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USF Hancock (1776)

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Hancock, 34 Guns

Details
Nationality	American
Ordered	1775/12/13	W012
Launched	1776/04/17	W012
Shipyard	Newburyport	W012
Rate	Frigate
Type	Frigate
Out Service	1777/07/08	W012
Fate	Captured	W012
Becomes	Iris

Dimensions
B057		Type	Metric
Length of Gundeck	140' 8"	Imperial Feet	42.88
Length of Keel	116' 2"	Imperial Feet	35.41
Breadth	35' 2"	Imperial Feet	10.72
Depth in Hold	10' 7"	Imperial Feet	3.23
Draught Forward	14' 0"	Imperial Feet	4.27
Burthen	764	Tons BM
W012		Type	Metric
Length of Gundeck	136' 7"	Imperial Feet	41.63
Breadth	35' 6"	Imperial Feet	10.82
Depth in Hold	11' 6"	Imperial Feet	3.51
Burthen	763	Tons BM

Armament
1776	W012	Broadside Weight = 174
Gun Deck	24	American 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	6	American 6-Pounder
Forecastle	4	American 6-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date	Men	Notes	Source
1776/04	290		W012

Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1776/04/17	1777/07/08	Captain	John Manley	W012

Officer
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
		Midshipman	William Atkins	American Prisoners of the Revolution
		Midshipman	George Barnard	The Fish and the Falcon

Crew
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1777/06		Cabin boy	John Blatchford	The Fish and the Falcon
		Marine	Eliphalet Jones	Civil War Days & Those Surnames
		Marine	Nathan Parker	Civil War Days & Those Surnames

Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1776/04/17	Commissioned	W012
1777/05/21	Left Boston the North Atlantic in company with Boston and Several Privateers
1777/05/27	All Privateers had left the two frigates
1777/05/29	Took a Brig belonging to a convoy under Somerset - 64 and a frigate
1777/06/07	The two ships captured Fox , a British 28 gun frigate
1777/07/06	Took a Sloop sailing out of Louisburg, it was burnt on July 7th
1777/07/06	Sighted and chased by three British vessels, [HBMF Flora\|Flora] - 38, [HBMF Rainbow\|Rainbow] - 44 and [HBMF
1777/07/06	Sighted and chased by three British vessels,Flora - 38, Rainbow - 44
1777/07/08	Taken by Rainbow after a chase of 39 hours\|

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

Actions & Battles
Date		Source
1777/06/07	Action of 1777-06-07
1777/07/07	Action of 1777-07-07

Notes on Ship
Figurehead	A Naval History of the American Revolution
A man's head with yellow breeches, white stockings, blue coat with yellow button holes, small cocked hat with a yellow lace, has a mast in lieu of an ensign Staff with a latteen sail on it, has a fore and aft driver boom, with another across, two top gallant royal masts, pole mizen topmast, a whole mizen yard and mounts 32 Guns, has a Rattle Snake carved on the stern, netting all around the ship, stern black and yellow, quarter galleries all yellow
Principal Dimensions of the Rebel Frigate Hancock.	A Naval History of the American Revolution
Length on the upper Deck, 140 ft. 8 ins. Breadth on Do. 30 ft.2 ins. Length of Keel for Tonnage, 116ft 2 ins. Extreme Breadth, 35ft 2ins. Depth in the Hold, 10ft 7 ins Burthen in Tons, 764. Height between Decks, 5ft 6ins Do. in the Waste, 5 ft 0 ins. Size of the Gun Ports, Fore & Aft, 2ft 7ins Up & Down, 2ft 2ins Length on the Quarter Deck, 57ft 8ins Length on the Forecastle, 31ft 3ins Draught of Water, afore, 14 ft. 0 ins. abaft, 15 ft. 10 ins. Height of the Ports from the Surface of the Water, Forward 9 ft. 0 ins. Midships 8 ft. 2 ins. Abaft 9 ft. 2ins .''

Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
W012	Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels	Unknown
B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield
B037	A Naval History of the American Revolution	Gardner W Allen

Last Updated :2009/01/17 at 00:25:13 by Cy

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