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HBMF Nymphen (1807)

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Nymphen, 36 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Previously	Nymfen
Captured	1807/09/07
Shipyard	Captured
Rate	Fifth Rate
Type	Frigate
Out Service	1816/01/11
Fate	Sold

Dimensions

Source	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817
Length of Gundeck	140' 4"
Length of Keel	117' 10¹/₈"
Breadth	38' 0¹/₂"
Depth in Hold	10' 3"
Burthen	907¹¹/₉₄

Armament

Date	1809/01	B064
Quarterdeck	12	British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2	British 32-Pound Carronade
Gun Deck	26	British 18-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 9-Pounder

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1809/01	254	Establishment	B064

Flag Officers

Date From

Date to

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1809/01	1810/12	Post Captain	Keith Maxwell	B064
1810/12	1814/02	Post Captain	John Hancock	B064
1814/02	1815/08	Post Captain	Mathew Smith	B064

Officers

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Service record

1807/09/07	Taken at the fall of Copenhagen	B064
1807/11/09	Arrived at Chatham	B064
1808/10	Started fitting at Chatham	B064
1809/01	Commissioned	B064
1809/03	Completed fitting at Chatham	B064
1810	Receiving ship at Leith until 1810/12	B064
1811/03/03	Took the 14-gun privateer Vigilante	B064
1813/06/28	Sailed for Lisbon	B064
1814/02	Commissioned for the Downs	B064
1815/08	Paid off	B064
1816/01/11	Sold at Deptford? for £2,910	B064

Actions & Battles

Date		Source

Notes

No Notes Entered

Sources

B064	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817

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