British cutter 'Liberty' (1779)

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Liberty

5090
Nominal Guns14BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Purchased1779BWAS-1714
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1714
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1714
Ship TypeCutterBWAS-1714
Sold2.1816BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck74' 3"Imperial Feet22.5743 
Length of Keel53' 9"Imperial Feet16.2306 
Breadth25' 6 ¼"Imperial Feet7.6264 
Depth in Hold10' 6 ½"Imperial Feet3.0607 
Burthen186 20⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1780Broadside Weight = 30.5 Imperial Pound ( 13.832 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck14 British 4-Pounder
Gun Deck10 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
178055 BWAS-1714

10 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
5.10.1782 - 5.1783Lieutenant
Josiah WittmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1792
BWAS-17146.1783 - 1785Lieutenant
William AlfrayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1766-1804
BWAS-171412.1789 - 1794Lieutenant
John Clarke SearleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1811
BWAS-17146.1795 - 7.1798Lieutenant
George McKinleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1813
BWAS-17147.1798 - 12.1799Lieutenant
Mauritius Adolphus Newton De StarckBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1807
BWAS-171412.1799 - 1802Lieutenant
Hugh CookBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1809
BWAS-17142.1803 - 1805Lieutenant
William Major CourtenayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1803-1810
BWAS-17141805 - 1810Lieutenant
John CoddBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1821
BWAS-17141811 - 1813Lieutenant
George Martin GuiseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1828
BWAS-17141813 - 1815Lieutenant
Edward Hooper SenhouseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1807-1815
BWAS-1714

Service History


DateEventSource
3.1780Began coppering and fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
4.1780Commissioned for the North SeaBWAS-1714
13.10.1780Completed coppering and fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £1600.9.3dBWAS-1714
5.1783Paid offBWAS-1714
6.1783RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1785Paid offBWAS-1714
1789Began great repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
12.1789RecommissionedBWAS-1714
2.1790Completed great repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £2698.0.0dBWAS-1714
8.2.1790Sailed for Jamaica having been re-rigged as a Brig, but not re-ratedBWAS-1714
11.9.1791Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
7.1792Began small repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
11.1792Completed small repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £1991.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.4.1793Took the Privateer
Le Courier (Unknown) 1793-1793
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

8.1793Took the Privateer
Le Patriote (12) 1793-1793
French 12 Gun
Privateer Unknown

7.1798In the Channel IslandsBWAS-1714
1802Paid offBWAS-1714
2.1803RecommissionedBWAS-1714
23.4.1808Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
1809At MartiniqueBWAS-1714
28.1.1809Capture of Martinique
1814Re-rigged as a cutterBWAS-1714
1815Refitted as a 14 gun Unrated Storeship
2.1816Sold at Barbados for £86.14.4 1/2dBWAS-1714

 
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