British sloop 'Porcupine' (1776)

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Porcupine

5871
Nominal Guns16BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Purchased6.1776BWAS-1714
First Commissioned10.6.1776BWAS-1714
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSloop BWAS-1714
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1714
Sold17.1.1788BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Keel54' 0"Imperial Feet16.4592 
Breadth23' 7"Imperial Feet7.0697 
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528 
Burthenc160Tons BM 

Armament


6.1776Broadside Weight = 36 Imperial Pound ( 16.3264 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck16 British 4-Pounder
Gun Deck16 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
6.177680 BWAS-1714

10 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
14.2.1776 - 25.2.1776Lieutenant Francis L'Montais ADM 6/21/252BWAS-171410.7.1776 - 27.3.1777Lieutenant James Cotes (d.1802) ADM 6/21/229
Issued by Clark Gayton (1712-1787), Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 11.11.1776BWAS-171427.3.1777 - 26.5.1778Commander Thomas Cadogan (d.1782)BWAS-171426.5.1778 - 1.4.1779Commander Charles Edmund Nugent (1759-1844) ADM 6/21/574
Issued by Sir Peter Parker (1715-1811), Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 21.6.1779ADM 6/211.4.1779 - 21.10.1779Commander John Pakenham (1743-1807) ADM 6/22/70
Issued by Sir Peter Parker (1715-1811), Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 24.12.1779ref:82222.10.1779 - 18.6.1781Commander Benjamin Hulke (1754-1799) ADM 6/22/504
Issued by Sir Peter Parker (1715-1811), Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 15.8.1782ADM 6/2218.6.1781 - 29.6.1782Commander John Aylmer (1759-1841) ADM 6/22/394
Issued by Sir Peter Parker (1715-1811), Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 3.1.1782ADM 6/2229.6.1782 - 15.8.1782Commander Francis Woolridge (c.1734-1805) ADM 6/23/64
Issued by Lord George Brydges Rodney (1st Baron Rodney) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 8.5.1783ADM 6/2314.6.1783 - 1.12.1787Commander Herbert Sawyer (d.1833) ADM 6/23/270
Issued by Joshua Rowley (1734-1790), Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 21.2.1785ADM 6/231.12.1787 - 31.12.1788Commander Robert Watson ADM 6/23/440ADM 6/23

Service History


DateEventSource
6.1776Purchased at Jamaica - Greater Antilles BWAS-1714
15.9.1779Capture of Omoa


Notes on Ship


OriginBWAS-1714
Possibly a schooner Lady Keith
 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Steve Bacon on Sunday 13th of September 2020 12:22

HM schooner Porcupine captured CN sloop Hornet 27 April 1777 (NDAR VIII, p. 460). The summary gives some dimensions for Hornet.

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