British Fifth Rate frigate 'Duncan' (1805)

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Duncan ➡ 1807 Dover
Nominal Guns	38	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	British Merchant ship 'Carron' (1792) (38) 1792-1805 British 38 Gun Merchant Ship
Purchased	1805	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Bombay - Maharashtra	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Wrecked	2.5.1811	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck130' 0"Imperial Feet39.624
Breadth35' 0"Imperial Feet10.668
Burthenc990Tons BM

9 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1805LieutenantBWAS-17931805 - 1806LieutenantBWAS-17931806 - 1807CaptainBWAS-179327.3.1807 - 12.10.1807CaptainBWAS-179312.10.1807 - 28.12.1807CommanderBWAS-179328.12.1807 - 1808CommanderBWAS-17931808 - 1809CaptainBWAS-17931809 - 5.1811CaptainBWAS-17935.1811 - 2.5.1811LieutenantBWAS-1793

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
23.9.1807 - 31.3.1811GunnerNAO

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1805 - 1806MidshipmanNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
1805Purchased in the East Indies from Bruce Fawcett & Co.BWAS-1793
8.4.1806Took the Brig off Isle de FranceBG
24.3.1807RegisteredBWAS-1793
24.3.1807Renamed DoverBWAS-1793
6.2.1810Took the Ship
6.2.1810Took the Unrated
9.2.1810Capture of Abmoyna
2.5.1811Wrecked in a gale at Fort St. George, Madras losing two men drownedBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NAOVarious, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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