British sloop 'Saint Vincent' (1780)

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Saint Vincent	6390
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Spanish Merchant ship 'San Vincente' (1780) (10)
Captured	8.1.1780	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	EWIKI
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1714
Sold	4.1783	BWAS-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 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
10.2.1780 - 18.4.1780CommanderJames Hawkins-Whitshed (1762-1849) ADM 6/22/306
Issued by Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 28.6.1781EWIKI18.4.1780 - 27.5.1780CommanderThomas Taylor ADM 6/22/305
Issued by Marriot Arbuthnot (1711-1794), North America
Commission confirmed 28.6.1781ADM 6/2227.5.1780 - 13.2.1781CommanderGeorge Wilkinson (c.1729-1782) ADM 6/22/308
Issued by Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 4.7.1781BWAS-171413.2.1781 - 21.12.1781CommanderRobert Manning Hichens (d.1812) ADM 6/22/505
Issued by George Brydges Rodney (Baronet ) (1719-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 16.8.1782ADM 6/2221.12.1781 - 13.3.1783CommanderRichard Grindall ADM 6/22/534BWAS-171413.3.1783 - 1783CommanderDavid Knox (d.1795) ADM 6/23/140
Issued by Hugh Pigot (1722-1792), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 19.9.1783ADM 6/23

Service History

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

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

EWIKIVarious, Web Site

ADM 6/22 Archive

ADM 6/23 Archive

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