British cutter 'Jackall' (1778)

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Jackall
Nominal Guns	10	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Purchased	4.1778	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	6.1778	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1714
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Cutter	BWAS-1714
Mutinied	15.12.1779	BWAS-1714
Becomes	French Privateer 'La Boulogne' (1779) (16) 1779-1781 French 16 Gun Privateer Unknown

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck72' 10"Imperial Feet21.9456
Length of Keel54' 3"Imperial Feet16.4783
Breadth25' 4"Imperial Feet7.6403
Depth in Hold10' 3"Imperial Feet3.1242
Burthen187 ²¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

6.1778Broadside Weight = 23 Imperial Pound ( 10.4308 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck10 British 4-Pounder
Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
6.177860 BWAS-1714

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
12.11.1778 - 15.12.1779LieutenantBWAS-1714

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
13.5.1779 - 11.9.1779MasterADM 29-1

Service History

DateEventSource
4.1778Purchased at Unknown at a cost of £3246.13.0dBWAS-1714
24.4.1778Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
6.1778Commissioned for the ChannelBWAS-1714
2.6.1778Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £3246.13.0dBWAS-1714
27.11.1779The cutter Jackal, 14, whilst lying in the Downs, was seized by seventeen of her crew and carried off to a French port. Her officers were mostly ashore; several of the mutineers were smugglers impressed on the Irish coast. Some of them were afterwards taken and executed for this act of mutiny. The ships lying near the Jackal had no idea of the intentions of her crew, or they could easily have brought her to. The Jackal was sold at Calais, and turned into a privateer; and she proceeded to plunder and harass British trade off the coast of Scotland.TRN4
15.12.1779Taken by mutineers and turned over to the FrenchBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 29-1 Document

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

TRN4William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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