British Third Rate ship of the line 'Argonaut' (1782)

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Argonaut

3112
Nominal Guns64BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Previously
French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Jason' (1704) (58) 1704-1720
French 58 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Captured19.4.1782BWAS-1714
ShipyardBrest - Brittany W033
Constructor
Blaise PangaloFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1684-1706
W033
CategoryThird RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip of the LineBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up2.1831BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck166' 0"Imperial Feet50.5968 
Length of Keel136' 8 ¼"Imperial Feet41.4592 
Breadth44' 8 ½"Imperial Feet13.4239 
Depth in Hold19' 1"Imperial Feet5.794 
Burthen1,451 75⁄94Tons BM 

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
19.4.1782500 BWAS-1714

8 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
19.4.1782 - 28.6.1782Commander
John AylmerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1830
BWAS-171428.6.1782 - 1783Captain
John AylmerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1830
BWAS-171427.6.1793 - 1795Captain
John AylmerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1830
ADM 6/24/250BWAS-17141795 - 10.1796Captain
Alexander John BallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1772-1783
BWAS-17142.1797 - 1799Lieutenant
Philip HueBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1759-1802
BWAS-17141799 - 1801Lieutenant
George PaulBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1812
BWAS-17141801 - 4.1802Lieutenant
John StevensBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1814
BWAS-17148.1804 - 7.1828Lieutenant
James JamesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1828
BWAS-1714

5 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1.7.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant
Francis LovedayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 0006-1793
ADM 6/24/251ADM 6/241.7.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
Edmund NepeanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1816
ADM 6/24/251ADM 6/241.7.1793 - 1793Third Lieutenant
John AlexanderBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1799
ADM 6/24/251ADM 6/241.7.1793 - 1793Fourth Lieutenant
Austin TernanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1798
ADM 6/24/251ADM 6/248.10.1793 - 1793Fifth Lieutenant
Samuel Peter ForsterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1825
ADM 6/24/272ADM 6/24

19 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
6.10.1782 - 15.5.1783Boatswain
George JohnsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1779-1822
ADM 29/813.8.1784 - 24.3.1788Carpenter
Abraham SugdenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1767-1802
ADM 29-131.7.1793 - 1793Surgeon
John Taylor GriffinBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1772-1793
ref:19816.9.1793 - 1793First Surgeons' Mate
William JamesonBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1793-1801
ref:198120.9.1793 - bef.7.12.1793Second Surgeons' Mate
James SymonsBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1793
ref:19817.12.1793 - 1793Second Surgeons' Mate
Bernard DowlingBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1793
ref:198111.11.1796 - 1796Acting Surgeon's Mate
Bartholomew PurcellBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1796
ref:198120.2.1797 - 1797Surgeon
John Capon WeekesBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1778-1814
ref:198122.3.1797 - 3.7.1797Second Surgeons' Mate
Alexander LewisBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1797
ref:198110.4.1797 - 3.7.1797First Surgeons' Mate
James GlazeBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1797
ref:19813.7.1797 - bef.11.11.1797Second Surgeons' Mate & Assistant Dispenser
Alexander LewisBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1797
ref:19813.7.1797 - bef.6.12.1797First Surgeons' Mate & Dispenser
James GlazeBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1797
ref:198113.11.1797 - 1797Third Surgeons' Mate
Robert ScottBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1797
ref:198129.11.1797 - bef.5.3.1798Second Surgeons' Mate & Assistant Dispenser
Henry HammondBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1797-1798
ref:19816.12.1797 - 1797Acting First Surgeons' Mate
George William HollandBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1797
ref:19815.3.1798 - bef.13.6.1798Second Surgeons' Mate & Assistant Dispenser
Jenkin JonesBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1798
ref:198113.6.1798 - 1798Second Surgeons' Mate & Assistant Dispenser
James BrennanBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1798
ref:19813.8.1798 - bef.25.3.1799Forth Surgeons' Mate
George GrahamBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1798-1799
ref:198125.3.1799 - 1799Forth Surgeons' Mate
William CollinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1799
ref:1981

Service History


DateEventSource
1782Purchased at Unknown at a cost of £14647.8.1dBWAS-1714
25.7.1782Sailed for EnglandBWAS-1714
29.1.1783Registered, retrospectively to 1782-04-19BWAS-1714
2.1783Began small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
7.1783Completed small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £12745.7.4dBWAS-1714
1.1793RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1793Began coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
9.1793Completed coppering and fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £9513.0.0dBWAS-1714
18.5.1794Sailed for Nova ScotiaBWAS-1714
8.1.1795Took the Sloop
L'Espérance (16) 1793-1795
French 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop

10.1796Paid offBWAS-1714
11.1796Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
2.1797Refitted as a Unrated Hospital Ship
2.1797Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £273.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.1802Paid offBWAS-1714
8.1804Recommissioned as a hospital ship at ChathamBWAS-1714
7.1828Paid offBWAS-1714

 
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