British sloop 'Pylades' (1824)

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Pylades
Nominal Guns	18	B181
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	22.5.1821	B181
Keel Laid Down	3.1823	B181
Launched	29.6.1824	B181
How acquired	Built by Contract	B181
Shipyard	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	B181
Designed by	Sir Robert SeppingsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1805-1832	B181
Category	Unrated	B181
Ship Type	Sloop	B181
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B181
Broken Up	5.1845	B181

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB181
Length of Gundeck110' 0"Imperial Feet33.528
Length of Keel90' 1 ⅜"Imperial Feet27.4415
Breadth (oa)30' 4"Imperial Feet9.2456
Depth in Hold8' 2"Imperial Feet2.4892
Burthen431 ³⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

9.1824Broadside Weight = 265 Imperial Pound ( 120.1775 kg)B181
Gun Deck16 British 32-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
9.1824125 B181

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
22.5.1831 - 6.1834CommanderNBD184912.12.1839 - 10.1841CommanderW02516.10.1841 - 10.1843CommanderW025

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
26.6.1824 - 1826LieutenantNBD184927.8.1825 - 1825LieutenantNBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
12.8.1824 - 10.5.18251st Class VolunteerNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
29.6.1824Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich B181
4.9.1824Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich B181
5.1854Broken up at Chatham DockyardB181

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B181David Lyon, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

W025P. Davis, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by L J Prins on Friday 1st of November 2013 13:37

Pylades 18 - I've got Sir Robert Seppings as the designer and she was built in Woolwich. Sources are "Army and Navy Chronicle, Volume 6 1838" and Michael Phillips "Ships of the old navy"

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