British sloop 'Saint Vincent' (1780)

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Saint Vincent

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Nominal Guns14BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
PreviouslySpanish Merchant ship 'San Vincente' (1780) (10)
Captured8.1.1780BWAS-1714
ShipyardUnknownE-WIKI
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeSloop BWAS-1714
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1714
Sold4.1783BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck83' 0"Imperial Feet25.2984 
Length of Keel58' 9"Imperial Feet17.707 
Breadth24' 0"Imperial Feet7.3152 
Depth in Hold12' 0"Imperial Feet3.6576 
Burthen276Tons BM 

Armament


2.1780Broadside Weight = 42 Imperial Pound ( 19.047 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck14 British 6-Pounder

6 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
10.2.1780 - 18.4.1780Commander James Hawkins-Whitshed (1762-1849) ADM 6/22/306
Issued by Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 28.6.1781E-WIKI18.4.1780 - 27.5.1780Commander Thomas Taylor ADM 6/22/305
Issued by Marriot Arbuthnot (1711-1794), North America
Confirmed 28.6.1781ADM 6/2227.5.1780 - 13.2.1781Commander George Wilkinson (c.1729-1782) ADM 6/22/308
Issued by Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 4.7.1781BWAS-171413.2.1781 - 21.12.1781Commander Robert Manning Hichens (d.1812) ADM 6/22/505
Issued by George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 16.8.1782ADM 6/2221.12.1781 - 13.3.1783Commander Richard Grindall ADM 6/22/534BWAS-171413.3.1783 - 1783Commander David Knox (d.1795) ADM 6/23/140
Issued by Hugh Pigot (1722-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 19.9.1783ADM 6/23

Service History


DateEventSource
10.10.1780Driven ashore by a hurricane in the Leeward Islands but was refloatedBWAS-1714

 
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