British sloop 'Port Mahon' (1798)

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Port Mahon (Grulla) (San Pastor)	5885
Nominal Guns	18	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	20.1.1795	BWAS-1793
Named	16.5.1795	BWAS-1793
Captured	15.11.1798	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	10.1799	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Port Mahon - Mahón	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1793
Sold	8.1837	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck91' 5 ½"Imperial Feet27.7495
Length of Keel82' 1"Imperial Feet25.0063
Breadth25' 2"Imperial Feet7.6302
Depth in Hold12' 8"Imperial Feet3.7592
Burthen276 ⁵⁰⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

10.1799Broadside Weight = 54 Imperial Pound ( 24.489 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck18 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
10.1799121 BWAS-1793

12 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
10.1799 - 1.1.1800LieutenantBWAS-17931.1.1800 - 1802CommanderBWAS-17938.1802 - 1803CommanderBWAS-17931803 - 7.1803Commander†BWAS-17936.2.1804 - 6.1804Commander†BWAS-17936.1804 - 1805CommanderBWAS-17931805 - 1809CommanderBWAS-17936.1809 - 3.1810CommanderBWAS-17933.1810 - 22.10.1810CommanderBWAS-179322.10.1810 - 2.1812CommanderBWAS-17932.1812 - 1815CommanderBWAS-17935.1815 - 1817LieutenantBWAS-1793

4 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1.11.1799 - 15.11.1800Acting LieutenantNBD184915.11.1800 - 21.8.1802LieutenantNBD184910.8.1811 - 2.2.1813LieutenantNBD184923.7.1814 - 10.6.1815LieutenantNBD1849

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
31.10.1799 - 30.11.1802GunnerADM 29-1

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1802 - 1803MidshipmanNBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
18011st Class VolunteerNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
14.11.1798

The last brigantine of the Retamosa class. Captured still under construction at the Mahón shipyard.

Original name Grulla and dedication San Pastor.

ref:1984
15.11.1798Taken while still on the stocks at Port Mahon, MinorcaBWAS-1793
3.6.1800Took the Tartane
5.1803Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
21.6.1803Capture of St. Lucia and Tobago
30.9.1805Took the Schooner
25.6.1806Took the Privateer by boats at Puerto de BanesBG
8.2.1808Took the Privateer on Home Station
18.11.1808Took the Privateer
1814Sailed to South AmericaBWAS-1793
5.1815Refitted as a Other Vessels Receiving Ship
29.1.1817Loaned to the Thames PoliceBWAS-1793
1837Returned to the NavyBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 29-1 Document

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ref:1984Enrique García-Torralba Pérez, Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Tim Oakley on Saturday 9th of December 2017 09:10

31 Jul 1803 the merchant ship Henrietta, of Guernsey, Capt Poingdestre, departed Honduras, for London, laden with logwood and other stores. She came through the Gulf with the Shark, bound for Jamaica, until the Shark was relieved by the Port Mahon, whose commanding officer, Capt Neville died shortly afterwards.

Posted by Tim Oakley on Saturday 9th of December 2017 09:04

28 Dec 1802 a court martial was held on board the Neptune, on 3 seamen from the Port Mahon, J. Roscon, W. Price, and John Moore, for desertion, when Roscon was sentenced to 150 lashes ; Price 100 ; and Moore 50.

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