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Atalante

3173
Nominal Guns16BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Captured10.1.1797BWAS-1793
First Commissioned7.1797BWAS-1793
ShipyardBayonne - Aquitaine BWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeSloop
Sailing RigBrig
Wrecked12.2.1807BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck99' 0"Imperial Feet30.1752 
Length of Keel78' 0 ⅜"Imperial Feet23.7839 
Moulded Breadth26' 11 ⅞"Imperial Feet7.947 
Breadth27' 3 ⅞"Imperial Feet8.2518 
Depth in Hold12' 2 ¼"Imperial Feet3.664 
Burthen309 8094Tons BM 

Armament


4.8.1798Broadside Weight = 174 Imperial Pound ( 78.909 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck14 British 24-Pound Carronade
Gun Deck2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
7.179790 BWAS-1793

6 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
7.1797 - 2.10.1797Lieutenant
Digby DentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1798
BWAS-1793
2.10.1797 - 11.1798Commander
Digby DentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1798
BWAS-1793
20.8.1798 - 1.11.1799Commander
Charles AdamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1848
ADM 196/3/1
ADM 196
12.1798 - 29.4.1802Commander
Anselm John GriffithsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1841
BWAS-1793
5.1802 - 1806Commander
Joseph Ore MasefieldBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1808
BWAS-1793
1807 - 12.2.1807Lieutenant
John BowkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1785-1819
BWAS-1793

1 Commissioned Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1.1800 - 4.1800Acting Lieutenant
Donat Henry O'BrienBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1822
NBD1849

2 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
7.1783 - 2.1785Midshipman
Christopher ColeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1828
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1.4.1801 - 13.1.1803Coxswain
William HancockBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1797-1822
ADM 29/8

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
14.3.1801 - 31.3.1801Ordinary Seaman
William HancockBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1797-1822
ADM 29/8

Service History


DateEventSource
22.1.1797Arrived at PortsmouthBWAS-1793
13.3.1797RegisteredBWAS-1793
6.1798Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
9.1798Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £6311.0.0dBWAS-1793
10.1798Paid offBWAS-1793
12.1798RecommissionedBWAS-1793
20.2.1799Took the Cutter
Le Milan (14) 1797-1799
French 14 Gun
Privateer Cutter
in the Channel

4.12.1799Took the Lugger
Le Succès (6) 1799-1799
French 6 Gun
Privateer Lugger
off the Downs

1.4.1801Took the Privateer
Le Héros (14) 1801-1801
French 14 Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the Channel

10.8.1801Took the Lugger
L'Eveillé (2) 1801-1801
French 2 Gun
Privateer Lugger
in Quiberon Bay

25.9.1806Action off Rochefort
12.2.1807Wrecked off Île de Ré, RochefortBWAS-1793

 
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Posted by Brian Stephens on Wednesday 7th of May 2014 20:23

The Gentleman's magazine. v. 71:pt. 2 (1801).
Quiberon Bay August 14
Sir, by his Majesty's sloop Atalante (which I have sent to you being short of provisions) I enclose a journal of my proceedings and statement of the ship, by which you will see we have barely a month's provisions. Hitherto, notwithstanding all my exertions in sending the boats away armed on different occasions, and moving with the ship, I have only been able to capture one chasse maree, of 40 tons, laden with lime, not worth sending in (in which business we had the misfortune to have 1 seaman killed and 1 slightly wounded) and to destroy one, same burthan, laden with corn. Several convoys are laying at different places, ready to ship out, the largest of which (in the Morbihan) by anchoring near that place, and commanding the passages to the Westward, I have prevented moving. His Majesty's sloop Atalante has been rather more fortunate having captured three small light boats, and L'Eville armed lugger. The gallantry of this affair, to which I was an eye witness is fully mentioned in Capt. Griffiths letter


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