Dimensions
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714Length of Gundeck140' 2"Imperial Feet42.6733 Length of Keel116' 0"Imperial Feet35.3568 Breadth38' 1"Imperial Feet11.5856 Depth in Hold16' 4 ½"Imperial Feet4.8895 Draught Forward10' 2"Imperial Feet3.0988 Draught Aft14' 4"Imperial Feet4.2926 Burthen894 84⁄94Tons BM Armament
11.7.1782Broadside Weight = 285 Imperial Pound ( 129.2475 kg)BWAS-1714 | Lower Gun Deck | 20 British 18-PounderUpper Gun Deck | 22 British 9-PounderForecastle | 2 British 6-PounderCrew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1769280Design Complement
Service History
DateEventSource11.7.1782building at Limehouse - London
at a cost of £12264.19.7dBWAS-171411.7.1782Began fitting at UnknownBWAS-171417.9.1782Completed fittingBWAS-17142.3.1783Took the Sixth Rate Corvette La Coquette (26)
off Turk's Island3.1784Paid offBWAS-17147.1785Began small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-171412.1785Completed small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
at a cost of £6945.0.0dBWAS-17142.1791Recommissioned as a troop shipBWAS-17142.1791Refitted as a 22 gun Unrated Troop Ship
3.1791Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
BWAS-17144.1791Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth
at a cost of £4040.0.0dBWAS-17146.1793RecommissionedBWAS-17146.1793Refitted as a 44 gun Fifth Rate Ship
7.1793Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth
BWAS-17148.1793Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth
at a cost of £5189.0.0dBWAS-171428.11.1793Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-171410.1794Took the Unrated Revenge (18)
16.2.1796At AmboynaBWAS-171418.3.1796At Banda NeiraBWAS-17141797Took the Unrated Yonge Frans (10)
1797Took the Unrated Yonge Lansier (10)
1797Took the Unrated Waaker (10)
1797Took the Unrated Limbi (8)
1797Took the Unrated Resource (6)
1797Took the Unrated Ternate (4)
1797Took the Unrated Juno (4)
24.7.1798Blew up by accident in Bangka Strait off Sumatra with only 4 survivors. Possibly a lightning strike.BWAS-171424.7.1798On July 23rd, the Resistance, 44, Captain Edward Pakenham, whilst at anchor in the Straits of Banca, blew up from some unexplained cause. Of the people on board her, 332 were killed and only thirteen survived. These clung to her wreckage, constructed a raft, and set sail for Sumatra, but a sudden storm arising, all but five perished. These five reached Sumatra and were imprisoned by the Malays. Eventually, only one man escaped.TRN4
Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorTypeBWAS-1714British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook