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HBMS Minotaur (1793)

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Minotaur, 74 Guns


Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1782/12/03 B064
Laid Down 1788/01/00 B064
Launched 1793/11/06 B028
Shipyard Woolwich DY B064
Design Class Carnatic Class (1779)
Master Shipbuilder William Rule B064
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1810/12/22 B028
Fate Wrecked B028

Dimensions
B064   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 172' 11/2" Imperial Feet 52.46
Length of Keel 140' 2" Imperial Feet 42.72
Breadth 48' 0" Imperial Feet 14.63
Depth in Hold 20' 7" Imperial Feet 6.27
Draught Forward 12' 1" Imperial Feet 3.68
Draught Aft 17' 7" Imperial Feet 5.36
Burthen 1,71774/94 Tons BM

Armament
1793/11/06 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
1794/02 550 B064

Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1794/02 1795 Rear-Admiral of the Blue John Macbride B064
1806 1807 Rear-Admiral of the White John Child Purvis B064
1807/12 1808 Vice-Admiral of the Red Charles Cotton B064
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1794/02 1795/08 Post Captain Thomas Louis B064
1795/08 1795/08 Post Captain Charles Jones B064
1795/08 1801 Post Captain Thomas Louis B064
1803/03 1807 Post Captain Charles John Moore Mansfield B064
1807 1808 Post Captain Norborn Thompson B064
1809 1810/12/22 Post Captain John Barrett
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1799 1800/08/29 Acting Lieutenant Charles Anthony B080
1807 1807 Rear-Admiral of the White William Essington B064

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1794/03/13 Completed at a cost of £50,842 including fitting B064
1796/04 In the West Indies B064
1797/04 Involved in the Spithead mutiny B064
1797/06 Sailed for the Mediterranean B064
1798 At the blockade of Malta B064
1802/03 Began a small repair at Chatham B064
1802/11 Completed small repair B064
1802/11 Began fitting out at Sheerness B064
1803/03 Recommissioned B064
1803/04 Completed fitting B064
1803/05/20 Took the Franchise B064
1806 In the Mediterranean B064
1807 Flagship on the Lisbon station B064
1807/08 On the expedition to Copenhagen B064
1808 In the North Sea B064
1809 In the Baltic B064
1809/07/25 Attackon Russian gunboats at Frederickshaven B064
1810/12/22 Wrecked on the Haak Sands off Texel, about 400 drowned including her captain B064

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

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1798/08/01 Battle of the Nile
1805/10/21 Battle of Trafalgar
1807/08/15 Second Battle of Copenhagen

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
The Naval gazetteer, Biographer and Chronologist J W Norie
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien

Last Updated :2009/03/22 at 19:48:38 by Cy

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