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HBMF Minerve (1795)

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Minerve, 38 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Previously	Minerve
Captured	1795/06/24	B064
Shipyard	Captured	B064
Rate	Fifth Rate
Type	Frigate
Out Service	1803/07/03	B064
Fate	Captured	B064
Becomes	Cononniere

Dimensions

Source	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817
Length of Gundeck	154' 4¹/₂"
Length of Keel	130' 0¹/₈"
Breadth	39' 11"
Depth in Hold	13' 0"
Draught Aft	13' 0"
Burthen	1,101⁷⁹/₉₄

Armament

Date	1795/08	B064
Quarterdeck	6	British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2	British 32-Pound Carronade
Gun Deck	28	British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	8	British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 9-Pounder

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1795	300	Establishment	B064

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1796/12/15	1797/02	Commodore	Horatio Nelson	B064

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1795/06	1795/08	Post Captain	Henry Towry	B064
1795/08	1796/04	Post Captain	Henry Towry	B064
1796/04	1796/08	Post Captain	Charles Ogle	B064
1796/08	1802	Post Captain	George Cockburn	B064
1802/10	1803/07/03	Post Captain	Jahleel Brenton	B064

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1796	1797/12/20	First Lieutenant	John Culverhouse	B064
1796	1797/06/13	Lieutenant	William Hall Gage	B064
1796/08	1796/12/20	Second Lieutenant	Thomas Masterman Hardy	B064
1796/12/15	1796/12/20	Flag Lieutenant	James Noble
1797/06/13	1797/07/26	Commander	William Hall Gage	B064

Service record

1795/06	Commissioned in the Mediterranean	B064
1795/08	Paid off at Portsmouth	B064
1795/08	Recommissioned	B064
1796/12/23	Took the 6-gun privateer Monica	B064
1797/05/27	The Minerve's boats with those of Lively cut out the 14-gun Mutine as Santa Cruz	B064
1798/04/26	Arrived at Portsmouth	B064
1798/04/26	Registered	B064
1798/09/21	Completed fitting at Portsmouth at a cost of £12,866	B064
1800/03/02	Took the 14-gun privateer Furet while on the Lisbon station	B064
1800/04	Took the 20-gun privateer Manche and the Spanish privateer Nuestra Senora del Carmen on the Spanish coast	B064
1800/05/15	Took the 15-gun privateer Vengenace in company with Netley	B064
1801/09/02	Retook the Success in company with Pomone and Phoenix in the Mediterranean	B064
1802	Paid off	B064
1802/10	Recommissioned	B064
1803/07/03	Grounded of Cherbourg and taken by Chiffone and Terrible	B064
1810/02/03	Retaken by Valiant but not re-added to the Royal Navy	B064

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1796/12/19	Action of 1796-12-19
1797/02/14	2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent

Notes

I believe she retained her original French guns until the 1798 refit in Portsmouth

Sources

B064	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817
1	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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