British Third Rate ship of the line 'Rivoli' (1812)

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Rivoli	6209
Nominal Guns	74	B028
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Rivoli' (1810) (74)
Captured	22.2.1812	B028
First Commissioned	5.1813	B028
Shipyard	Venice	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Pluton Group Small Variant of Téméraire Class	W006
Designed by	Jacques-Noël Sané (1740-1831)	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Jean Marguerite Tupinier (1779-1850)	MIdN
Category	Third Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Broken Up	1.1819	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck176' 5 ½"Imperial Feet53.6575
Length of Keel144' 8 ⅝"Imperial Feet43.9071
Breadth48' 5"Imperial Feet14.6463
Depth in Hold21' 3 ¼"Imperial Feet6.4072
Burthen1,804 ⁴¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

5.1813Broadside Weight = 994 Imperial Pound ( 450.779 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 18-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 12-Pounder
Roundhouse6 British 18-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
5.1813590EstablishmentBWAS-1793

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
5.1813 - 6.1814Captain Graham Eden Hamond (1779-1862)BWAS-17146.1814 - 1.1816Captain Edward DicksonBWAS-17141.1816 - 4.1816Captain Charles Ogle (1775-1858)BWAS-17144.1816 - 2.1817Captain Askew Pafford Hollis (1766-1844)BWAS-1714

4 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
14.5.1813 - 22.3.1816First Lieutenant George Charles BlakeNBD184920.1.1816 - 1816Lieutenant Benjamin Aplin (1791-1860)W0338.2.1816 - 7.5.1818Lieutenant Mark John Currie (1795-1874)NBD184923.7.1816 - 2.1817Lieutenant John BranfordNBD1849

4 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
22.5.1813 - 5.10.1813Midshipman William ShepheardRNB182312.1813 - 7.1814Master's Mate Robert ButcherNBD18491815 - 1817Midshipman Henry Hope BinghamNBD184911.1815 - 1817Midshipman James AndersonNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
22.2.1812Captured in the AdriaticBWAS-1793
20.7.1812Arrived in PortsmouthBWAS-1793
5.1813Commissioned for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
28.7.1813Completed large repair and fitting at Portsmouth at a cost of £51,318BWAS-1793
30.4.1815Took the Frigate La Melpomene (44) off Ischia
1.1816Began fitting as a Guardship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
2.1816Completed fitting as a Guardship at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £13327.0.0dBWAS-1793
2.1817Paid offBWAS-1793
1.1819Broken up at PortsmouthBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

W006Teemu, Web Site

MIdNVirgilio Ilari, Digital Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

RNB1823John Marshall, Digital Book

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