British gun-brig 'Strenuous' (1805)

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Strenuous	6896
Nominal Guns	12	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	20.11.1804	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	2.1805	BWAS-1793
Launched	16.5.1805	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	William Rowe's Yard - Newcastle upon Tyne - River Tyne	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Confounder Class	BWAS-1793
Designed by	William Rule (d.1816)	BWAS-1793
Constructor	William Rowe	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Gun-brig	BWAS-1793
Sold	1.9.1814	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck84' 0"Imperial Feet25.6032
Length of Keel69' 8 ¾"Imperial Feet21.0503
Breadth22' 1"Imperial Feet6.7183
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528
Burthen180 ⁸²⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

16.5.1805Broadside Weight = 120 Imperial Pound ( 54.42 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck12 British 18-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser1 British 12-Pounder
Stern Chaser1 British 12-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
180450Design Complement

1 Commanding Officer

DatesRankNameSource
7.1805 - 1813LieutenantJohn Nugent (1782-?)BWAS-1793

Service History

DateEventSource
14.6.1805Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
1.8.1805Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
9.9.1806Action of 9th September 1806
12.10.1806Action of 1806-10-12
1809At LeithBWAS-1793
9.1809Took the Privateer Dorothea Chathorine (6) off the Naze
1813In the BalticBWAS-1793
1814In Ordinary at SheernessBWAS-1793
1.9.1814Sold at Sheerness for £960BWAS-1793

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif WinfieldBook

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Robert Boon on Thursday 2nd of February 2017 14:09

London, May 17, 1810.
Notice is hereby given, that an Account of Sales of the following Prizes, captured by His Majesty's Gun-Brig Strenuous, John.Nugent, Esq; Commander, viz.

Danish Sloop Snaren Svend, Simon Ole Pederson, Master, on the 25th of July 1809,
Danish Sloop Guld Fisker, Hans Christenson, Master, on the 3d of August 1809,
Danish Privateer. Dorothea Carine, J. Olsen, Commander, on the 16th of August 1809,

will be delivered into the Registry of the High Court of Admiralty, agreeably to Act of Parliament.
John Jackson and Co.

London Gazette Publication date:19 May 1810 Issue:16371 Page:734

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