British sloop 'Termagant' (1796)

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Termagant

7090
Nominal Guns18BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered24.1.1795BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down5.1795BWAS-1793
Named13.10.1795BWAS-1793
Launched23.4.1796BWAS-1793
How acquiredBuilt by ContractBWAS-1793
ShipyardDeptford - London BWAS-1793
Ship ClassBittern Class (1794)BWAS-1793
Designed by
Sir John HenslowBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1761-1805
BWAS-1793
Constructor
John DudmanBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1750-1817
BWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeSloopBWAS-1793
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1793
Sold3.2.1819BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck110' 2"Imperial Feet33.5331 
Length of Keel90' 8 ½"Imperial Feet27.4447 
Breadth29' 9"Imperial Feet8.8646 
Depth in Hold8' 6"Imperial Feet2.4384 
Draught Forward7' 11"Imperial Feet2.159 
Draught Aft11' 10"Imperial Feet3.3528 
Burthen427 3⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


23.4.1796Broadside Weight = 102 Imperial Pound ( 46.257 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck18 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 12-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 12-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1794121Design Complement

12 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
5.1796 - 13.6.1796Commander
d'Arcy PrestonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1896
BWAS-179313.6.1796 - 1.3.1799Commander
David LloydBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1788-1815
BWAS-17931.3.1799 - 10.1799Commander
Richard AllenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1793
†BWAS-17931800 - 1801Commander
William SkipseyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1816
BWAS-179329.4.1802 - 6.1802Commander
Sir Charles Marsh SchombergBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1824
BWAS-17936.1802 - 22.10.1802Lieutenant
Charles FooteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1811
BWAS-17938.1803 - 2.1.1804Commander
George ElliottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1800-1813
BWAS-17932.1.1804 - 4.1807Commander
Robert PettetBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1809
BWAS-179310.1808 - 21.10.1810Commander
Henry Evelyn Pitfield SturtBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1800-1825
BWAS-179311.1810Commander
Richard BuckBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1802-1812
BWAS-17934.12.1811 - 1813Captain
Gawen William HamiltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1807-1828
BWAS-17931813 - 7.1814Captain
John William AndrewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1846
BWAS-1793

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
1810Midshipman
Richard BurridgeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1808-1846
NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
5.1795Began building at Deptford - London
23.4.1796Completed building at Deptford - London at a cost of £5524.0.0d
23.4.1796Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1793
9.6.1796Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £2719.0.0dBWAS-1793
20.12.1797Took the Schooner
La Victoire (14) 1793-1797
French 14 Gun
Privateer Schooner
off Spurn Point bearing W. N.W. . distant 4 leagues after a chace of 4 hoursBG
4.1799Sailed for HalifaxBWAS-1793
13.4.1799

Sailed from Plymouth with a convoy for America

TNC
8.1800Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
1.9.1800Took the Polacca
La Capricieuse (6) 1800-1800
French 6 Gun
Privateer Polacca
off CorsicaBG
4.9.1800Took the Privateer
Le Général Holt (2) 1800-1800
French 2 Gun
Privateer Unknown
BG
1803In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
4.1807Placed in Ordinary at ChathamBWAS-1793
2.1808Began middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
10.1808RecommissionedBWAS-1793
3.1809Completed middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
3.4.1809Sailed for HalifaxBWAS-1793
70.1.1810Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
12.1811Refitted as a 20 gun Sixth Rate Post Ship
22.7.1812Took the Privateer
L'Intrépide (3) 1812-1812
French 3 Gun
Privateer Unknown

1813In the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
10.1816Laid up at ChathamBWAS-1793
3.2.1819Sold to James Graham of Harwich at Chatham for £1,460BWAS-1793

 
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Posted by Adam Quigley on Thursday 22nd of January 2015 11:49

May 1811. Together with the Cambrian fired broadsides for three hours against french troops trying to break ground before Tarragona. Her gundecks were seriously damaged by the rebound of her own guns.
NA ADM 7/44 f320-325

Posted by Tim Oakley on Wednesday 22nd of August 2012 17:30

1 Sept 1800 French Capricieuse 6 taken by Termagant 18 ship sloop commander [William ?] Skipsey, off Corsica

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