British cutter 'Tapageur' (1779)

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Tapageur
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French cutter 'Le Tapageur' (1778) (14)
Captured	4.1779	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Dunkerque - Flanders	NNF-1774
Ship Class	Mutin Class	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Cutter	BWAS-1714
Wrecked	3.1780	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck73' 6"Imperial Feet22.3012
Length of Keel54' 10 ½"Imperial Feet16.4719
Breadth27' 9"Imperial Feet8.2623
Depth in Hold10' 10"Imperial Feet3.048
Burthen224 ⁶⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

2 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
5.1779 - 3.1780LieutenantCharles Fitzgerald (1756-1810)BWAS-17141781 - 4.1781LieutenantPhilip D'Auvergne (1754-1816)BWAS-1714

Service History

DateEventSource
25.5.1779Registered as a sloopBWAS-1714
27.5.1779Registered as a cutterBWAS-1714
21.7.1779Began coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
22.8.1779Completed coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £1484.18.5dBWAS-1714
3.1780Wrecked while warping into Careenage Bay, St Lucia, but apparently still in service in 1781?BWAS-1714
16.4.1781At Porto Praya?BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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