British Fifth Rate frigate 'Revolutionaire' (1794)

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Revolutionaire	6181
Nominal Guns	36	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'Révolutionnaire' (1794) (36)
Captured	21.10.1794	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	4.1795	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	4.10.1822	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck157' 2"Imperial Feet47.8536
Length of Keel131' 9 ⅞"Imperial Feet39.951
Breadth40' 5 ½"Imperial Feet12.2047
Depth in Hold12' 6"Imperial Feet3.6576
Burthen1,147 ⁶⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1795Broadside Weight = 306 Imperial Pound ( 138.771 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 9-Pounder

1803Broadside Weight = 621 Imperial Pound ( 281.6235 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck28 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck6 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck8 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

1812Broadside Weight = 425 Imperial Pound ( 192.7375 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck8 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

10 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
4.1795 - 18.4.1798CaptainFrancis Cole (d.1798)†BWAS-179318.4.1798 - 9.1801CaptainThomas Twysden (d.1801)BWAS-17936.1802 - 1803CaptainThomas Bladen Capel (1776-1853)BWAS-17934.1803 - 8.1803CaptainWalter Locke (d.1835)BWAS-17938.1803 - 4.1804CaptainRobert HallBWAS-17934.1804 - 2.1806CaptainHenry Hotham (1777-1833)BWAS-17932.1806 - 1811CaptainCharles Fielding (1780-1837)BWAS-179310.1812 - 1815CaptainJohn Charles WoolcombeBWAS-17938.1818 - 1822CaptainFleetwood Broughton Reynolds PellewBWAS-17931822Captain Henry Duncan (1786-1835)BWAS-1793

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1796First LieutenantEdward Ellicott (d.1847)DAR-18373.11.1813 - 10.1814LieutenantFrederick Bullock (1788-1874)NBD1849

3 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
2.1806 - 1807MidshipmanHenry KentNBD18499.1818 - 6.1822MidshipmanJoseph BroomheadNBD184918.5.1821 - 1821MidshipmanCharles Anstruther Barlow (1800-?)NBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
1795Able SeamanHenry BirminghamADM 171/8

Service History

DateEventSource
21.10.1794Taken by Artois (38)
4.11.1794Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
7.5.1795Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £9014.0.0dBWAS-1793
23.6.1795Action of Ile Groix
12.4.1796Took the Frigate Variante (32) off Brest
31.3.1799

Sailed from Plymouth

TNC
30.5.1799Took the Brig La Victoire (16) without prizes in her last cruiseBG
2.6.1799Took the Privateer L'Hyppotine
29.6.1799Took the Corvette La Déterminée (20) off the Irish coast
11.10.1799Took the Corvette Le Bordelais (24)
11.10.1799Took the Unrated Le Grand Ferrailleu (18)
4.3.1800Took the Ship La Trompeuse (18) off Ireland
4.3.1800Took the Privateer Le Coureur (10) on the Irish Station
16.2.1801Took the Brig Moucheron (16) on the Irish Station
5.6.1803Sailed for GibraltarBWAS-1793
4.11.1805Battle of Cape Ortegal
10.1811Began large repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
10.1812RecommissionedBWAS-1793
12.1812Completed large repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
10.7.1813Reduction of San Sebastien
25.7.1813Took the Privateer Matilda
31.12.1813Sailed with a convoy to the East IndiesBWAS-1793
1817Began very small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
4.1817Completed very small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
8.1818RecommissionedBWAS-1793
8.1818Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
1.1819Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
4.10.1822Broken up at PlymouthBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

DAR-1837 Digital Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ADM 171/8British Admiralty, Document

TNCVarious, Periodical

BGOfficial, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Tim Oakley on Wednesday 8th of November 2017 20:26

Circa 4 Feb 1804 Mr Vance, who came home surgeon of the Revolutionaire apptd Surgeon of the Royal Naval Hospital at Barbadoes.

Posted by Tim Oakley on Wednesday 8th of November 2017 20:07

Circa 20 Aug 1803 Capt R Hall apptd to the Revolutionaire, in command, vice Lock, pro tempore.
Circa 8 Sep 1803 Capt Lock has resumed command of the Revolutionaire, vice Hall.

Posted by Tim Oakley on Wednesday 8th of November 2017 19:58

Circa 27 Feb 1804 a coroner's inquest on the body of Marine W Clark, who fell overboard from the Revolutionaire, and was drowned verdict : accidental death.

Posted by Tim Oakley on Saturday 4th of November 2017 19:31

4 Oct 1801 Revolutionaire36 Captain Thomas Twysden departed Plymouth Sound for the Irish Channel.
5 Oct 1801 Revolutionaire36 Captain Thomas Twysden was found dead in his cabin. The ship returned to Plymouth and Captain Murray, formerly of the Jason now has the command, and the vessel has been sent to the Mediterranean with urgent dispatches.

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