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HBMF Active (1799)

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Active, 32 Guns


Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1796/04/27 B064
Laid Down 1798/07/00 B064
Launched 1799/12/14 B064
Shipyard Chatham DY B064
Designer John Henslow B064
Master Shipbuilder Edward Sison B064
Rate Fifth Rate
Type Frigate
Out Service 1860/10/24 B064
Fate Broken Up B064

Dimensions
B064   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 150' 0" Imperial Feet 45.72
Length of Keel 125' 27/8" Imperial Feet 38.17
Breadth 39' 9" Imperial Feet 12.12
Depth in Hold 13' 9" Imperial Feet 4.19
Burthen 1,05255/94 Tons BM

Armament
1799/12 B064 Broadside Weight = 425
Gun Deck 28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck 6 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck 8 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle 2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1799/12 284 Establishment (later increased to 315) B064

Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1799/12 1801/09 Post Captain Charles Sydney Davers B064
1801/09 1801/10 Post Captain John Giffard B064
1801/10 1801/10 Commander Thomas George Shortland B064
1801/10 1804/08 Post Captain Charles Sydney Davers B064
1804/10 1809/05 Post Captain Richard Hussey Mowbray B064
1808/08 1809/05 Post Captain James Alexander Gordon B064
1809/06 1812/06 Post Captain James Alexander Gordon B064
1815 1815/10 Post Captain William King B064
1815/10 1817 Post Captain Philip Carteret B064
1819/01 1821/12 Post Captain James Alexander Gordon B064
1821/12 1824/09 Post Captain Andrew King B064
1824/09 1825/10 Post Captain HRH Robert Rodney B064
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1811 1811 Lieutenant George Wickins Willes B064
1811 1811 Lieutenant George Haye B064
1811 1811/10/28 Lieutenant William Wilmot Henderson B064
1811/10/28 Unknown Lieutenant William Bateman Dashwood B064
1814/01/23 1821 First Lieutenant George Bague B080
1822/07/06 1823/12/01 Lieutenant Henry Martin Blackwood B057
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1803/10 1806/05/22 Midshipman John Jordan Arrow B082
1811 1811 Midshipman James Lew B064
1811 1811 Midshipman Robert Kingston B064
1811/10/28 Aboard Midshipman George Osborne B064
1819/04 Unknown Midshipman John James Allen B082
1822/04 1825/11 Midshipman St Leger Aldworth B082
Crew
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1819/02 1821/07 1st Class Volunteer Thomas Frederick Birch B080

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1800/10/29 Sailed on a cruise W004
1800/11/09 Returned to port B064
1800/12 Cruising off L'Havre B064
1801/01/26 Took the French privateer cutter B164
1801/05/25 Sailed for Egypt in company with B164
1802/03/27 Arrived a Lisbon W004
1802/07/13 Returned to Portsmouth W004
1803/03 At Malta W004
1803/03/31 Spotted the French Fleet leaving Toulon for the West Indies and followed them until nightfall W004
1805/01/18 In company with B164
1806 On the Irish station B064
1807/02 In Sir Thomas Louis' squadron for the Mediterranean B064
1807/02/19 Engaged and drove ashore a Turkish frigate. Shw was blown up by boats from the Active W004
1807/02/19 At the Dardanelles B064
1807/03/03 Hit by a Granite shot weighing 800 pounds and measuring 6' 6", no one was injured W004
1807/04/27 Captured the French privateer **Amis** (4) B064
1808/03/26 With the Standard took the Italian brig Friedland (16) off Cape Blanco in the Adriatic B064
1809 Escorted a fleet of merchantmen to England and paid off in May W004
1809/05 Began a refit at Chatham W004
1809/06 Recommissioned B064
1809/09 Completed refit at Chatham W004
1811/02/02 Boats form the Active took part in taking four Venetian trabaccolos from the port of Pestichi W004
1811/03/13 Present at the Battle of Lissa  
1811/07/29 Active's boats attacked a convoy in a creek. 3 gunboats and 18 vessels were taken, 10 were destroyed W004
1811/11/28 Left Port St George on Lissa in company with B164
1812/06 Paid off and placed in ordinary at Sheerness and then at Woolwich B064
1813/06 Started a middling repair at Woolwich B064
1814/03 Completed middling repair B064
1815 Recommissioned for the Jamaica station W004
1815/11 Started fitting at Sheerness W004
1816/04 Completed fitting W004
1817 Jamaica station, returning to England later B064
1818 In ordinary at Portsmouth B064
1819/01 Recommissioned at Portsmouth for the Halifax Station B064
1821 Paid off after attending on George IV during his visit to Ireland B064
1821/12 In Portsmouth commissioning for the Mediterranean W004
1824/09 Returned to England W004
1825/10 Started fitting as a receiving ship at Plymouth B064
1826/02 Completed fitting as a receiving ship B064

Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1811/03/13 Battle of Lissa

Notes on Ship
In the Battle of Lissa the Active lost 15 killed, another five were lost fighting the fire onboard the prize Bellona. In the action of 28 November 1811, Active lost 8 killed, including midshipman George Osborne and 27 wounded, including captain Gordon who lost a leg, and the first lieutenant William Bateman Dashwood who lost an arm.

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B064 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 Rif Winfield
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien
B057 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 Rif Winfield
B082 The Navy List 1865 The Admiralty
W004 Ships of the Old Navy Michael Philips
B164 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 Rif Winfield

Last Updated :2009/07/24 at 10:50:09 by Cy

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