British sloop 'Saint Lucia' (1803)

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Saint Lucia
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French schooner 'Enfant Prodigue' (1796) (14)
Captured	24.6.1803	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Bordeaux - Gascony	NNF-1792
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1793
Captured	29.3.1807	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck85' 6"Imperial Feet25.9385
Length of Keel65' 0"Imperial Feet19.812
Breadth23' 0"Imperial Feet7.0104
Burthen183Tons BM

4 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
19.10.1803 - 4.5.1804CommanderConway Shipley (d.1808)BWAS-17934.5.1804 - 11.1804CommanderRobert Carthew Reynolds (d.1804)BWAS-179321.11.1804 - 1.2.1806CommanderJames Ayscough (d.1808)BWAS-17931.2.1806 - 29.3.1807CommanderJames Murray GordonBWAS-1793

Service History

DateEventSource
25.1.1804Took the Privateer Le Furet (4) in the Leeward Islands
25.1.1804Took the Privateer Le Bijou (6) in the Leeward Islands
14.2.1804Took the Privateer La Recompence (10) in the Leeward Islands
29.3.1807Taken by the French off Guadaloupe

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1792Alain Demerliac, Book

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