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HBMF Phaeton (1782)

Page history last edited by Cy 14 years, 9 months ago

Phaeton, 38 Guns


Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1780/03/03 B057
Laid Down 1780/06/00 B028
Launched 1782/06/12 B028
Shipyard Liverpool B028
Design Class Minerva Class (1778)
Designer Edward Hunt B057
Constructor John Smallshaw B057
Rate Fifth Rate
Type Frigate
Out Service 1828/03/26 B028
Fate Sold for Break Up B028

Dimensions
B057   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 141' 0" Imperial Feet 42.98
Length of Keel 116' 51/4" Imperial Feet 35.49
Breadth 39' 01/2" Imperial Feet 11.9
Depth in Hold 13' 101/4" Imperial Feet 4.22
Burthen 9444/94 Tons BM

Armament
1782/06/12 B057 Broadside Weight = 394
Upper Gun Deck 28 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 14 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Quarterdeck 6 British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck 8 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle 4 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle 2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1778/11/06 270 Design Complement  

Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1782/03 1783 Post Captain William Waldegrave B057
1783/04 1785/08 Post Captain John Colpoys B057
1786/09 1788/11/20 Post Captain George Dawson B057
1792/12 1794/02 Post Captain Andrew Snape Douglas B057
1794/09 1799/07 Post Captain Robert Stopford B057
1799/07 1802/03 Post Captain James Nicoll Morris B057
1803/07 1806/10 Post Captain George Cockburn B057
1806/10 1808/07 Post Captain John Wood B057
1808/07 1808/10/13 Commander Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew B057
1808/10/14 1812/08 Post Captain Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew B057
1816/10 1817 Post Captain Francis Stanfell B057
1818/04/14 1819/10 Post Captain William Henry Dillon B057
1819/10/29 1822/09/23 Post Captain William Augustus Montagu B163
1822/09 1825 Post Captain Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt B057
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1794/12/24 1797/09 Lieutenant George Wolfe B163
1796/05/10 1800 Lieutenant Francis Beaufort B080
1796/05/10 1800/11/12 Lieutenant Francis Beaufort B163
1800 1800/11/13 First Lieutenant Francis Beaufort B080
1815/10/31 1818/01/07 Lieutenant Richard Hoare B163
1818/04 1819/10 Lieutenant John Geary B163
1819/10/29 1822/05/17 Lieutenant Charles Philip Yorke B163
1819/10/29 1822/09/23 First Lieutenant Henry Fage Belson B080
1819/11/01 1822/01/28 Lieutenant Coote Hely Hutchinson B163
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1783/04 1787 Midshipman John Hancock B163
1786/11/21 1788/12/03 Midshipman Richard Curry B163
1793 1794/04 Midshipman Graham Eden Hamond B163
1794/09 1796/05/09 Midshipman Francis Beaufort B163
1795 1796/05/10 Midshipman Francis Beaufort B080
1798 1799/07/07 Midshipman Francis Mason B163
1799/07 1802/01/10 Midshipman Anthony Collins Stanton B163
1802/06 1807/03 Midshipman James Anderson B080
1803/09 1805/06 Midshipman James Scott B163
1810 1810/09/19 Midshipman Nicholas Atkin B080
1819/10/30 1824/08 Midshipman Edward John Carpenter B163
1825 1825/03 Midshipman Richard Brydges Beechey B080
Crew
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1819/12/10 1822/04 1st Class Volunteer St Leger Aldworth B082

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1782/03 First Commissioned B057
1782/11 Began fitting at Plymouth B057
1782/12/27 Completed fitting at a cost of £7,565.18.18d B057
1782/12/27 Completed at Plymouth at a cost of £18,986.8.8d ,excluding fitting B057
1783/04 Recommissioned B057
1783/10/08 Sailed for the Mediterranean B057
1785/08 Paid off B057
1786/09 Recommissioned B057
1786/12/17 Sailed for the Mediterranean B057
1788/12 Paid off B057
1790/12 Began large repair at Portsmouth B057
1792/12 Recommissioned B057
1793/01 Completed large repair at a cost of £15,788.0.0d B057
1793/03 Took the privateer Aimable Liberte in the Channel B057
1793/04/14 Took the privateer General Dumourier B057
1793/05/28 Took the Prompte (20) off the Spanish coast B057
1793/06 In company with the Weazle took the privateers Poisson Volant and General Washington in the Channel B057
1793/11/27 In company with Latona took the Blonde off Ushant B057
1794/02 Paid off B057
1794/03 Recommissioned B057
1794/06/01 Present at Glorious 1st of June  
1794/06/01 Took the Defence in tow having briefly engaged the Impetueux B030
1795 Part of the royal escort for Princess Carolina of Brunswick B057
1795/06/07 Assisted at the capture of eight vessels laden with wine and naval stores from Bourdeaux; during which she endeavouried to take a corvette that had sought refuge under a battery on the south end of Belleisle, the Phaeton had 1 man killed, 7 others wounded, and 2 guns dismounted. B163
1796/03/10 Took the Bonne Citoyenne (20) off Cape Finisterre B057
1797/03/06 Took the privateer Actif in the Channel B057
1797/06/16 Present at Cornwallis's Retreat  
1797/09/16 Took the privateer Chasseur in the Channel B057
1797/09/16 In company with Unite took the Indien (16) off Les Roches Bonnes B057
1797/12/28 In company with Unite and Stag took Decouverte and Hasard (12) B057
1797/12/29 In company with Anson retook the Daphne B057
1798/01/01 Took the privateer Aventure B057
1798/02/19 Took the privateer Legere (18) in the Channel B057
1798/03/22 Destroyed a large frigate near Cordoban lighthouse B057
1798/03/22 Chased the French Charente (36) off the il d'Aix, which escaped after running aground B041
1798/08/31 In company with Anson took the privateer Mercure (18) B057
1798/09/06 In company with Anson took the Flore Americaine (32) B057
1798/10/08 Took the privateer Levrier (16) in the Channel B057
1798/11/20 Took the Hirondelle (20) B057
1798/11/24 Took the privateer Resolue (18) B057
1798/12/06 Took the privateer Ressource (10) B057
1800 To the Mediterranean until 1801 B057
1800/05 Present at the seige of Genoa B041
1800/05/16 Her boats, together with Naiad's, took El Reposo and destroyed La Alcudia at Pontevedro B057
1800/10/27 Her boats took the 14-gun Polacca San Jose at Fuengirola B041
1802/03 Paid off B057
1802/12 Began large repair at Deptford B057
1803/07 Recommissioned B057
1803/08 Completed large repair at a cost of £21,545.0.0d B057
1805/08/02 Present at the Action of 1805-08-02  
1805/08/02 With Harrier in action against Semillante off Jacinto B057
1808 At Nagasaki B057
1811/04/24 Sailed from Madras B030
1811/05/21 Arrived at Penang B030
1811/05/24 Left Penang B030
1811/05/24 Left Penang for Malacca B030
1811/06/11 Left Malacca as part of the fleet to suppress Java B030
1811/08 Present at the reduction of Java B057
1811/08/31 Landing parties from the Phaeton and the Sir Francis Drake rushed and took the fort of Sumenap, in the island of Madura B030
1812/08 Returned home with the East India convoy B057
1812/10 Began large repair at Deptford B057
1814/04 Completed large repair at a cost of £0.0.0d B057
1814/04 Fitted for ordinary at Sheerness B057
1815/11 Began fitting at Sheerness B057
1816/01 Completed fitting at a cost of £0.0.0d B057
1816/10 Commissioned for St Helena B057
1818/04 Commissioned for the East Indies B057
1819/10 Paid off and then recommissioned B057
1825 Paid off B057
1827/07/11 Sold to Mr Freake for £3,430. The sale was cancelled Mr Freake having been declared insane B057
1828/03/26 Resold to Joshua Cristall for £2,500 for breaking up B057

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

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1794/06/01 Glorious 1st of June
1797/06/16 Cornwallis's Retreat
1805/08/02 Action of 1805-08-02

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B057 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 Rif Winfield
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B163 Royal Navy Biography John Marshall
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien
B082 The Navy List 1865 The Admiralty
B030 The Royal Navy Vol V William Laid Clowes
B041 The Royal Navy Vol IV William Laid Clowes

Last Updated :2009/06/23 at 14:01:38 by Cy

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