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HBMS Warrior (1781)

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Warrior, 74 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Royal Navy The Royal Navy
Ordered 1773/07/21 B057
Laid Down 1773/11/00 B057
Launched 1781/10/18 B057
Shipyard Portsmouth DY B057
Design Class Alfred Class (1772)
Designer John Williams B057
Master Shipbuilder George White B057
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1857/12/11 B057
Fate Broken Up B057
Dimensions
B057   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 169' 0" Imperial Feet 51.51
Length of Keel 138' 23/4" Imperial Feet 42.13
Breadth 47' 3" Imperial Feet 14.4
Depth in Hold 20' 0" Imperial Feet 6.1
Draught Forward 11' 6" Imperial Feet 3.51
Draught Aft 17' 0" Imperial Feet 5.18
Burthen 1,64148/94 Tons BM
Armament
1781/10/18 B057 Broadside Weight = 781
Lower Gun Deck 28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck 14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle 4 British 9-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1772 600 Design Complement  
Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1815 1815/09 Rear-Admiral of the Blue John Erskine Douglas B057
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1781/10 1782/06 Captain Sir James Wallace B057
1782/06 1783 Captain John Symons B057
1797/03 1797/04 Captain Sir Henry Trollope B057
1797/04 1799/05 Captain Henry Savage B057
1799/05 1802 Captain Charles Tyler B057
1804/05 1805/05 Captain William Bligh B057
1805/05 1806/04 Captain Samuel Hood Linzee B057
1806/04 1811 Captain John William Spranger B057
1811/10 1814/09 Captain George Byng B057
1814/09 1815/09 Captain John Tremayne Rodd B057
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1809/01/13 1810/05/04 Acting Lieutenant Thomas Beer B080
1810/05/04 1811/04/28 Lieutenant Thomas Beer B080
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1811/11 1815/07 Midshipman Robert Ross Achmuty B080
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1781/12/16 Completed at Portsmouth DY ,including coppering B057
1782/01/10 Sailed for the Leeward Islands B057
1782/04/09 Present at the Action off Dominica  
1782/04/12 Present at the Battle of the Saintes  
1782/04/19 Present at the Action in the Mona Passage  
1782/07/21 Sailed to America B057
1782/09/05 At New York B057
1782/10/24 Sailed from New York B057
1783 Paid off B057
1784/03 Began small repair at Portsmouth DY B057
1784/07 Completed small repair B057
1784/07 Laid up at Portsmouth B057
1796/09 Began middling repair at Chatham DY B057
1797/03 Completed middling repair B057
1797/03 Recommissioned B057
1797/04/04 Sailed for the Mediterranean B057
1799 In the Channel B057
1801 In the Baltic B057
1802/02 Arrived at Jamaica B057
1802/06 Left Jamaica B057
1803/01 Began large repair at Plymouth DY B057
1804/05 Recommissioned B057
1804/07 Completed large repair at a cost of £64,006.0.0d ,including fitting B057
1805/07/22 Present at 3rd Battle of Cape Finisterre  
1806/12 Flagship in the Channel B057
1809 Sailed to the Mediterranean B057
1811/08 Began fitting at Chatham DY B057
1811/10 Recommissioned for the North Sea B057
1811/11 Completed fitting B057
1814/09 At Jamaica B057
1815/09 Laid up at Chatham B057
1819/08 Re-classified as a Unrated Receiving Ship of 0 guns  
1819/08 fitting at Chatham DY ,as a receiving ship B057
1831/07 fitting at Chatham DY ,as a quarantine ship B057
1832/12 Receiving ship at Chatham B057
1839/06 Began fitting at Chatham DY B057
1840/02 Completed fitting ,as a convict ship B057
1857/12/11 Break up completed at Woolwich DY B057
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed
Actions & Battles
Date Source
1782/04/09 Action off Dominica
1782/04/12 Battle of the Saintes
1782/04/19 Action in the Mona Passage
1805/07/22 3rd Battle of Cape Finisterre
Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B057 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 Rif Winfield
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien

Last Updated :2009/12/13 at 10:44:47 by Cy

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