British Sixth Rate sloop 'Convert' (1777)

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Convert -> 1778 Beaver's Prize
Nominal Guns	24	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	American Privateer ship 'Oliver Cromwell' (1777) (24)
Captured	19.5.1777	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	11.1779	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	W027
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Wrecked	11.10.1780	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck85' 9"Imperial Feet25.9537
Length of Keel69' 0"Imperial Feet21.0312
Breadth26' 0"Imperial Feet7.9248
Depth in Hold12' 5"Imperial Feet3.7211
Burthen248 ¹⁰⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

8.1777Broadside Weight = 84 Imperial Pound ( 38.094 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck12 American 9-Pounder
Gun Deck6 American 6-Pounder
Gun Deck6 American 4-Pounder

5.1778Broadside Weight = 44.5 Imperial Pound ( 20.181 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck14 British 6-Pounder
Gun Deck10 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1778110 W027

1 Commanding Officer

DatesRankNameSource
25.8.1777 - 11.10.1780CommanderJohn Auriol Drummond (d.1780)† ADM 6/21/345
Issued by James Young (1717-1789), Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Commission confirmed 13.12.1777ADM 6/21

Service History

DateEventSource
28.8.1777Established as a 24-gun Sixth RateBWAS-1714
10.1.1778Refitted as a 12 gun Unrated Sloop
10.1.1778Renamed Beaver's PrizeBWAS-1714
18.1.1778Arrived at SheernessBWAS-1714
3.1778Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
13.5.1778Refitted as a 14 gun Unrated Sloop
6.1778Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £3525.7.9dBWAS-1714
2.12.1778Refitted as a 16 gun Unrated Sloop
11.1779Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
1.1780Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £2263.16.5dBWAS-1714
11.10.1780Wrecked in a hurricane off St Lucia, only 17 survivorsBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

W027Ken Kellow, Web Site

ADM 6/21 Archive

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