British Sixth Rate frigate 'Tourterelle' (1795)

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Tourterelle	6985
Nominal Guns	28	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Sixth Rate frigate 'Tourterelle' (1794) (28)
Captured	13.3.1795	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Honfleur - Normandy
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Sunk as Breakwater	1816	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck125' 11"Imperial Feet38.101
Length of Keel108' 3 ¼"Imperial Feet32.9248
Breadth31' 9 ⅛"Imperial Feet9.452
Depth in Hold9' 10"Imperial Feet2.7432
Burthen580 ⁹⁰⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

7.1795Broadside Weight = 192 Imperial Pound ( 87.072 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck24 British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 24-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
7.1795200 BWAS-1793

9 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1795Captain John Cooke (1762-1805)ref:6167.1795 - 1797Captain Richard FellowesBWAS-17931797 - 1798Captain Thomas BoysBWAS-17931798 - 1799Captain John West (1774-1862)BWAS-17936.1799 - 1801Commander John Fergussone (d.1803)BWAS-17931803Commander John SimpsonBWAS-17931805 - 1806Commander James Andrew Worth (d.1841)BWAS-17931806 - 1808Commander John Willoughby MarshallBWAS-17931811 - 1815Captain Andrew Fitzherbert EvansBWAS-1793

Service History

DateEventSource
14.3.1795Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
18.12.1795Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £6677.0.0dBWAS-1793
24.2.1796Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1793
5.1799Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
6.1799Refitted as a 14 gun Unrated Troop Ship
7.1799Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £6963.0.0dBWAS-1793
1800In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
4.1804Began making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
6.1805Completed making good defects at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
1806At JamaicaBWAS-1793
1808Prison ship at BermudaBWAS-1793
1808Refitted as a Other Vessels Prison Ship
1811At HalifaxBWAS-1793
1816Sunk as a breakwater at BermudaBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:616Nicholas Tracy, Book

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