS-1793
9.1814Began making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
4.1815Completed making good defects at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £16672.0.0dBWAS-1793
1.1817Broken up at WoolwichBWAS-1793

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif WinfieldBook

EWIKIVariousWeb Site

ref:616Nicholas TracyBook

NBD1849O'BrienDigital Book

TNCVariousPeriodical

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