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HBMF Orpheus (1780)

Page history last edited by PBworks 16 years, 9 months ago

Orpheus, 32 Gun Frigate

 

Details

NationalityBritish
Ordered
Started
Named
Launched1780-Jun-03B028
ShipyardDeptfordB028
Designer
ConstructorAdams & BarnardB028
Supplier
Decks1
RateFifth Rate
In Service1780B028
Out Service1807-Jan-23B028
FateWreckedB028

 

Dimensions

Gun DeckKeelBeamDepthDraughtBurthenDisplacementSource
126' 6"35' 0"688B028

 

Armament

DateCrewGunsLower GundeckQuarterdeckForecastleB/S WeightSource

 

Commanders

Date FromDate toNameSource
1780?John ColpoysB041
1794Henry NewcomeB041
17991799Robert EvansActing
1799William Hills
18011803-Apr-13Charles Elphinstone
1803Hill
1805C W BoysActing
1806Thomas Briggs

 

Officers

Date FromDate ToRank/PositionNameSource
1799First LieutenantHodgkins
1806LieutenantGeorge Vine

 

Service record

1781-Mar-20Part of squadron convoying General Phillips and 2000 men from New York to the Chesapeake and James River
1781-Apr-14Captured the Confederacy in company with Roebuck
1794-May-05Captured the French frigate Duguay Trouin (28)
1795-JunExpedition against Malacca
1796-Mar-08Covered a landing on Banda Neira in the East Indies
1799-May-24Took a brig (6) in the East Indies
1799-Oct-24Took to Dutch East India Company vessels, the brig Zeevracht (22) and the panchallang Zeelast (22)
1800-May-06In company with Arrogant took Hertzoy de Brunswick (288) and Dolphin (24), both Dutch East India Company vessels
1801Still in the East Indies
1803-Mar-21Arrived at Portsmouth
1803-Apr-13Paid Off
1803-JunRecommissioned and sailed for Guernsey
1806-Sep-25Captured the French privateer schooner Guadaloupe (3)
1806-Nov-20Captured the Spanish National Schooner Dolores (3)
1807-Jan-23Wrecked on a coral in the West Indies

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource

 

Notes

 

Sources

B028Ships of The Royal Navy - 15C to Present
B041The Royal Navy - Vol IV

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