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
5 Ship Commanders
DatesRankNameSource21.3.1782 - 14.6.1783Captain ADM 6/22/428BWAS-171414.6.1783 - 1783Captain ADM 6/23/201
Confirmed 15.4.1784ADM 6/238.10.1790 - 28.1.1791Commander Transfered ADM 6/24/75ADM 6/2412.2.1791 - 10.10.1793Commander Transfered ADM 6/24/107BWAS-171427.6.1793 - 24.7.1798Captain† ADM 6/24/250BWAS-17143 Commissioned Officers
DatesRankNameSource3.11.1790 - 11.2.1791Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/85ADM 6/2412.2.1791 - 1791First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/107ADM 6/2412.2.1791 - 1791Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/107ADM 6/241 Warrant Officer
DatesRankNameSource16.10.1790 - 1790Purser ADM 6/24/79ADM 6/241 Petty Officer
DatesRatingNameSource1782MidshipmanNBD1849Service 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 Corvette 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 Ship3.1791Began 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 Ship7.1793Began 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 16.2.1796At AmboynaBWAS-171418.3.1796At Banda NeiraBWAS-17141797Took the Unrated 1797Took the Unrated 1797Took the Unrated 1797Took the Unrated 1797Took the Unrated 1797Took the Unrated 1797Took the Unrated 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