British sloop 'Spy' (1804)

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Spy
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Purchased	6.1804	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Shoreham - Sussex	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Sold	12.1813	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck95' 7"Imperial Feet28.9916
Length of Keel75' 3"Imperial Feet22.8752
Breadth26' 2"Imperial Feet7.9333
Depth in Hold10' 7"Imperial Feet3.2258
Burthen274 ⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

6.1804Broadside Weight = 135 Imperial Pound ( 61.2225 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck14 British 18-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
6.1804 - 22.1.1806CommanderBWAS-179322.1.1806 - 1807CommanderBWAS-179310.1810 - 20.12.1812MasterBWAS-1793

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
9.7.1804 - 1.1805LieutenantNAO6.1805 - 6.8.1806Acting LieutenantNBD1849

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
14.7.1804 - 10.1805MidshipmanNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
5.1804Began fitting at Deptford - London BWAS-1793
12.6.1804Completed fitting at Deptford - London BWAS-1793
12.6.1804Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
9.8.1804Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
7.1807In Ordinary at SheernessBWAS-1793
9.1810Began fitted as a storeship at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
10.1810Refitted as a 8 gun Unrated Storeship
10.1810Completed fitted as a storeship at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
20.12.1812Taken by en-route to Halifax, but retaken
12.1813Sold at DeptfordBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NAOVarious, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by AvM on Saturday 22nd of July 2017 10:42

Register of Shipping 1804
Comet ship 274t 14ft dratf
4 years old built Shoreham
master: E. Tate
owner: Lyall
voyager: Lo.Trinidad

Posted by AvM on Saturday 22nd of July 2017 10:40

Papers Respecting The Navy, Presented In Pursuance Of Addresses of the House of Lords to His Majesty.
Navy Office, 18th March 1805

HMS Spy was purchased form John Lyall
'Comet' was 5 year old and has 274bm
was purchased for £4,100
moreover £2,724 were spent to fitting the ship at King'S Yard.

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