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HBMS Bellerophon (1786)

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Bellerophon, 74 Guns

Billy Ruffian

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1782/01/11 B064
Laid Down 1782/05/00 B064
Launched 1786/10/06 B028
Shipyard Frindsbury B028
Design Class Edgar Class (1774)
Designer Thomas Slade B064
Constructor Edward Greaves B064
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1836/01/21 B028
Fate Sold B028
Dimensions
B064   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 168' 0" Imperial Feet 51.21
Length of Keel 138' 0" Imperial Feet 42.06
Breadth 46' 101/2" Imperial Feet 14.29
Depth in Hold 19' 9" Imperial Feet 6.02
Burthen 1,61278/94 Tons BM
Armament
1786/10/06 B064 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
1774/08/25 550 Design Complement  
Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1794/04 1795 Rear-Admiral Thomas Pasley B064
1802/04 1803 Rear-Admiral of the Red John Thomas Duckworth B064
1807 1807 Rear-Admiral of the Red Albemarle Bertie B064
1808/06 Unknown Admiral of the Red Alan Gardner B064
1812 1812 Rear-Admiral of the Red John Ferrier B064
1813/03 1814 Vice-Admiral of the Blue Richard Keats B064
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1790/07 1794/04 Post Captain Thomas Pasley B064
1794/04 1795 Post Captain William Hope B064
1795 1796/05 Post Captain James Cranstoun B064
1796/05 1796/10 Acting Captain John Wentworth Loring B064
1796/10 1799 Post Captain Henry D'Esterre-Darby B064
1801/12 1803 Post Captain John Wentworth Loring B064
1804/05 1805/10/21 Post Captain John Cooke B064
1805/10/22 1807 Post Captain Richard Thomas B064
1807 1808/06 Post Captain Edward Rotherham B064
1808/06 1810/08 Post Captain Samuel Warren B064
1810/08 1811/06 Post Captain Lucius Hardyman B064
1811/06 1813/02 Post Captain John Halstead B064
1813/02 1813/03 Post Captain Augustus Brine B064
1813/03 1814/03 Post Captain Edward Hawker B064
1814/03 1815 Post Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland B064
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1804/10/16 1805 Lieutenant David Scott NAO
1804/11/03 1805 Lieutenant William Pryce Cumby NAO
1805 1805 Lieutenant Edmund Fanning Thomas NAO
1805 1805 Lieutenant George Saunders NAO
1805/08/20 1805 Lieutenant John Allen Douglass NAO
1808/06/02 1809/07/07 Lieutenant Charles Allen B082
Warrant Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1786/10 Unknown Carpenter Thomas Watkins B161
1786/10 Unknown Boatswain Robert Roberts B161
1786/10 Unknown Gunner John Hindmarsh B161
1786/10 Unknown Purser Aaron Graham B161
1786/10 Unknown Cook Michael Hogan B161
1794/06 1795/07 Master Samuel Blyth
1804/10/15 1805/11/02 Boatswain Thomas Robinson NAO
1805 1805 Surgeon Alexander White NAO
1805 1805/10/21 Master Edward Overton NAO
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1804/08/08 1807/10/24 Midshipman John Franklin NAO
1804/10/11 1805 Midshipman William Walford NAO
1804/11/05 1805 Midshipman William Nonn Jewell NAO
1804/11/16 1805 Midshipman Robert Patton NAO
1804/11/25 1805 Midshipman John White NAO
1805 1805 Midshipman Daniel Charles NAO
1805 1805 Midshipman Henry Walker NAO
1805 1805 Midshipman James Campbell NAO
1805/01/03 1805 Midshipman William Sanders NAO
1805/03/02 1805 Midshipman Hugh Patton NAO
1805/04/25 1807/10/24 Midshipman William Fairweather NAO
1805/04/28 1805 Midshipman Mark White NAO
1805/04/28 1805 Midshipman Thomas Bant NAO
1805/05/01 1805/10/21 Midshipman John Simmons NAO
Crew
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1793/04/25 1794/12/27 Able Seaman Andrew King NAO
1804/11/14 1805/04/24 Able Seaman William Fairweather NAO
1804/11/16 1805/03/01 1st Class Volunteer Hugh Patton NAO
1805/04/30 1805/05/01 Able Seaman John Simmons NAO
1805/05/01 1805 1st Class Volunteer George Pearson NAO
1807/11/02 1809/09 Ordinary Seaman Archibald Campbell B080
Service Record
Date Notes Source
Renamed Billy Ruffian  
1786/10/06 Launched at a cost to build of £30,232.14.3d. Placed in ordinary at Chatham B161
1787/03/07 Docked at Chatham to be coppered B161
1787/03/20 Launched from the dock coppered and fitted for ordinary at a cost of £3,389.8.7d for hull masts and yards and £4,987.6.7d for rigging and stores B161
1790/07 Commissioned for the Spanish Armament B064
1790/08/15 Left Chatham having been fitted for sea at a total cost of £4,620.8.4d B161
1790/11/21 Arrived at Sheerness to be "Taken in hand Mar & Completed" B161
1791/04/20 Left Sheerness, the work having cost £1,828 (£1,733 for rigging and stores) B161
1791/09 Paid off B064
1793/04/26 Fitted at Chatham at a cost of £4,164 B064
1795/10 Began repairs at Portsmouth B064
1795/11 Completed repairs at a cost of £8,103 B064
1800/09 Began a middling repair and refit at Portsmouth B064
1801/08 Completed middling repair and refit at a cost of £32,608 B064
1802/04 Sailed for Jamaica B064
1803/07 Present at the capture of the Duquesne and Oiseau off San Domingo B064
1803/11/30 Present at the surrender of the French squadron at Cap Francois B064
1804/09 Began a refit at Portsmouth B064
1804/11 Completed refit at a cost of £11,914 B064
1805/12 Started repairs for defects at Plymouth B064
1806/02 Completed repairs at a cost of £18,082 B064
1808 In the Baltic B064
1812 In the North Sea B064
1813/04/22 Sailed for Newfoundland B064
1814/04/26 Sailed for Newfoundland B064
1815/07/15 Accepted the surrender of Napoleon I B064
1815/12 Began fitting as a convict hulk at Sheerness B064
1816/12 Completed conversion B064
1824/10/05 Renamed Captivity  
1826/04 Fitted to move to Plymouth and became a convict hulk there B064
1834 Out of service B064
1836/01/21 Sold at Plymouth for £4,030 B064
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
1798/08/01 Battle of the Nile
1805/10/21 Battle of Trafalgar
Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B064 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 Rif Winfield
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
NAO The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors Various
B082 The Navy List 1865 The Admiralty
B161 Billy Ruffian (The Bellerophon and the downfall of Napoleon) David Cordingly
The Naval gazetteer, Biographer and Chronologist J W Norie
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien

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