British Sixth Rate post ship 'Larne' (1814)

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Larne

5037
Nominal Guns20BWAS-1793
NationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered18.11.1812BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down7.1813BWAS-1793
Launched8.3.1814BWAS-1793
How acquiredBuilt by ContractBWAS-1793
ShipyardBottomley’s Yard - King's Lynn BWAS-1793
Ship ClassCyrus Class (1812)BWAS-1793
Designed by
William RuleBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1778-1813
BWAS-1793
Constructor
William BottomleyBritish
Ship Owner
Ship Builder
Service 1817-1823
BWAS-1793
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1793
Ship TypePost ShipBWAS-1793
Sold26.3.1828BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB028
Length of Gundeck115' 6"Imperial Feet35.0622 
Breadth30' 0"Imperial Feet9.144 
Burthen459Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck115' 6"Imperial Feet35.0622 
Length of Keel97' 2"Imperial Feet29.5729 
Breadth29' 9 ½"Imperial Feet8.8519 
Depth in Hold8' 6"Imperial Feet2.5908 
Burthen458 68⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


4.1814Broadside Weight = 297 Imperial Pound ( 134.6895 kg)B028
Gun Deck18 British 32-Pound Carronade
Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
27.11.1812135Design Complement

9 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
9.1814 - 1.1815Captain
John William AndrewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1846
BWAS-17931.1815 - 5.1815Captain
John Fordyce MaplesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1815
BWAS-17935.1815 - 8.1815Captain
Sir John Gordon SinclairBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1809-1829
BWAS-17938.1815 - 1818Captain
Abraham LoweBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1818
BWAS-17935.1819 - 7.12.1819Commander
Henry ForbesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1806-1819
BWAS-17937.12.1819 - 1822Commander
Robert TaitBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1813-1836
BWAS-17933.1823 - 1824Commander
Frederick MarryatBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1812-1830
BWAS-17931824 - 7.1825Lieutenant
John KingcomeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1808-1864
BWAS-179325.7.1825 - 4.4.1827Commander
William Burdett DobsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1814-1841
BWAS-1793

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1.10.1816 - 31.12.1816Master
Charles Fox BurneyBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1804-1850
ref:1871

Service History


DateEventSource
9.4.1814Began fitting for ordinary at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1793
5.5.1814Completed fitting for ordinary at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1793
12.1814Began fitting for sea at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1793
12.1.1815Completed fitting for sea at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1793
1817On the Jamaica StationBWAS-1793
2.1817Refitted as a 20 gun Unrated Unknown
1.1819Paid offBWAS-1793
5.1819Began fitting for sea at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
8.1819Completed fitting for sea at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
11.1822Began small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
3.1823Recommissioned for the East IndiesBWAS-1793
6.1823Completed small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
5.1824Operations in the Irrawaddy until SeptemberBWAS-1793
11.5.1824Occupation of RangoonBWAS-1793
3.1825Operations in the Bassein RiverBWAS-1793
4.4.1827Paid offNBD1849
26.3.1828Sold at Castel CharltonB066

 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 27th of June 2026 13:07

For sale, by public auction at the Exchange Mart, Plymouth, on Friday, the 19th inst – The French schooner L’Alexandrine, of about 84 tons, admirably calculated for the fruit trade, &c, and her cargo, consisting of 420 cakes of rosin, 30 cases of liquorice, and 27 pieces of oil of turpentine. Captured by his Majesty’s ship Larne. Laying in Hamoaze. For further particulars...application to be made at the office of Mr W P Smith, No 44 George Street, Plymouth. [Exeter Flying Post, 11 January 1816]

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