British Fifth Rate frigate 'Pallas' (1793)

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Pallas

5675
Nominal Guns32BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered9.12.1790BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down5.1792BWAS-1793
Launched19.12.1793BWAS-1793
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1793
ShipyardWoolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
Designed by
Sir John HenslowBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761-1805
BWAS-1793
Constructor
John ToveryBritish
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1776-1793
BWAS-1793
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1793
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1793
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1793
Wrecked4.4.1798BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck135' 0 ½"Imperial Feet41.1607 
Length of Keel112' 8 ½"Imperial Feet34.1503 
Breadth36' 0 ¼"Imperial Feet10.9792 
Depth in Hold12' 6"Imperial Feet3.7338 
Draught Forward9' 8"Imperial Feet2.9464 
Draught Aft14' 5"Imperial Feet4.299 
Burthen777 81⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1.1794Broadside Weight = 348 Imperial Pound ( 157.818 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1.1794257EstablishmentBWAS-1714
1796254EstablishmentBWAS-1714

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
22.1.1794 - 4.4.1798Captain
The Hon. Henry CurzonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1830
ADM 6/25/7BWAS-1793

3 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
31.1.1794 - 8.4.1794Second Lieutenant
John Poo BeresfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1838
Transfered ADM 6/25/010ADM 6/2512.2.1794 - 1794First Lieutenant
William HogganBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1795
ADM 6/25/13ADM 6/2518.4.1794 - 1794Second Lieutenant
Henry DigbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1840
ADM 6/25/34ADM 6/25

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
1795Master's Mate
Robert HockingsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1821
ADM 171/8

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
21.5.1795 - 7.17953rd Class Boy
James TilleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1847
NBD18496.5.1796 - 20.8.1796Supernumerary
The Hon. William CathcartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1804
NRS020

Service History


DateEventSource
1795In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
16.6.1795First Battle of Groix
1796In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
1797In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
16.7.1797Took the Letter of Marque
Santa Jose y Nuestra Senora de Begoyna (16) 1797-1797
Spanish 16 Gun
Privateer Letter of Marque
in Latitude 44 deg. 50 min. Longitude 15 deg. 10 min.BG
4.4.1798Wrecked in a storm in Cawsand Bay, PlymouthBWAS-1793

 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jeff Wolrige on Friday 16th of October 2020 13:42

March 7, 1798 encountered Russell in the Channel off Brest. Exchanged private signal and numbers. Captain Curzon went aboard Russell there to meet Captain Henry Trollope

Posted by Tim Oakley on Friday 20th of July 2012 06:56

3 June 1794 The damaged Audacious 74 Captain William Parker arrives Plymouth having passed Pallas 32 cap Henry Curzon off the Lizard

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