British Fifth Rate frigate 'Nyaden' (1807)

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Nyaden
Nominal Guns	36
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Danish Fifth Rate frigate 'Naiaden' (1796) (36) 1796-1807 Danish 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Captured	7.9.1807
Shipyard	Unknown	W006
Designed by	Frantz Christopher Henrich HohlenbergDanish Designer Ship Builder Service 1765-1804	W006
Category	Fifth Rate
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Broken Up	5.1812

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck140' 3"Imperial Feet42.6739
Length of Keel119' 4 ¾"Imperial Feet36.2903
Breadth38' 0"Imperial Feet11.5824
Depth in Hold10' 5 ½"Imperial Feet3.0607
Burthen908 ⁷⁵⁄₉₄' 3"Tons BM

Armament

2.1809Broadside Weight = 345 Imperial Pound ( 156.4575 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck16 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
2.1809254 BWAS-1793

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
2.1809 - 4.1811CaptainBWAS-179320.4.1811 - 11.1811CaptainBWAS-179311.1811 - 1812CaptainBWAS-1793

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1.10.1809 - 4.11.1809Master's Mate Transfered ADM 196/2/1ADM 196

Service History

DateEventSource
14.1.1810Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
4.10.1811Sailed for PortugalBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 196 Document

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

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Posted by Tom Moffatt on Tuesday 2nd of October 2012 19:31

In 1810 Nyaden 36 sailed with a governor for one of the new French island acquisitions, and then undertook cruises, mostly with Barbados as a base. Very unhealthy ship, with four dozen personnel dying of yellow fever. In April, 1811 Frederick Cotterell died, probably of yellow fever. The ship was used as a descriptive medical case in the last half of the 19th century.

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