British Fifth Rate frigate 'Pitt' (1805)

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Pitt ➡ 1807 Salsette
Nominal Guns	36	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	12.5.1802	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	19.7.1803	BWAS-1793
Launched	17.1.1805	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Bombay Dockyard - Bombay	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Tribune (repeat Perseverance) (1801)	BWAS-1793
Designed by	Edward HuntBritish Ship Builder Administrator Dockyard Staff Service 1757-1809	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	20.3.1874	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentFNW
Length of Gundeck137' 0"Imperial Feet41.7576
Length of Keel112' 11"Imperial Feet34.1397
Breadth38' 9"Imperial Feet11.611
Depth in Hold13' 7"Imperial Feet4.0217
Burthen902Imperial Feet0.0254

Armament

17.1.1805Broadside Weight = 412 Imperial Pound ( 186.842 kg)FNW
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck8 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

10.3.1808Broadside Weight = 234 Imperial Pound ( 106.119 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pound Carronade

10.3.1808Broadside Weight = 210 Imperial Pound ( 95.235 kg)FNW
Quarterdeck12 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle4 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
17.1.1805264Design ComplementFNW

6 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1.1805 - 1806CaptainBWAS-17932.1807 - 1809CaptainBWAS-17931810CommanderBWAS-179312.1810 - 3.4.1811CommanderBWAS-17934.1811 - 12.1812CaptainBWAS-17931815 - 6.1816CaptainBWAS-1793

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1814 - 2.1815Acting LieutenantNBD1849

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1.1805 - 23.9.1808Master's MateNBD18499.1813 - 1814Master's MateNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
19.2.1807Renamed SalsetteBWAS-1793
11.6.1808Took the Cutter
21.4.1812Took the Privateer and afterwards destroyed in the MediterraneanBG
14.10.1812Took the Privateer off the Isle of Wight

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

FNWRobert Gardiner, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Tuesday 7th of July 2026 10:58

Portsmouth, 25 November 1815: In the Vice-Admiralty Court last week, a case of considerable expectation and importance was decided. It was a claim made by the officers and crew of his Majesty’s frigate Salsette, for salvage on the ship Cornwallis, of Calcutta, which had been dismasted in a severe gale of wind, and was brought into Trincomalee, by the Salsette. The Court, considering the exertions of the salvors to deserve very liberal remuneration, awarded seven and a half per cent upon the value of the ship, cargo, and freight, which are estimated at upwards of £90,000 sterling. [Hampshire Chronicle, 27 November 1815]

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